This review traces the development of addition–fragmentation chain transfer agents and
related ring-opening monomers highlighting recent innovation in these areas. The major …

Numerous non-ionic thermally responsive homopolymers phase separate from their
aqueous solutions upon heating. Far fewer neutral homopolymers are known to phase …

Among the living radical polymerization techniques, reversible addition–fragmentation chain
transfer (RAFT) and macromolecular design via the interchange of xanthates (MADIX) …

Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning for polymer discovery offers an
opportunity to meet the drastic need for the next generation high performing and sustainable …

Reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a recent and very
versatile controlled radical polymerization technique that has enabled the synthesis of a …

A new method to graft a large number of long polymer chains or small functional molecules
onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) indirectly is reported. First, MWNTs were …

Reversible addition− fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization was used to
prepare a series of homo-and copolymers of N-alkyl-substituted acrylamides. The …

There are significant developments on the responsive polymers that are programmed for
various stimuli such as temperature, pH, light, and so forth. Such focus and progress remain …

A series of thermosensitive ABA type triblock poly (ε‐caprolactone)‐b‐poly (N‐
isopropylacrylamide)‐b‐poly (ε‐caprolactone)(PCL‐PNIPAAm‐PCL) copolymers with …

Mass spectrometry is increasingly used in the field of synthetic polymers as a fast and
accurate technique for end‐group analysis. More particularly, matrix‐assisted laser …