@article{CockburnSiegmannPayneetal.2011,
  author    = {Cockburn, Robert A. and Siegmann, Rebekka and Payne, Kevin A. and Beuermann, Sabine and McKenna, Timothy F. L. and Hutchinson, Robin A.},
  title     = {Free Radical Copolymerization Kinetics of gamma-Methyl-alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone (MeMBL)},
  series = {Biomacromolecules : an interdisciplinary journal focused at the interface of polymer science and the biological sciences},
  volume    = {12},
  journal   = {Biomacromolecules : an interdisciplinary journal focused at the interface of polymer science and the biological sciences},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {1525-7797},
  doi       = {10.1021/bm200400s},
  pages     = {2319 -- 2326},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {The propagation kinetics and copolymerization behavior of the biorenewable monomer gamma-methyl-alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone (MeMBL) are studied using the Pulsed laser polymerization (PLP)/size exclusion chromatography (SEC) technique. The propagation rate coefficent for MeMBL is 15\% higher than that of its structural analogue, methyl methacrylate (MMA), with a similar activation energy of 21.8 kJ . mol(-1). When compared to MMA, MeMBL is preferentially incorporated into copolymers when reacted with styrene (ST), MMA, and n-butyl acrylate (BA); the monomer reactivity ratios fit from bulk MeMBL/ST, MeMBL/MMA, and MeMBL/BA copolymerizations are r(MeMBL) = 0.80 +/- 0.04 and r(ST) = 0.34 +/- 0.04, r(MeMBL), = 3.0 +/- 0.3 and r(MMA) = 0.33 +/- 0.01, and r(MeMBL) = 7.0 +/- 2.0 and r(BA) = 0.16 +/- 0.03, respectively. In all cases, no significant variation with temperature was found between 50 and 90 degrees C. The implicit penultimate unit effect (IPUE) model was found to adequately fit the composition-averaged copolymerization propagation rate coefficient, k(p,cop), for the three systems.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{JelicicYasinBeuermann2011,
  author    = {Jelicic, Aleksandra and Yasin, Muttaqin and Beuermann, Sabine},
  title     = {Toward the description and prediction of solvent induced variations in Methacrylate Propagation Rate Coefficients on the basis of Solvatochromic Parameters},
  series = {Macromolecular reaction engineering},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Macromolecular reaction engineering},
  number    = {5-6},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Malden},
  issn      = {1862-832X},
  doi       = {10.1002/mren.201000058},
  pages     = {232 -- 242},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Benzyl methacrylate (BzMA) propagation rate coefficients, k(p), were determined in ionic liquids and common organic solvents via pulsed-laser polymerizations with subsequent polymer analysis by size-exclusion chromatography (PLP-SEC). The aim of the work is to gain a deeper understanding of the solvent influence on k(p) and to develop a general correlation between solvent-induced variations in k(p) and solvent properties. Applying a linear solvation energy relationship (LSER), which correlates k(p) to solvent solvatochromic parameters, suggests that dipolarity/polarizability determines the solvent influence on k(p). To compare the solvent influence on BzMA k(p) with data for methyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, and 2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate normalized k(p) data were treated by a single LSER, providing a universal treatment of the solvent influence on the propagation kinetics of the four monomers. Further, the predictive capabilities of this universal correlation were tested with additional monomers from the methacrylate family.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MoellerBeuermann2011,
  author    = {M{\"o}ller, Eleonore and Beuermann, Sabine},
  title     = {Homogeneous phase copolymerizations of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropene in supercritical carbon dioxide},
  series = {Macromolecular reaction engineering},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Macromolecular reaction engineering},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1862-832X},
  doi       = {10.1002/mren.201000031},
