Linear block copolymer synthesis

H Dau, GR Jones, E Tsogtgerel, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers form the basis of the most ubiquitous materials such as thermoplastic
elastomers, bridge interphases in polymer blends, and are fundamental for the development …

Precision polymer synthesis by controlled radical polymerization: Fusing the progress from polymer chemistry and reaction engineering

YN Zhou, JJ Li, TT Wang, YY Wu, ZH Luo - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

RAFT‐mediated polymerization‐induced self‐assembly

F d'Agosto, J Rieger, M Lansalot - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
After a brief history that positions polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) in the field of
polymer chemistry, this Review will cover the fundamentals of the PISA mechanism …

Reversing RAFT polymerization: near-quantitative monomer generation via a catalyst-free depolymerization approach

HS Wang, NP Truong, Z Pei, ML Coote… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ability to reverse controlled radical polymerization and regenerate the monomer would
be highly beneficial for both fundamental research and applications, yet this has remained …

Thermoresponsive polymers and their biomedical application in tissue engineering–a review

F Doberenz, K Zeng, C Willems, K Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoresponsive polymers hold great potential in the biomedical field, since they enable
the fabrication of cell sheets, in situ drug delivery and 3D-printing under physiological …

New developments in medical applications of hybrid hydrogels containing natural polymers

C Vasile, D Pamfil, E Stoleru, M Baican - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
New trends in biomedical applications of the hybrid polymeric hydrogels, obtained by
combining natural polymers with synthetic ones, have been reviewed …

A versatile 3D and 4D printing system through photocontrolled RAFT polymerization

Z Zhang, N Corrigan, A Bagheri, J Jin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition‐fragmentation chain‐transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a valuable tool
for synthesizing macromolecules with controlled topologies and diverse chemical …

Photoinduced electron transfer reactions for macromolecular syntheses

S Dadashi-Silab, S Doran, Y Yagci - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Photochemical reactions, particularly those involving photoinduced electron transfer
processes, establish a substantial contribution to the modern synthetic chemistry, and the …

A robust and versatile photoinduced living polymerization of conjugated and unconjugated monomers and its oxygen tolerance

J Xu, K Jung, A Atme, S Shanmugam… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Controlled/living radical polymerization techniques have transformed polymer chemistry in
the last few decades, affording the production of polymers with precise control over both …

Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride with functional comonomers and applications therefrom: Recent developments, challenges and future trends

B Ameduri - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The radical copolymerization of VDF with M monomer, the properties and applications of the
resulting copolymers are presented. First, after listing a non-exhaustive series of …