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Y. Gao, F.R. Kogler, U. Schubert:
"Improvement of the thermal stability of cluster-crosslinked polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) by optimization of the polymerization conditions";
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 43 (2005), 6586 - 6591.

The polymerization conditions for polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) crosslinked by 0.5 mol % of the cluster Zr₆O₄(OH)₄(methacrylate)₁₂ were optimized by applying a step polymerization procedure. The onset of thermal decomposition was thus increased up to about 50° for polystyrene and about 110° for poly(methyl methacrylate). The increase in thermal stability correlated with a higher char yield. The glass transition temperatures were also increased by about 15°. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 6586-6591, 2005

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