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- Title
Polymer Synthesis with More Than One Form of Living Polymerization Method.
- Authors
Guo, Xiaofeng; Choi, Bonnie; Feng, Anchao; Thang, San H.
- Abstract
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 polymers. This process enables the preparation of polymers with good control of molecular weight, narrow polydispersity, and a range of architectures including block and graft copolymers, star polymers, and other functional polymers. The mechanistic transformation reaction provides a great opportunity to tune chemical and physical properties of copolymers. It can be applied to combine different homopolymers using post‐modification techniques or by the use of a dual initiator, allowing the combination of mechanistically distinct polymerization reactions. This review will cover CRP transformations including the synthesis of block copolymers with both linear structures (AB, ABA, (AB)n, multiblocks, etc.) and branched macromolecular architectures (graft, miktoarm star, and dendritic‐like), which are obtained by a combination of more than one form of living polymerization reaction. Recent advances in mechanistic transformation reactions involving living and controlled/living polymerization methods for polymer synthesis are reviewed. The mechanistic transformations, allowing the combination of different homopolymers using post‐modification techniques or by the use of a dual initiator, enables the preparation of polymers with good control of polymer architecture and composition.
- Subjects
POLYMERS; POLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; BLOCK copolymers; MACROMOLECULES
- Publication
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2018, Vol 39, Issue 20, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1022-1336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/marc.201800479