Macromers polymerizable macromolecular

An alternate route to graft copolymers is by synthesis of macromolecules possessing exactly one polymerizable group in the chain and their subsequent polymerization, i.e. grafting through. Such reactive polymers are macromolecular monomers, i.e. Macromers as abbreviated by Milkovitch 159), who was the first to call the attention of the scientific community to the importance of this field although macromonomers have been prepared and copolymerized as early as 1962 160). 

Macromolecular monomers, called macromonomers or macromers, are a relatively new category of functionalized polymer materials having a molecular weight range of 10 -10" and possessing one or more reactive polymerizable end groups [81] of those described in Table 3.2. The... 

Macromer is a poljnnerizable macromolecular monomer, having a polymerizable end group and uniform molecular weight distribution. Macromers may be used to prepare graft copolymer containing characterized grafts with uniform and predetermined molecular weight. 

Macromolecular monomers, called macromonomers or macromers, can be defined as oligomers or polymers with a polymerizable end group. Such groups may be... 

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