Ring-opening polymerization of epoxides: facile pathway to functional polyethers via a versatile organoaluminum initiator

CG Rodriguez, RC Ferrier Jr, A Helenic… - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report a new class of organoaluminum-based initiator for anionic ring-opening
polymerization of epoxides that is simple to synthesize from readily available precursors …

Brief timelapse on dendrimer chemistry: advances, limitations, and expectations

C Ornelas - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Dendrimers are well‐defined branched macromolecules that have been studied for a wide
variety of applications. Possibility to add multiple functionalities in precise locations of the …

Particle coagulation of emulsion polymers: A review of experimental and modelling studies

D Cheng, S Ariafar, N Sheibat-Othman, J Pohn… - Polymer …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Particle coagulation, in conjunction with nucleation and growth, plays a significant role in
determining the evolution of particle size distribution in emulsion polymerizations. Therefore …

Organic amine-mediated synthesis of polymer and carbon microspheres: mechanism insight and energy-related applications

J Wang, L Yao, C Ma, X Guo, W Qiao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A general organic amine-mediated synthesis of polymer microspheres is developed based
on the copolymerization of resorcinol, formaldehyde, and various organic amines at room …

Combined chain-and step-growth dispersion polymerization toward PSt particles with soft, clickable patches

K Jiang, Y Liu, Y Yan, S Wang, L Liu, W Yang - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Simple and convenient synthetic methods are highly in demand for the preparation and
application of patchy particles (PPs) with diverse morphologies, functionalities and …

Amphiphilic glycosylated block copolypeptides as macromolecular surfactants in the emulsion polymerization of styrene

J Jacobs, N Gathergood, JPA Heuts, A Heise - Polymer Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Diblock copolymers consisting of poly (L-phenyl alanine) and poly (benzyl-L-glutamate) or
poly (CBZ-L-lysine), respectively, were synthesized via sequential NCA polymerization. After …

In situ charge neutralization on governing particle coagulation nucleation and size distribution in macroemulsion polymerization

BJ Liu, WT Meng, MY Zhang, HX Zhang - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Fabricating monodispersed polymer latex particles with∼ 300 nm size at high monomer
concentrations by batch macroemulsion polymerization remains significantly challenging …

Development of a new synthetic platform for polyether materials

CG Rodriguez - 2019 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
There is considerable current interest in the development of innovative technologies for
CO₂ capture and sequestration (CCS) of CO₂. Common separation technologies are …

Self-Assembly of Soft Nanoparticles

TL Nghiem, A Steinhaus, R Chakroun, S Tjaberings… - 2019 - eref.uni-bayreuth.de
Soft nanoparticles are sub-100 nm deformable colloids typically made of polymers or block
copolymers self-assembled to core-corona micelles. Soft nanoparticles have been …

Polymer nanofabrication and plasma processing

T Maeda, F Endo, K Tsuji, A Hotta - Handbook of Modern Coating …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanofabricated polymers are extremely useful due to their high functionalities caused by the
inherent multiscale structures of the nanostructured polymers. Nanostructured polymers for …