2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Synthesis of Novel Copolymer from Vinyl Monomer and Heterocumulene.
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11650914
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
高分子合成
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| Research Institution | Science University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
INOUE Shohei Science University of Tokyo, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (20010762)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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| Keywords | Lanthanoid Alkoxide / Polymerization / Anionic Polymerization / Addition Polymerization / Heterocumulene / Vinyl monomer / Keten / Methacrylic Ester |
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| Research Abstract |
Block copolymers with chains of different structures in a molecule are expected as new polymer materials, and the syntheses require the selection of appropriate initiators for the living polymerization of corresponding monomers. We have already found that metalloporphyrins are excellent initiators for the living polymerization of a wide variety of monomers. The purpose of the present research is to establish the method of synthesis of block copolymers containing methyl methacrylate as a component, in view of industrial importance of poly (methyl methacrylate). As the result, we succeeded in the syntheses of block copolymers from methyl methacrylate and other alkyl methacrylates, alkyl acrylates, and methacrylonitrile, using aluminium polphyrin as initiator. Among these block copolymers, the property of methyl methacrylate methacrylonitrile copolymer is of particular interest, in that it forms micelles in appropriate solvents. The cast film exhibits a microphase separated structure, indicating the possibility of this block copolymer for application to novel polymer materials.
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