Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) combine the features of vulcanized thermoset rubbers and
thermoplastic materials in their phase-separated microdomain structure. As a consequence …

Block copolymers have attracted increasing interest due to their ability to self-organize at
nanometer scales. 1-18 When the strength of the repulsive interaction between blocks is …

Precise control over the location of monomers in a polymer chain has been described as the
'Holy Grail'of polymer synthesis. Controlled chain growth polymerization techniques have …

Patterning strategies based on directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers, as one of
the most appealing next-generation lithography techniques, have attracted abiding interest …

Since the beginning of this century, new polymer morphologies beyond the conventional
ones have been found in several complex polymer systems. This article summarizes the …

Modern approaches to the synthesis of tailor-made macromolecules by radical
polymerization proceeding through the reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer …

ABSTRACT Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) has reached the second largest production
volume of fluoropolymers in recent years, and its popularity can be ascribed to high thermal …

Periodic hybrid nanostructured materials based on aligned inorganic nanoparticles within
self‐assembled copolymer matrixes aimed to harness the collective properties of generated …

Two novel double hydrophilic multiblock copolymers of N, N-dimethylacrylamide and N-
isopropylacrylamide, m-PDMA p-PNIPAM q, with varying degrees of polymerization (DPs) …

The effects of chain topology on the self-assembly of block copolymers are examined using
an ABAT block copolymer, composed of an AB diblock copolymer with an extra A block …