Abstract
Radiation induced polymerization of styrene (St), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and n-butyl methacrylate (BMA) is carried out in a room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL), [Me3NC2H4OH]+[ZnCl3]−, and in its mixed solutions with THF. The presence of ionic liquid (IL) leads to a significant increase in monomer conversion and polymer's molecular weight. Molecular weight distribution (MWD) of resulting polymer varies with the IL fraction in the RTIL/THF solutions and is also dependent on the monomer used. For polystyrene (PSt) and poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PBMA), multi-modal broad MWD is observed at IL >50v% while single-modal narrow MWD is observed at IL <40v%. For poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), however, nearly a single-modal MWD is observed at THF >20v%. The measured miscibility of polymer with RTIL is in the order: PMMA>PBMA>PSt. Here we propose that the difference in MWD is due to the inhomogeneous nature of the ionic liquid in micro-region and the immiscibility of polymer with medium.
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