Magnetic crosslinked polystyrene with hydrophilic nature prepared through surface-initiated ATRP technique

Magnetic crosslinked polystyrene (CPS) was prepared via a solvent-free surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) technique. Organically modified magnetite nanoparticles (MNP′s) were used as the polyaddition initiator. Also, an α,ω-bis-4-(vinylbenzyl)ether of polyoxyethylene (BVE) was utilized as the comonomer/crosslinker. In addition to Fe3O4-containing crosslinked polymer (donated with MNP′s@BVE-CPS), a non-magnetic...