Minko, S.; Sidorenko, A.; Voronov, S. Polymerization from solid surfaces initiated by catalytic decomposition of the polymeric hydroperoxide. Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Seriya B (Polymer Science, Part B)1995, 37, 401-406.
Abstract: The kinetic features of graft polymerization in the interphase boundary layer between a solid and liquid were studied for the process initiated by radicals immobilized on the solid surface. The radicals were formed in the redox reaction between copper naphthenate and adsorbed hydroperoxide-containing copolymer. The fraction of graft polymer in the total polymer yield is less than unity and depends significantly on the mechanism of chain termination (recombination and disproportionation), which is caused by competition between the reaction of chain transfer to the components in bulk and the interaction of radicals immobilized on the solid surface. A mathematical model is proposed that satisfactorily describes the regularities observed in the system.