Kinetic study of in situ normal and AGET atom transfer radical copolymerization ofn-butyl acrylate and styrene: Effect of nanoclay loading and catalyst concentration

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The effect of clay nanolayers and catalyst concentration on the kinetics of atom transfer radical copolymerization of styrene and butyl acrylate initiated by activators generated by electron transfer (AGET initiation system) or an alkyl halide (normal initiation system) was studied. Monomer conversion was studied by attenuated total reflection–Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and also proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy was utilized to evaluate the heterogeneity in the composition of poly(styrene-co-butyl acrylate) chains.

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