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Acrylic acid (AA) forms a 1∶1 hydrogen-bonded complex with the repeating unit of poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) in dilute solution of methanol. The rate enhancement of the polymerization of AA in the presence of P4VP in methanol coincided with the viscosity change of the same system.
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Fujimori, K., Trainor, G.T. Effect of viscosity in the radical polymerization of acrylic acid in the presence of poly(4-vinylpyridine) in methanol. Polymer Bulletin 9, 204–207 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283708
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283708