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The polymer chains of the PDMAEMA-I macrochain transfer agent were synthesized using solution iodine transfer polymerization (solution ITP). To begin, the DMAEMA monomer and CHI 3 were dissolved in a ...

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For all experiments, the TOF was determined at 33% monomer conversion from the rate constant monitoring. c The polymer conversion was determined at the end of the reaction using 1 H NMR spectroscopy, ...

The Goodyear Polymer Center on the University of Akron's campus. The center houses the university's Polymer Science program. The university is among the partners in Akron's Polymer Cluster which was ...

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