Advantage of graft architecture with a flexible main chain for implantation of ductile nature into brittle amorphous acrylic glass

Toughness enhancement of amorphous glassy polymers is required to expand the application range of thermoplastic polymers. This report describes the implantation of ductile nature into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) resins utilizing a graft architecture with a flexible polyester main chain, which was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with a graft-from approach using a polyester macroinitiator bearing multiple bromo...