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 …

Brush-modified materials: Control of molecular architecture, assembly behavior, properties and applications

J Yan, MR Bockstaller, K Matyjaszewski - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent progress in surface-initiated polymerization enables the deliberate polymer
modification of nanoscopic surfaces with high levels of precision. This has given rise to the …

Kinetics of atom transfer radical polymerization

P Krys, K Matyjaszewski - European Polymer Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
This review encompasses the fundamentals of kinetics of atom transfer radical
polymerization (ATRP). ATRP is a versatile reversible-deactivation radical polymerization …

Control of dispersity and grafting density of particle brushes by variation of ATRP catalyst concentration

Z Wang, J Yan, T Liu, Q Wei, S Li, M Olszewski… - ACS Macro …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Silica particles with grafted poly (methyl methacrylate) brushes, SiO2-g-PMMA, were
prepared via activator regeneration by electron transfer (ARGET) atom transfer radical …

A comparative study on grafting polymers from cellulose nanocrystals via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and activator re-generated by …

Z Zhang, X Wang, KC Tam, G Sèbe - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Both Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (SI-ATRP) and Surface-
Initiated Activator Re-Generated by Electron Transfer ATRP (SI-ARGET ATRP) were …

Grafting polymers from cellulose nanocrystals via surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization

Z Zhang, G Sèbe, Y Hou, J Wang… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are rod‐like nanoparticles extracted from cellulose. Due to
their fascinating properties—renewable, biocompatible, non‐toxic, biodegradable, excellent …

Conformational distributions near and on the substrate during surface-initiated living polymerization: A lattice-based kinetic Monte Carlo approach

FJ Arraez, PHM Van Steenberge, DR D'hooge - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
One of the challenges in the field of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) is gaining access
to conformational distributions allowing one to quantify the degree of brush/mushroom …

Conformational variations for surface-initiated reversible deactivation radical polymerization: From flat to curved nanoparticle surfaces

FJ Arraez, PHM Van Steenberge, J Sobieski… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although progress in surface-initiated reversible deactivation radical polymerization (SI-
RDRP) has already enabled the production of increasingly novel and advanced polymer …

Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study on the damping mechanism of C5 petroleum resin/chlorinated butyl rubber composites

C Yin, X Zhao, J Zhu, H Hu, M Song, S Wu - Journal of Materials Science, 2019 - Springer
In this work, the damping mechanisms of C5 petroleum resin/chlorinated butyl rubber
composites were studied by experimentation, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, and …

In silico tracking of individual species accelerating progress in macromolecular engineering and design

DR D'hooge - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The beneficial use of computer simulations to track the microstructural evolution of individual
species is highlighted in view of macromolecular engineering and design, considering two …