Atom transfer radical polymerization: billion times more active catalysts and new initiation systems

TG Ribelli, F Lorandi, M Fantin… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Approaching 25 years since its invention, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is
established as a powerful technique to prepare precisely defined polymeric materials. This …

The CuAAC: Principles, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, and novel developments and applications

S Neumann, M Biewend, S Rana… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Macromolecular engineering by atom transfer radical polymerization

K Matyjaszewski, NV Tsarevsky - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
This Perspective presents recent advances in macromolecular engineering enabled by
ATRP. They include the fundamental mechanistic and synthetic features of ATRP with …

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP): current status and future perspectives

K Matyjaszewski - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
Current status and future perspectives in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) are
presented. Special emphasis is placed on mechanistic understanding of ATRP, recent …

Polymeric surfactants: synthesis, properties, and links to applications

P Raffa, DAZ Wever, F Picchioni… - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is well-known that surfactants are molecules able to modify the surface properties of the
liquid in which they are introduced (usually water). The simultaneous presence of both …

Transition metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization: toward perfection in catalysis and precision polymer synthesis

M Ouchi, T Terashima, M Sawamoto - Chemical Reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Precision control of radical polymerization, or living radical polymerization, has been among
the most important and long-waited subjects in polymer chemistry and macromolecular …

“Green” atom transfer radical polymerization: from process design to preparation of well-defined environmentally friendly polymeric materials

NV Tsarevsky, K Matyjaszewski - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
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 …

Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization and the synthesis of water-soluble (co) polymers under homogeneous conditions in …

AB Lowe, CL McCormick - Progress in Polymer Science, 2007 - Elsevier
Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization has, since
its discovery by CSIRO, evolved into an extremely powerful synthetic tool for polymer …

Cell membrane-inspired phospholipid polymers for developing medical devices with excellent biointerfaces

Y Iwasaki, K Ishihara - Science and Technology of Advanced …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This review article describes fundamental aspects of cell membrane-inspired phospholipid
polymers and their usefulness in the development of medical devices. Since the early …

Biomimetic materials based on zwitterionic polymers toward human-friendly medical devices

K Ishihara - Science and technology of advanced materials, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review summarizes recent research on the design of polymer material systems based
on biomimetic concepts and reports on the medical devices that implement these systems …