Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (Controlled/living radical polymerization): From discovery to materials design and applications

N Corrigan, K Jung, G Moad, CJ Hawker… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) processes, such as atom transfer
radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) …

Click chemistry strategies for the accelerated synthesis of functional macromolecules

Z Geng, JJ Shin, Y Xi, CJ Hawker - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …

The synthesis, properties and potential applications of cyclic polymers

FM Haque, SM Grayson - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Unlike their more common linear counterparts, cyclic polymers have a ring-like structure and
a lack of chain ends. Because of their topology, cyclic polymers exhibit a unique set of …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Block PolymersPure Potential

CM Bates, FS Bates - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Block polymers have undergone extraordinary evolution since their inception more than 60
years ago, maturing from simple surfactants to an expansive class of macromolecules …

Block copolymers: Synthesis, self-assembly, and applications

H Feng, X Lu, W Wang, NG Kang, JW Mays - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Research on block copolymers (BCPs) has played a critical role in the development of
polymer chemistry, with numerous pivotal contributions that have advanced our ability to …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymers with Complex Architectures

G Polymeropoulos, G Zapsas, K Ntetsikas… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The scope of this Perspective is to highlight innovative contributions in the synthesis of well-
defined complex macromolecular architectures and to emphasize the importance of these …

Optimized design of block copolymers with covarying properties for nanolithography

H Feng, M Dolejsi, N Zhu, S Yim, W Loo, P Ma… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The ability to impart multiple covarying properties into a single material represents a grand
challenge in manufacturing. In the design of block copolymers (BCPs) for directed self …

Progress in polymer single-chain based hybrid nanoparticles

Y Shao, Z Yang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Precise control of molecular hierarchical organization has endowed biological systems with
unique functions, which inspires great efforts in the synthesis of artificial mimics. Polymeric …

Advances in single chain technology

M Gonzalez-Burgos, A Latorre-Sanchez… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent ability to manipulate and visualize single atoms at atomic level has given rise to
modern bottom-up nanotechnology. Similar exquisite degree of control at the individual …

Styrenic Block copolymer‐based thermoplastic elastomers in smart applications: Advances in synthesis, microstructure, and structure–property relationships—a …

P Maji, K Naskar - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Styrenic block copolymers (SBC) have been gaining attention as a specialty material in
elastomer and composite industries over an extended period. Its unique segmental …