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ArticlePolymers2017

Carboxyl-Functionalized Polymeric Microspheres Prepared by One-Stage Photoinitiated RAFT Dispersion Polymerization.

Jianbo Tan, Xueliang Li, Jun He, Qin Xu, Yuxuan Zhang, Xiaocong Dai, Liangliang Yu, Ruiming Zeng, Li Zhang

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Article in Polymers, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jianbo TanDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. tanjianbo@gdut.edu.cn.
Xueliang LiDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. a2687575196@163.com.
Jun HeDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. qq524358939@163.com.
Qin XuDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. xq13246857614@163.com.
Yuxuan ZhangDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. 15918627483@163.com.
Xiaocong DaiDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. dai251798160@163.com.
Liangliang YuDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. liangliangyu1230@163.com.
Ruiming ZengDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. ray18813293416@163.com.
Li ZhangDepartment of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. lizhang@gdut.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Herein, we report a photoinitiated reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) dispersion copolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methyl methacrylic (MAA) for the preparation of highly monodisperse carboxyl-functionalized polymeric microspheres. High rates of polymerization were observed, with more than 90% particle yields being achieved within 3 h of UV irradiation. Effects of reaction parameters (e.g., MAA concentration, RAFT agent concentration, photoinitiator concentration, and solvent composition) were studied in detail, and highly monodisperse polymeric microspheres were obtained in most cases. Finally, silver (Ag) composite microspheres were prepared by in situ reduction of AgNO₃ using the carboxyl-functionalized polymeric microspheres as the template. The obtained Ag composite microspheres were able to catalyze the reduction of methylene blue (MB) with NaBH₄ as a reductant.

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carboxyl-functionalized microspheresphotoinitiated dispersion polymerizationRAFT polymerization

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PMID30965981
PMCPMC6418837

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