Star polymers

JM Ren, TG McKenzie, Q Fu, EHH Wong, J Xu… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in controlled/living polymerization techniques and highly efficient coupling
chemistries have enabled the facile synthesis of complex polymer architectures with …

Recent developments in polydopamine: an emerging soft matter for surface modification and biomedical applications

M Liu, G Zeng, K Wang, Q Wan, L Tao, X Zhang, Y Wei - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
After more than four billion years of evolution, nature has created a large number of
fascinating living organisms, which show numerous peculiar structures and wonderful …

[HTML][HTML] Copper-mediated living radical polymerization (atom transfer radical polymerization and copper (0) mediated polymerization): from fundamentals to …

C Boyer, NA Corrigan, K Jung, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Polymeric AIE-based nanoprobes for biomedical applications: recent advances and perspectives

X Zhang, K Wang, M Liu, X Zhang, L Tao, Y Chen… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of polymeric luminescent nanomaterials for biomedical applications has
recently attracted a large amount of attention due to the remarkable advantages of these …

Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization: a versatile tool for materials synthesis

A Anastasaki, V Nikolaou, G Nurumbetov… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
During the past decade we have witnessed the rapid development and understanding of
living radical polymerization (LRP)(or reversible deactivation radical polymerizations …

Copper (II)/tertiary amine synergy in photoinduced living radical polymerization: Accelerated synthesis of ω-functional and α, ω-heterofunctional poly (acrylates)

A Anastasaki, V Nikolaou, Q Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced living radical polymerization of acrylates, in the absence of conventional
photoinitiators or dye sensitizers, has been realized in “daylight'” and is enhanced upon …

Single-electron transfer living radical polymerization platform to practice, develop, and invent

G Lligadas, S Grama, V Percec - Biomacromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
The most fundamental aspects of single-electron transfer (SET) principles are presented.
They are discussed according to different definitions used by expert practitioners and are …

Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization: recent highlights and applications; a perspective

A Anastasaki, V Nikolaou, DM Haddleton - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization or single electron transfer living radical
polymerization (Cu (0)-mediated LRP or SET-LRP) is a versatile polymerization technique …

Polymeric filomicelles and nanoworms: two decades of synthesis and application

NP Truong, JF Quinn, MR Whittaker, TP Davis - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Filomicelles and nanoworms are an emerging subclass of nanomaterials with a special
elongated shape. The physical properties of a filomicelle are distinct from a traditional …

Recent developments in the synthesis of biomacromolecules and their conjugates by single electron transfer–living radical polymerization

G Lligadas, S Grama, V Percec - Biomacromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Single electron transfer–living radical polymerization (SET-LRP) represents a robust and
versatile tool for the synthesis of vinyl polymers with well-defined topology and chain end …