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Abstract
This thesis describes the synthesis of copolymers which
can be applied as thin films from organic solutions but
which, when exposed to U.V light, degrade to give water
soluble fragments. Such polymers have the potential to
be used as aqueous developable resists. Free radical
copolymerization of methyl vinyl ketone with acrylamide
was carried out in dioxane with a range of monomer feed
ratios, copolymerizations were stopped below 10%
conversion. Reactivity ratios were determined using the
Kelen-Tudos method. The copolymers were characterized by
N.M.R, I.R, „ G.P.C, and solubility measurements.
Solutions of copolymers were photodegraded using U.V
light for two, six, twelve, and twenty four hours and the
products of degradation were examined by gel permeation
chromatography (G.P.C). Films of the copolymers, cast
from solution onto glass slides, were exposed to U.V
light for 5,15,30,120 minutes, and changes in their
solubilities examined.