Abstract
Photo‐ and thermoinitiated radical polymerization of surface‐active monomers with various structures was investigated in solution and in micelles in water. The relationship between kinetics and the structure of monomer associates was represented in the form of a universal curve. A model and kinetic description of polymerization in spherical micelles of monomer was proposed. The problem of micelle fixation by polymerization was solved. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.