Functional block copolymers: nanostructured materials with emerging applications

FH Schacher, PA Rupar… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in polymer synthesis have significantly enhanced the ability to rationally
design block copolymers with tailored functionality. The self‐assembly of these …

Synthesis of silacyclobutanes and their catalytic transformations enabled by transition-metal complexes

QC Mu, J Chen, CG Xia, LW Xu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Silacyclobutanes (SCB), a family of useful organosilicon compounds, have attracted much
attention because the highly strained silicon-carbon bond can be activated, as evidenced by …

Advances in living anionic polymerization: from functional monomers, polymerization systems, to macromolecular architectures

A Hirao, R Goseki, T Ishizone - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
This Perspective presents the development in living anionic polymerization since 1990. The
main subjects involve the following concerns of living anionic polymerization: functional …

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane-b-2-vinylpyridine) Diblock Copolymers

H Wang, MA Winnik, I Manners - Macromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
A new class of metal-containing diblock copolymers, PFS-b-P2VP (PFS= poly (
ferrocenyldimethylsilane), P2VP= poly (2-vinylpyridine)), with a hydrophobic organometallic …

Formation of Lenticular Platelet Micelles via the Interplay of Crystallization and Chain Stretching: Solution Self-Assembly of Poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane)-block-poly …

SF Mohd Yusoff, MS Hsiao, FH Schacher… - …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The influence of solvent composition on micelle morphology has been investigated for two
crystalline-coil poly (ferrocenyldimethylsilane-block-2-vinylpyridine)(PFS-b-P2VP) diblock …

1, 1-dimethylsilacyclobutane-mediated living anionic block copolymerization of [1] dimethylsilaferrocenophane and methyl methacrylate

C Kloninger, M Rehahn - Macromolecules, 2004 - ACS Publications
An efficient synthesis is described of diblock copolymers from [1]
dimethylsilaferrocenophane (FS) and methyl methacrylate (MMA). First, living anionic …

Benzylsilane-metal alkoxide initiator systems for anionic polymerization of vinyl monomers

M Terasaki, Y Hiraki, K Adachi - Polymer Journal, 2023 - nature.com
Anionic initiator systems for styrene polymerization were prepared via desilylation of
benzylsilanes with metal alkoxides. The anionic polymerization initiators were obtained from …

Synthesis and bulk self-assembly of ABC star terpolymers with a polyferrocenylsilane metalloblock

A Nunns, CA Ross, I Manners - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of a range of ABC star polymers with
arms of polyisoprene, poly (ferrocenylethylmethylsilane), and polystyrene is reported. A …

Funktionale Blockcopolymere: nanostrukturierte Materialien mit neuen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten

FH Schacher, PA Rupar, I Manners - Angewandte Chemie, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Moderne Methoden der Polymersynthese eröffnen eine Vielzahl an Möglichkeiten
zur zielgerichteten Herstellung von Blockcopolymeren mit maßgeschneiderter Funktionalität …

Synthesis and crystallization-driven solution self-assembly of polyferrocenylsilane diblock copolymers with polymethacrylate corona-forming blocks

N McGrath, FH Schacher, H Qiu, S Mann… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to increase the range of coronal chemistries available for crystallization-driven self-
assembly protocols a series of highly asymmetric diblock copolymers comprising a …