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 …

Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

S Hu, J Zhao, G Zhang, H Schlaad - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In virtue of the rising demand for metal-free polymeric materials, organocatalytic
polymerization has emerged and blossomed unprecedentedly in the past 15 years into an …

One-step and metal-free synthesis of triblock quaterpolymers by concurrent and switchable polymerization

S Zhu, Y Zhao, M Ni, J Xu, X Zhou, Y Liao… - ACS Macro …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A one-step and metal-free route to triblock quaterpolymers from mixtures of vinyl monomers,
epoxides, anhydrides, and racemic lactide (rac-LA) has been described, which bridges three …

Polymer synthesis with more than one form of living polymerization method

X Guo, B Choi, A Feng… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled radical polymerization (CRP) or controlled/living radical polymerization has
revolutionized the polymer industry as a tool for the preparation of a wide variety of …

Recent advances in the synthesis of complex macromolecular architectures based on poly (n-vinyl pyrrolidone) and the RAFT polymerization technique

N Roka, O Kokkorogianni, P Kontoes-Georgoudakis… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in the controlled RAFT polymerization of complex macromolecular
architectures based on poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone), PNVP, are summarized in this review …

Dual polymerizations: untapped potential for biomaterials

DC Lee, RJ Lamm, AN Prossnitz… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymers with unique architectures and those that can self‐assemble into
supramolecular structures are used in medicine as biomaterial scaffolds and delivery …

Old meets new: Combination of PLA and RDRP to obtain sophisticated macromolecular architectures

I Yildirim, C Weber, US Schubert - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
This review article highlights the research focused on the synthesis of polylactide (PLA)
based copolymers by combination of reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) …

Sequentially bridging anionic addition and ring-opening polymerization by cooperative organocatalysis: well-defined block copolymers from methacrylates and cyclic …

M Liu, B Wang, L Pan, XH Liu, Y Li - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The organocatalytic sequential block copolymerization of dissimilar monomers with distinct
chemical characteristics is very challenging, usually involving the integration of different …

Janus Polymerization: A One‐Shot Approach towards Amphiphilic Multiblock Poly(ester‐acetal)s Directly from 1,3‐Dioxolane with ε‐Caprolactone

H Qiu, T Shen, Z Yang, F Wu, X Li… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Janus polymerization consists of anionic and cationic ring
opening polymerizations (AROP and CROP) at the two ends of a single propagating …

Polylactide/poly (vinyl monomer) block copolymers for specific applications

M Bednarek, M Grabowski - Polymer Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, there has been continuous growth in the market for polylactide/poly (lactic
acid)(PLA) which can be attributed to the increasing preference for environmentally friendly …