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Roderic P. Quirk
Researcher at University of Akron
Publications - 205
Citations - 6856
Roderic P. Quirk is an academic researcher from University of Akron. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anionic addition polymerization & End-group. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 204 publications receiving 6587 citations. Previous affiliations of Roderic P. Quirk include Institut Charles Sadron & University of Bordeaux.
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A Giant Surfactant of Polystyrene−(Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane) Amphiphile with Highly Stretched Polystyrene Tails in Micellar Assemblies
Xinfei Yu,Sheng Zhong,Xiaopeng Li,Yingfeng Tu,Shuguang Yang,Ryan M. Van Horn,Chaoying Ni,Darrin J. Pochan,Roderic P. Quirk,Chrys Wesdemiotis,Wen-Bin Zhang,Stephen Z. D. Cheng +11 more
TL;DR: A novel giant surfactant possessing a well-defined hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic polymeric tail, polystyrene-(carboxylic acid-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane) conjugate (PS-APOSS), has been designed and synthesized via living anionic polymerization, hydrosilylation, and thiol-ene "click" chemistry.
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Temperature-induced reversible morphological changes of polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) micelles in solution.
Prachur Bhargava,Yingfeng Tu,Joseph X. Zheng,Huiming Xiong,Roderic P. Quirk,Stephen Z. D. Cheng +5 more
TL;DR: Temperature-induced reversible morphological changes of polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) micelles with degrees of polymerization indicated that in the pathway from one equilibrium morphology to another, large compound micells formed as an intermediate or metastable stage.
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Experimental Criteria for Living Polymerizations
Roderic P. Quirk,Bumjae Lee +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, seven experimental criteria for living polymerization are critically reviewed and the experimental criteria of using narrow molecular weight distribution and the formation of block copolymers are illustrated with practical examples and size exclusion chromatography data.
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Hard and soft confinement effects on polymer crystallization in microphase separated cylinder-forming PEO-b-PS/PS blends
Lei Zhu,Brion R Mimnaugh,Qing Ge,Roderic P. Quirk,Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Edwin L. Thomas,Bernard Lotz,Benjamin S. Hsiao,Fengji Yeh,Lizhi Liu +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a lamellae-forming poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene (EOS) has been blended with a polystyrene homopolymer (PS) and a PS oligomer (PSO), respectively, to obtain miscible polymer blends.
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Crystal Orientation Changes in Two-Dimensionally Confined Nanocylinders in a Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene/Polystyrene Blend
Ping Huang,Lei Zhu,Stephen Z. D. Cheng,Qing Ge,Roderic P. Quirk,Edwin L. Thomas,Bernard Lotz,Benjamin S. Hsiao,Lizhi Liu,Fengji Yeh +9 more
TL;DR: A lamella-forming poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene (PEO-b-PS) diblock copolymer has been blended with a low molecular weight polystyrene homopolymer to form a miscible polymer blend as mentioned in this paper.