Seeing the light: advancing materials chemistry through photopolymerization

N Corrigan, J Yeow, P Judzewitsch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The application of photochemistry to polymer and material science has led to the
development of complex yet efficient systems for polymerization, polymer post …

Photoinitiated Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly (Photo‐PISA): New Insights and Opportunities

J Yeow, C Boyer - Advanced Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) process is a useful synthetic tool for the
efficient synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles of different morphologies. Recently, studies on …

New Insights into RAFT Dispersion Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly: From Monomer Library, Morphological Control, and Stability to Driving Forces

X Wang, Z An - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) has been established as an efficient, robust,
and versatile approach to synthesize various block copolymer nano‐objects with controlled …

Controlling nanomaterial size and shape for biomedical applications via polymerization‐induced self‐assembly

SY Khor, JF Quinn, MR Whittaker… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid developments in the polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) technique have
paved the way for the environmentally friendly production of nanoparticles with tunable size …

Organic–inorganic hybrid nanomaterials prepared via polymerization-induced self-assembly: recent developments and future opportunities

B Niu, Y Chen, L Zhang, J Tan - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic–inorganic hybrid nanomaterials are an important class of functional materials that
find applications in many areas. Cooperative self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles and …

Polymerizations by RAFT: Developments of the Technique and Its Application in the Synthesis of Tailored (Co) polymers

M Semsarilar, V Abetz - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is an increasingly
popular method of controlled radical polymerization and remarkable advances is made in …

Application of oxygen tolerant PET-RAFT to polymerization-induced self-assembly

G Ng, J Yeow, J Xu, C Boyer - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The presence of oxygen during controlled/living radical polymerization (CLRP) can lead to a
number of undesirable behaviours such as long inhibition periods and slow polymerization …

Comparison of photo-and thermally initiated polymerization-induced self-assembly: a lack of end group fidelity drives the formation of higher order morphologies

LD Blackman, KEB Doncom, MI Gibson… - Polymer chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is an emerging industrially relevant
technology, which allows the preparation of defined and predictable polymer self …

A single thermoresponsive diblock copolymer can form spheres, worms or vesicles in aqueous solution

LPD Ratcliffe, MJ Derry, A Ianiro, R Tuinier… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
It is well‐known that the self‐assembly of AB diblock copolymers in solution can produce
various morphologies depending on the relative volume fraction of each block. Recently …

Aqueous RAFT dispersion polymerization mediated by an ω, ω-macromolecular chain transfer monomer: an efficient approach for amphiphilic branched block …

W Lin, S Jia, Y Li, L Zhang, H Liu, J Tan - ACS Macro Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, an ω, ω-macromolecular chain transfer monomer (macro-CTM) containing a RAFT
(reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer) group and a methacryloyl group was …