the materials (polymers and reagents)
and the solvents below were used as received without further purification:
methyl methacrylate (MMA), 99% from Sigma-Aldrich, d = 0.963 mg/mL, MW: 100.12 g/mol; 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (NVP), ≥99%
from Sigma-Aldrich, d = 1.043 mg/mL, MW: 111.14 g/mol;
styrene (Sty), ≥99% from Sigma-Aldrich, d =
0.906 mg/mL; poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) from Sigma-Aldrich,
MW: 120 000 D; polystyrene (PS) from Repsol, MW: 164 500
D; poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) from Sigma-Aldrich, MW: 29 000
D; 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) (AIBN), 98% from Sigma-Aldrich,
MW: 164.21 g/mol; dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ACS reagent ≥99.5%
from Sigma-Aldrich, MW: 78.13 g/mol; chloroform, ACS reagent ≥99.8%
from Sigma-Aldrich, MW 119.38 g/mol; acetone, ACS reagent ≥99.5%
from Sigma-Aldrich, MW: 58.08 g/mol; methanol, ACS reagent 99.8% from
Sigma-Aldrich, MW: 32.04 g/mol; diethyl ether, ACS reagent ≥99.8%
from Carlo Erba (CAS: 60-29-7), MW: 74.12 g/mol; propanol, ACS reagent
≥99.5% from Sigma-Aldrich (CAS: 67-63-0), MW: 60.10 g/mol; n-heptane, ACS reagent ≥98.5% from Sigma-Aldrich,
MW: 100.2 g/mol; anisole, 99% from Sigma-Aldrich, MW: 108.14 g/mol.