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Synthesis of linear and branched hydrophobically associating multiblock copolymers via a one-pot process

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The synthesis of linear and branched hydrophobically water soluble (co) polymers composed of acrylamide (AM), lauryl acrylate (LA) and N,N′-methylenebis (acrylamide) was carefully carried out via a one-pot process using the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization in aqueous media. The polymerization reactions were triggered out by sequential addition of monomers in the absence of surfactant through thermal initiation using 4,4′-azobis(4-cyanopentanoic acid)-ACPA as initiator. For understanding the influence of both hydrophobic and crosslinking agent on the structure and rheological properties thus the synthesized polymers were thoroughly characterized. Size exclusion chromatography (SEC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) analyses demonstrated the insertion of hydrophobic block inside the polymeric chains. Further, the rheological studies confirmed the influence of both crosslinking agent and hydrophobic block inserted within the backbone polymers on the thickening properties of copolymers obtained in each step.

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The facilities and financial support from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT CB255250 and SENER-Energía 267962) and Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada (CIQA 6502) are acknowledged. The authors also thank the Bacc. Judith Nazareth Cabello-Romero and MSc. Cesar Nadem Muñoz López, M.Sc. Fabiola Yaneth Castellanos for their helps in NMR, rheological and DLS analyses, respectively. CST renders thanks to CONACYT for his nomination as research fellow at CIQA.

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    Perfecto Ascencio Carvente, Hortensia Maldonado Textle, Claudia Cecilia Rivera Vallejo & Enrique Javier Jiménez Regalado

  2. Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Ciudad Universitaria Av. Sn. Claudio y, Blvd. 18 Sur, C.P. 72570, Puebla, Pue, México

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  4. CONACYT-Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, 140 Blvd Enrique Reyna, C.P. 25294, Saltillo, Coah, México

    Claude St Thomas

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Ascencio Carvente, P., Maldonado Textle, H., Soriano Moro, G. et al. Synthesis of linear and branched hydrophobically associating multiblock copolymers via a one-pot process. J Polym Res 27, 200 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-020-02182-6

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