Block copolymer micelles in nanomedicine applications

H Cabral, K Miyata, K Osada, K Kataoka - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymeric micelles are demonstrating high potential as nanomedicines capable of
controlling the distribution and function of loaded bioactive agents in the body, effectively …

Polyvinyl alcohol-based separation membranes: a comprehensive review on fabrication techniques, applications and future prospective

V Vatanpour, OO Teber, M Mehrabi, I Koyuncu - Materials Today Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane-based systems clearly give a proper solution to the ever-increasing demand for
clean water and energy. Polymeric membranes are still employed in energy, filtration, and a …

End-functionalized polymers by controlled/living radical polymerizations: synthesis and applications

D Zhou, LW Zhu, BH Wu, ZK Xu, LS Wan - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The precise design of polymers with well-defined end functionality has received great
interest for synthesizing polymeric materials with advanced or distinctive properties. In the …

Polymer synthesis with more than one form of living polymerization method

X Guo, B Choi, A Feng… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled radical polymerization (CRP) or controlled/living radical polymerization has
revolutionized the polymer industry as a tool for the preparation of a wide variety of …

One‐Pot/Simultaneous Synthesis of PHPMA‐G‐PLA Copolymers via Metal‐Free Rop/Raft Polymerization and their Self‐Assembly from Micelles to …

S Lukáš Petrova, V Sincari, R Konefał… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The present article reports a simple and straightforward approach to access
thermoresponsive graft copolymers based on lactide (LA) and a methacrylic monomer, 2 …

Nonmigratory Poly(vinyl chloride)-block-polycaprolactone Plasticizers and Compatibilizers Prepared by Sequential RAFT and Ring-Opening Polymerization (RAFT …

Z Sun, B Choi, A Feng, G Moad, SH Thang - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Well-defined nonmigrating polymeric plasticizers, poly (vinyl chloride)-block-
polycaprolactone (PVC-b-PCL), were synthesized by sequential reversible addition …

Xanthates in RAFT polymerization

M Wang, JD Marty, M Destarac - … : Methods, Synthesis and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This bibliographic review of xanthate‐mediated RAFT polymerization underlines some
fundamental aspects of this class of singular transfer agents and exhaustively covers the …

Synthesis of pH-cleavable poly (trimethylene carbonate)-based block copolymers via ROP and RAFT polymerization

J Sun, S Fransen, X Yu, D Kuckling - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, poly (dimethylacrylamide)-b-poly (trimethylene carbonate)(PDMAAm-b-PTMC)
block copolymers containing a pH-sensitive imine linkage were successfully synthesized by …

Dependence of copolymer sequencing based on lactone ring size and ε-substitution

JA Wilson, SA Hopkins, PM Wright, AP Dove - ACS Macro Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
The copolymerization of an ε-substituted ε-lactone, menthide (MI), and a range of
nonsubstituted lactones (6-, 7-, 8-, and 9-membered rings) was investigated in order to …

Synthesis of Polypentenamer and Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) with a Phase‐Separable Polyisobutylene‐Supported Second‐Generation Hoveyda–Grubbs Catalyst

M Al‐Hashimi, R Tuba, HS Bazzi, RH Grubbs - ChemCatChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Equilibrium ring‐opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of cyclic olefins using a soluble
supported second‐generation Ru complex has been investigated. Cycloolefin homo‐and …