RAFT‐mediated polymerization‐induced self‐assembly

F d'Agosto, J Rieger, M Lansalot - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
After a brief history that positions polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) in the field of
polymer chemistry, this Review will cover the fundamentals of the PISA mechanism …

RAFT polymerization to form stimuli-responsive polymers

G Moad - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers adapt to their surrounding environment. These polymers are
capable of responding to a variety of external stimuli, which include optical, electrical …

Guidelines for the synthesis of block copolymer particles of various morphologies by RAFT dispersion polymerization

J Rieger - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents the recent developments of radical dispersion polymerizaton controlled
by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) for the production of block …

Polymerization-induced thermal self-assembly (PITSA)

CA Figg, A Simula, KA Gebre, BS Tucker… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a versatile technique to achieve a wide
range of polymeric nanoparticle morphologies. Most previous examples of self-assembled …

Tuning hydrophobicity to program block copolymer assemblies from the inside out

CA Figg, RN Carmean, KC Bentz, S Mukherjee… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobicity inherently affects a solutes behavior in water, yet how polymer chain
hydrophobicity impacts aggregate morphology during solution self-assembly and …

Aqueous polymerization-induced self-assembly for the synthesis of ketone-functionalized nano-objects with low polydispersity

W Zhou, Q Qu, Y Xu, Z An - ACS Macro Letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
Efficient synthesis of functionalized, uniform polymer nano-objects in water with controlled
morphologies in one step and at high concentrations is extremely attractive, from …

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 …

RAFT alcoholic dispersion polymerization with polymerization-induced self-assembly

AB Lowe - Polymer, 2016 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current state of the art with respect to RAFT alcoholic dispersion
polymerization processes that proceed with polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) …

Industrially-relevant polymerization-induced self-assembly formulations in non-polar solvents: RAFT dispersion polymerization of benzyl methacrylate

MJ Derry, LA Fielding, SP Armes - Polymer Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Industrially-sourced mineral oil and a poly (α-olefin) are used as solvents for the reversible
addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) dispersion polymerization of benzyl …