Effect of initiation conditions on the uniformity of three-arm star molecular brushes

K Matyjaszewski, S Qin, JR Boyce… - …, 2003 - ACS Publications
A series of three-arm star densely grafted molecular brushes with poly (n-butyl acrylate) side
chains were prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The three-arm …

Double‐grafted cylindrical brushes: synthesis and characterization of poly (lauryl methacrylate) brushes

Y Xu, H Becker, J Yuan, M Burkhardt… - Macromolecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Double‐grafted cylindrical brushes with poly (lauryl methacrylate)(PLMA) as the side chains
were synthesized using the grafting‐from strategy via atom transfer radical polymerization …

Initiation efficiency in the synthesis of molecular brushes by grafting from via atom transfer radical polymerization

BS Sumerlin, D Neugebauer, K Matyjaszewski - Macromolecules, 2005 - ACS Publications
Grafting from via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was employed for the
synthesis of densely grafted molecular brushes. A poly (2-(2-bromopropionyl) oxyethyl …

Molecular brushes with spontaneous gradient by atom transfer radical polymerization

H Lee, K Matyjaszewski, S Yu, SS Sheiko - Macromolecules, 2005 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous gradient copolymers were synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization
(ATRP) of acrylates and methacrylates and were subsequently employed to prepare …

Synthesis of molecular brushes with block copolymer side chains using atom transfer radical polymerization

HG Börner, K Beers, K Matyjaszewski, SS Sheiko… - …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Brush macromolecules having poly (n-butyl acrylate-block-styrene) and poly (styrene-block-
n-butyl acrylate) side chains have been synthesized by the “grafting from” approach using …

Synthesis of amphiphilic copolymer brushes possessing alternating poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) grafts via a combination of ATRP and …

J Yin, Z Ge, H Liu, S Liu - Journal of Polymer Science Part A …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We report on the synthesis of well‐defined amphiphilic copolymer brushes possessing
alternating poly (methyl methacrylate) and poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide) grafts, poly (PMMA …

Scaling theory of planar brushes formed by branched polymers

EB Zhulina, TA Vilgis - Macromolecules, 1995 - ACS Publications
The equilibrium structure of planar brushes formed by flexible, regularly branched (comblike
and star like macromolecules), and randomly branched polymers is considered. The …

Synthesis of molecular brushes by “grafting onto” method: combination of ATRP and click reactions

H Gao, K Matyjaszewski - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Molecular brushes (densely grafted polymers or bottle-brush macromolecules) were
synthesized by the “grafting onto” method via combination of atom transfer radical …

Multifunctional ATRP initiators: Synthesis of four‐arm star homopolymers of methyl methacrylate and graft copolymers of polystyrene and poly(t‐butyl methacrylate)

P Moschogianni, S Pispas… - Journal of Polymer …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Tetrakis bromomethyl benzene was used as a tetrafunctional initiator in the synthesis of four‐
armed star polymers of methyl methacrylate via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) …

ATRP synthesis of thermally responsive molecular brushes from oligo (ethylene oxide) methacrylates

S Yamamoto, J Pietrasik, K Matyjaszewski - Macromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
Molecular brushes consisting of statistical copolymers of di (ethylene glycol) methyl ether
methacrylate (MEO2MA) and tri (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (MEO3MA) were …