%0 Journal Article %A Nurulsaidah Abdul, Rahim %A Fabrice, Audouin %A Johannes G, Vos %A Andreas, Heise %D 2014 %F UNY:11384 %I Yogyakarta State University %J Proceeding of International Conference On Research, Implementation And Education Of Mathematics And Sciences 2014 %K Nitroxide Mediated Polymerisation, 4-vinylpyridine, star polymer %T SYNTHESIS OF STAR POLY(4-VINYLPYRIDINE) ARCHITECTURE BY NITROXIDE MEDIATED POLYMERISATION %U http://eprints.uny.ac.id/11384/ %X This study proposed multifunctional alkoxyamine 2-({tert-butyl [[1- (diethoxyphosphoryl)-2,2-dimethylpropyl]amino}oxy)-2-methylpropanoic acid (MAMA-SG1) initiators for the ‘grafting-from’ method to obtain star architecture of poly 4-vinylpyridine (P4VP) from JEFFAMINE®. The structure of macroinitiator was confirmed by amide bond present in NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. Furthermore, the macroinitiator was used to polymerise 4VP. P4VP from JEFFAMINE-SG1 shows a monomodal peak in the SEC chromatogram, indicating more control polymerisation process.