Activated ester containing polymers: opportunities and challenges for the design of functional macromolecules

A Das, P Theato - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Rapidly growing demand of functional polymers in various interdisciplinary areas of
research has accentuated the need for modern synthetic tools to develop advanced …

Bioapplications of RAFT polymerization

C Boyer, V Bulmus, TP Davis, V Ladmiral, J Liu… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A living radical polymerization (LRP) is a free radical polymerization that aims at displaying
living character,(ie, does not terminate or transfer and is able to continue polymerization …

Macromolecular design via reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)/xanthates (MADIX) polymerization

S Perrier, P Takolpuckdee - Journal of Polymer Science Part A …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Among the living radical polymerization techniques, reversible addition–fragmentation chain
transfer (RAFT) and macromolecular design via the interchange of xanthates (MADIX) …

Living radical polymerization by the RAFT process—a first update

G Moad, E Rizzardo, SH Thang - Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
This paper provides a first update to the review of living radical polymerization achieved with
thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a mechanism of Reversible Addition …

Modern trends in polymer bioconjugates design

JF Lutz, HG Börner - Progress in Polymer Science, 2008 - Elsevier
This review describes recent changes and progress in the field of polymer bioconjugation (ie
covalent attachment of synthetic polymers to biological entities such as nucleic acids …

Building nanostructures using RAFT polymerization

C Boyer, MH Stenzel, TP Davis - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is one of the most
extensively studied controlled/living radical polymerization methods that has been used to …

Experimental Requirements for an Efficient Control of Free‐Radical Polymerizations via the Reversible Addition‐Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Process

A Favier, MT Charreyre - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a recent and very
versatile controlled radical polymerization technique that has enabled the synthesis of a …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of chemical cross-linking on properties of polymer microbeads: A review

S Mane, S Ponrathnam, N Chavan - Can Chem Trans, 2015 - scholar.archive.org
Cross-link property has been used to improve the insolubility, mechanical strength, stiffness,
and rigidity of polymer microbeads having potential applications in solid-phase synthesis …

RAFT Synthesis of a Thermally Responsive ABC Triblock Copolymer Incorporating N-Acryloxysuccinimide for Facile in Situ Formation of Shell Cross-Linked Micelles …

Y Li, BS Lokitz, CL McCormick - Macromolecules, 2006 - ACS Publications
A poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO)-based macromolecular chain transfer agent (macro-CTA) was
employed to demonstrate the controlled polymerization of N, N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA) in …

DNA meets synthetic polymers—highly versatile hybrid materials

FE Alemdaroglu, A Herrmann - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of synthetic polymers and DNA has provided biologists, chemists and
materials scientists with a fascinating new hybrid material. The challenges in preparing …