Solvent effects on surface-grafted and free poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide] chains during surface-initiated RAFT polymerization
Solvent proticity and/or polarity influences the solution propagation rate, leading to mass transfer limitations and a concomitant discrepancy in the molar masses of poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide] chains formed in solution and grafted from the surface during surface-initiated RAFT polymerization.