Fig. 5. Degradation of PPEGMA-r-PDMDL (Mn = 39 000, Đ = 2.22, and FDMDL = 17%) (1 wt%) using 67 equiv. of KOH in water (99 wt%) at room temperature: (a) GPC chromatograms and (b) plot of Mnvs. time. Degradation of PLMA-r-PDMDL (Mn = 42 000, Đ = 1.76, and FDMDL = 16%) (1.8 wt%) with 3.5 equiv. of KOH in a mixture of methanol (8.1 wt%) and THF (89.9 wt%) at room temperature; (c) GPC chromatograms and (d) plot of Mnvs. time.