  pages     = {8 -- 21},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Copolymerizations of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and hexafluoropropene (HFP) were carried out in homogeneous phase with supercritical carbon dioxide up to complete VDF conversion using conventional peroxide initiators. The HFP monomer feed ratios, f(HFP), were varied between 0.65 and 0.20. Depending on f(HFP) amorphous or semi-crystalline copolymers were obtained. f(HFP) also determines the minimum pressure required to allow for homogeneous phase reactions. For example, HFP-rich copolymerizations in 70 wt.-\% CO(2) at 100 degrees C require a pressure of around 500 bar. Further, bulk copolymerizations in homogenous phase were feasible for f(HFP) 0.65 at 900 bar up to complete VDF conversion. Copolymerizations in the presence of perfluorinated hexyl iodide carried out at 75 degrees C gave access to low dispersity polymers. Due to homogeneous phase conditions the use of any surfactants or fluorinated cosolvent is avoided.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchreiberHosemannBeuermann2011,
  author    = {Schreiber, Ulrike and Hosemann, Benjamin and Beuermann, Sabine},
  title     = {1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorodecyl-Acrylate-Containing block copolymers from ARGET ATRP},
  series = {Macromolecular chemistry and physics},
  volume    = {212},
  journal   = {Macromolecular chemistry and physics},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1022-1352},
  doi       = {10.1002/macp.201000307},
  pages     = {168 -- 179},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Block copolymers of 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyl acrylate (AC8) were obtained from ARGET ATRP. To obtain block copolymers of low dispersity the PAC8 block was synthesized in anisole with a CuBr(2)/PMDETA catalyst in the presence of tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate as a reducing agent. The PAC8 block was subsequently used as macroinitiator for copolymerization with butyl and tert-butyl acrylate carried out in scCO(2). To achieve catalyst solubility in CO(2) two fluorinated ligands were employed. The formation of block copolymers was confirmed by size exclusion chromatography and DSC.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{SchreiberVukicevicBeuermann2011,
  author    = {Schreiber, Ulrike and Vukicevic, Radovan and Beuermann, Sabine},
  title     = {Block copolymers of poly(vinylidene fluoride) obtained via 1,3 dipolar cycloaddition},
  series = {Abstracts of papers : joint conference / The Chemical Institute of Cananda, CIC, American Chemical Society, ACS},
  volume    = {242},
  booktitle = {Abstracts of papers : joint conference / The Chemical Institute of Cananda, CIC, American Chemical Society, ACS},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0065-7727},
  pages     = {1},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VukicevicBeuermann2011,
  author    = {Vukicevic, Radovan and Beuermann, Sabine},
  title     = {Fullerenes decorated with poly(vinylidene fluoride)},
  series = {Macromolecules : a publication of the American Chemical Society},
  volume    = {44},
  journal   = {Macromolecules : a publication of the American Chemical Society},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0024-9297},
  doi       = {10.1021/ma102754c},
  pages     = {2597 -- 2603},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Fullerenes decorated with poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) were synthesized in a three-step procedure: Iodine transfer polymerization of vinylidene fluoride with C(6)F(12)I(2) as the chain transfer agent was carried out in supercritical carbon dioxide to synthesize iodine-terminated PVDF, which was subsequently transformed to azide-terminated polymer. Finally, azide-terminated PVDF chains were attached to a fullerene core under microwave irradiation at 160 degrees C in 1.5 h. The materials were characterized by NMR, FT-IR, UV/vis, GPC, elemental analysis, and DSC. On average, 4-5 PVDF chains are attached to one C(60) moiety. FT-IR spectra and DSC measurements indicate that the polymer end groups strongly affect the crystallinity of the material. For PVDF with azide end groups and PVDF attached to fullerenes the fraction of the beta polymorph is dominant while alpha polymorphs are almost absent.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{VukicevicSchreiberBeuermann2011,
  author    = {Vukicevic, Radovan and Schreiber, Ulrike and Beuermann, Sabine},
  title     = {Azide-terminated poly(vinylidene fluoride) as building block for nanocomposite materials and block copolymers},
  series = {Abstracts of papers : joint conference / The Chemical Institute of Cananda, CIC, American Chemical Society, ACS},
  volume    = {242},
  booktitle = {Abstracts of papers : joint conference / The Chemical Institute of Cananda, CIC, American Chemical Society, ACS},
  number    = {16},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0065-7727},
  pages     = {1},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}