pH-Responsive polymers

G Kocak, C Tuncer, V Bütün - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide an analysis of some of the recent literature reports on the
synthesis and applications of pH-responsive polymers. Depending on the solution pH, such …

Polymerization of polar monomers mediated by main-group Lewis acid–base pairs

M Hong, J Chen, EYX Chen - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of new or more sustainable, active, efficient, controlled, and selective
polymerization reactions or processes continues to be crucial for the synthesis of important …

Polymeric surfactants: synthesis, properties, and links to applications

P Raffa, DAZ Wever, F Picchioni… - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is well-known that surfactants are molecules able to modify the surface properties of the
liquid in which they are introduced (usually water). The simultaneous presence of both …

Micellization of block copolymers

G Riess - Progress in polymer science, 2003 - Elsevier
This article deals with recent progress including the author's work in the field of block
copolymer self-assembly in solution and on solid surfaces. The synthesis methods for …

Synthesis and solution properties of zwitterionic polymers

AB Lowe, CL McCormick - Chemical reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
Polymers containing ionic groups are among the most important classes of macromolecules.
These types of polymers range from naturally occurring biopolymers such as proteins and …

Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization and the synthesis of water-soluble (co) polymers under homogeneous conditions in …

AB Lowe, CL McCormick - Progress in Polymer Science, 2007 - Elsevier
Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization has, since
its discovery by CSIRO, evolved into an extremely powerful synthetic tool for polymer …

Synthesis and aqueous solution properties of near-monodisperse tertiary amine methacrylate homopolymers and diblock copolymers

V Bütün, SP Armes, NC Billingham - Polymer, 2001 - Elsevier
Group transfer polymerisation (GTP) of four tertiary amine methacrylates, 2-(dimethylamino)
ethyl methacrylate (DMA), 2-(diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (DEA), 2-(diisopropylamino) …

Block copolymer micelles

JF Gohy - Block copolymers II, 2005 - Springer
This review summarizes recent advances to date in the area of block copolymer micelles
and also tries to highlight some new directions in that field. Generalities about the …

Synthesis of thermally sensitive water-soluble polymethacrylates by living anionic polymerizations of oligo (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylates

S Han, M Hagiwara, T Ishizone - Macromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
Anionic polymerizations of 2-methoxyethyl methacrylate (1), 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethyl
methacrylate (2), and 2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy] ethyl methacrylate (3) were carried out …

Double‐hydrophilic block copolymers: synthesis and application as novel surfactants and crystal growth modifiers

H Cölfen - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Double‐hydrophilic block copolymers are a new class of amphiphilic molecules of rapidly
increasing importance with unique and fascinating properties potentially connecting …