Research Article

Aqueous Photo-Living Radical Polymerization of Sodium Methacrylate Using a Water-Soluble Nitroxide Mediator

Table 2

The HTEMPO-mediated polymerization of NaMA by V-80.

V-80 (mM)Time (h)Conversion (%)Mn aMw/Mn a

14.9 3.57186,7002.22
22.5 57675,8002.16
44.8 97860,4002.05

[NaMA]0 = 9.25 mM, HTEMPO/V-80 = 1.06, FS/HTEMPO = 0.53.
aEstimated by GPC based on PNaMA standards.