Kinetic Studies of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisations of Styrene and Chloromethylstyrene with Poly(3-hexyl thiophene) Macroinitiator

Table 1

Recipes for carrying out ATRP for styrene and chloromethylstyrene with the use of P3HT macroinitiator.

Polymerization methods	Molar compositions of the chemicals
	[Cu(I)Br]	[Cu(II)Br2]	[PMDETA]	[AIBN]	[Sn(EH)2]
AGET ATRP	—	1	1	—	0.2
SR&NI ATRP	—	1	1	0.2	—
Normal ATRP	1	—	1	—	—

Styrene = 1.7 mL, chloromethylstyrene = 2.13 mL, P3HT = 1 g, Cu(II)Br₂ = 0.223 g, PMDEA = 0.02 mL,
(i) Sn(EH)₂ = 0.00648 mL for the AGET-ATRP system.
(ii) AIBN = 0.003 mL for the SR&NI-ATRP system.
(iii) Cu(I)Br = 0.14 mL for the normal ATRP system.