TIT# Synthesis and properties of styrene-isoprene multiblock copolymers AUT# Buzdugan, Emil; Ghioca, Paul; Stribeck, Norbert; SOU# Mater. Plast. (2000), 37(3), 138-144 LOC# xv066 CLA# COM# APP# MAT# ABS# Higher amounts (order of tenths of grams) of SIS, SISI, SISIS, SISISI and SISISIS (S is a polystyrene block, and I is a polyisoprene block) polystyrene-polyisoprene linear multiblock copolymers were prepared by sequential living anionic polymerization technique. In some cases the living ends of block copolymers were coupled with 1,2-dibromoethane, dichlorodimetilsilane or iodine. The polymerization reactions initiated by n-butyllithium were carried out in toluene solution. On these block copolymers, GPC and IR spectral analyses were performed, and the mechanical properties, including dynamic mechanical analysis were determined too.