Atom Transfer Radical Block Copolymerization of 2‐(N,N‐Dimethylamino)ethyl Methacrylate and 2‐Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate

Abstract Block copolymerization of 2‐( N , N ‐dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) with 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was studied in methanol using a macroinitiator method and a “one‐pot” sequential addition method. The polymerization sequence of the two monomers strongly affected the block copolymer formation. When DMAEMA was used as the first monomer, both methods produced block …