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WE have reported1 that block copolymers may be prepared by adding methyl methacrylate to a latex of poly vinyl acetate prepared by gamma-irradiation of the monomer emulsion. Polymer radicals trapped in latex particles initiate polymerization of the second monomer, forming linear block copolymer molecules.
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ALLEN, P., BURNETT, G., DOWNER, J. et al. Preparation of Block and Graft Copolymers in Systems where the Life-time of the Kinetic Chain is Long. Nature 182, 245 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182245a0
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