V. Bellas, and Hermis Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis
Aug 18, 2000
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Macromolecules
Abstract
Controlled polymerization of hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane was achieved by carrying out the polymerization first at room temperature to about 50% conversion and then at −20 °C until complete conversion in order to avoid side reactions. The poly(dimethylsiloxane)s produced show narrow molecular weight distributions (Mw/Mn ≤ 1.1). Using this approach, a model linear triblock copolymer PS-b-PDMS-b-PS, as well as 3-miktoarm star co- and terpolymers of the (PDMS)(PS)2 and (PDMS)(PS)(PI) type, where PS is polystyrene, PI is polyisoprene, and PDMS is poly(dimethylsiloxane), have been prepared.