The copper‐catalyzed azide/alkyne cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC) has emerged as the
most useful “click” chemistry. Polymer science has profited enormously from CuAAC by its …

The synthesis of polymers with well-defined compositions, architectures, and functionalities
has long been of great interest in polymer chemistry. Typically, living polymerization …

Current status and future perspectives in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) are
presented. Special emphasis is placed on mechanistic understanding of ATRP, recent …

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American Chemical Society Published on Web 12/12/2001 laboratory-scale processes for …

Virtually every branch of science, technology, and art uses a plethora of polymeric materials.
These include not only “pure” linear, branched, or cross-linked (gels, rubbers, etc.) polymers …

Multifunctional initiators, derived from cyclotriphosphazenes, cyclosiloxanes, and organic
polyols, were used in the synthesis of styrenic and (meth) acrylic star polymers by atom …

With such a wide diversity of properties and applications, is it any wonder that industry and
academia have such a fascination with polymers? A solid introduction to such an enormous …

The synthesis of multiarm star polymers by radical polymerization with reversible addition−
fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) is described. When the precursor RAFT agents to star …

A novel octafunctional calixarene derivative, namely, 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35, 41, 47-octa-tert-
butyl-49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56-octakis (2-bromopropionyloxy) calix [8] arene (1) which …

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is a living radical polymerization process
utilizing transition-metal complexes as catalysts to mediate the propagation of the …