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

Table 2

Effects of monomer : macroinitiator mole ratios and polymerization times on monomers conversions, molecular weights, and compositions of the P3HT-b-P(S-co-CMS) copolymers obtained from ATRP of styrene and chloromethylstyrene.

Conditions		Monomers conversion (%)	P3HT-b-P(S-co-CMS) compositions			Molecular weight analysis
Polymerization time (min)	Monomers/P3HT mole ratios		P(SCMS) block (% mol)	PS (% mol)	P(CMS) (%mol)	(g/mol)	PDI
60	300 : 1	25.40	14.16	72.73	27.27	9,774	1.09
	200 : 1	19.63	4.84	77.06	22.94	8,249	1.07
90	300 : 1	30.27	16.32	73.85	26.15	9,973	1.09
	200 : 1	26.18	8.41	73.85	26.15	9,321	1.05
120	300 : 1	36.04	18.37	74.67	25.33	11,698	1.06
	200 : 1	29.99	12.79	69.70	30.30	10,112	1.05
180	300 : 1	43.08	20.51	69.70	30.30	13,488	1.13
	200 : 1	35.51	16.53	70.97	29.03	11,190	1.08
240	300 : 1	50.14	28.57	65.61	34.39	15,934	1.12
	200 : 1	38.55	18.57	68.21	31.79	12,079	1.11

Styrene/CMS mole ratio = 50/50.