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The sequential addition of the monomers methodology was employed starting from the polymerization of NVP followed by the polymerization of the Ves\u2019 monomer. The polymerization of NVP was conducted at 60 \u00b0C in benzene solution using AIBN as the initiator and O-ethyl S-(phthalimidylmethyl) xanthate as the CTA. The resulting PNVP macro-CTA was further applied for the polymerization of the vinyl ester in dioxane solution at 80 \u00b0C using, again, AIBN as the initiator. The block copolymers were characterized through size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and NMR spectroscopy. 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