Redox-active polymers: The magic key towards energy storage–a polymer design guideline progress in polymer science

P Rohland, E Schröter, O Nolte, GR Newkome… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable organic batteries represent a valuable option to store sustainably generated
energy and can play a major role in phasing out current carbon-based energy production …

Polymerization of Isobutylene by GaCl3 or FeCl3/Ether Complexes in Nonpolar Solvents

R Kumar, P Dimitrov, KJ Bartelson, J Emert… - …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The carbocationic polymerization of isobutylene (IB), co-initiated by GaCl3 or FeCl3· dialkyl
ether 1: 1 complexes has been investigated in hexanes in the− 20 to 10° C temperature …

Polymerization of Isobutylene by AlCl3/Ether Complexes in Nonpolar Solvent

P Dimitrov, J Emert, R Faust - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
The carbocationic polymerization of isobutylene (IB), co-initiated by AlCl3/ether complexes,
has been reexamined and extended to different dialkyl ethers. In the absence of a proton …

Mechanism of isomerization in the cationic polymerization of isobutylene

P Dimitrov, J Emert, J Hua, S Keki, R Faust - Macromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
The complex mechanism of the carbocationic rearrangements leading to a variety of olefin
(exo-, endo-, tri-, and tetra-substituted) end groups in the cationic polymerization of …

Cationic copolymerization and multicomponent polymerization of isobutylene with C4 olefins

T Rajasekhar, U Haldar, P De, J Emert, R Faust - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cationic polymerization of isobutylene (IB) in the presence of other C4 olefins, 1-butene
(B1), cis-2-butene (C2B), and 1, 3-butadiene (BD) using the ethylaluminum dichloride …

A New Insight into the Mechanism of 1,3‐Dienes Cationic Polymerization III: Polymerization of 1,3‐Pentadiene with CF3COOD/TiCl4 Initiating System: Chain‐Ends …

VA Rozentsvet, VG Kozlov, NA Korovina… - Macromolecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A novel method for the investigation of the chain‐end structure of poly (1, 3‐pentadiene) s
synthesized using the CF3COOD/TiCl4 initiating system is developed. It is shown for the first …

Cationic Macromolecular Engineering

P De, R Faust - … Precise Synthesis to Macroscopic Materials and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macromolecular engineering is defined as the total synthesis of tailor‐made
macromolecules. The ultimate goal of this technology is to obtain a high degree of control …

Can Propagation Reaction in Carbocationic Polymerization and Copolymerization of Styrene be Diffusion Controlled?

P Sigwalt, M Moreau - Macromolecular Symposia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The reactivity ratios r1 and r2 in copolymerizations of styrene and parasubstituted styrenes,
for which r1= 1/r2, are in contradiction with diffusion control for their propagation reactions …

Revisiting living and apparently living carbocationic polymerizations

P Sigwalt, JP Vairon - Polimery, 2014 - ichp.vot.pl
This short review aims at reconsidering the behaviours of a few vinyl monomers
(isobutylvinylether, p-methylstyrene, p-methoxystyrene, indene and 2, 4, 6-trimethylstyrene) …

Competitive Processes in Controlled Cationic Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Oxetane: a Lotka‐Volterra Predator‐Prey Model of Two Growing Species Competing …

H Bouchékif, AJ Amass - Macromolecular Symposia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The activation‐deactivation pseudo‐equilibrium coefficient Qt and constant K0 (= Qt x PaT1,
t=([A1] x [Ox])/([T1] x [T])) as well as the factor of activation (PaT1, t) and rate constants of …