Effect of Oxygen and Initiator Solubility on Admicellar Polymerization of Styrene on Silica Surfaces

Table 1

Polymer weight loss of modified silica (in terms of apparent monomer conversion %) and weight-averaged molecular weight (, g/mol) and polydispersibility (PDI) of extracted polymer for deoxygenated and control admicellar polymerizations initiated by AIBN.

M/I molar ratios	Deoxygenated			Control
	Apparent conversion (%)	(g/mol)	PDI	Apparent conversion (%)	(g/mol)	PDI
15	91	3.7 × 10^5	2.1	94	1.7 × 10^5	2.1
150	88	8.5 × 10^5	1.6	57	7.1 × 10^5	1.7
1000	80	1.8 × 10^6	1.2	11	N/A	N/A