Branched styrene–acrylic resin for coating via radical polymerization in the presence of chain transfer monomer

Exploring telogen chemical structure and reactivity when forming highly branched polyesters derived from ethylene glycol dimethacrylate homopolymerisation under transfer-dominated branching radical telomerisation (TBRT) conditions

“…In contrast, Jiang et al used a chain transfer monomer approach to generate hyperbranched polymers by FRP in emulsion. 22 This approach placed chain initiating groups, namely thiols and peroxides, within the pendant group of (meth) acrylic monomers, [23][24][25][26] enabling in situ branch point formation through chain transfer reactions with propagating radicals. Interestingly, the degree of branching achieved was highly dependent upon the relative magnitudes of the propagation and chain transfer rate constants, K p and K tr respectively; i.e.…”