ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 24, Number 3
JKCSEZ 24(3)
June 20, 1980 

Poly (styrene-b-methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) was synthesized by free radical telomerization: the telomerization of styrene with CCl4 by using AIBN as initiator followed by a second telomerization of methyl methacrylate using CCl3 end group of the resulting polymer as the macrotelogen, with AIBN initiation, gave the styrene-methyl methacrylate block copolymer. The effects of the concentration of the macrotelogen, the concentration of monomer, the molecular weight of the macrotelogen, the reaction temperature and the concentration of the solvent on the formation of the block copolymer were investigated. Block copolymers containing up to 10 weight percent PMMA were obtained by adjusting the reaction conditions.