Living polymerization techniques can be used to achieve a high degree of control over polymer chain architecture. Examples of the type of polymers that can be synthesized include block copolymers, comb-shaped polymers, multiarmed polymers, ladder polymers, and cyclic polymers. This control of structure, in turn, results in polymers with widely diverse physical properties, even though they are made from readily available low-cost monomers.

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/251/4996/887.full.pdf

Living Polymerization Methods

Strategies for compatibilization of polymer blends

Synthesis and aqueous solution properties of near-monodisperse tertiary amine methacrylate homopolymers and diblock copolymers

Anionic polymerization is a powerful tool for the synthesis of a variety of model materials with well-defined molecular characteristics. However specially designed apparatuses and appropriate high vacuum techniques are needed in order to exclude from the reaction environment all reactive contaminants with the anionic centers. This review describes the basic principles of anionic polymerization as well as detailed experimental methods for the purification of the reagents usually used for the synthesis of model polymeric materials. In addition a few examples of the synthesis of polymers with complex architecture are given. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 38: 3211–3234, 2000

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/1099-0518%2820000915%2938%3A18%3C3211%3A%3AAID-POLA10%3E3.0.CO%3B2-L

Anionic polymerization: High vacuum techniques

1.3. Scope of Review 5161 2. Methacrylate Polymerization 5161 2.1. Lanthanide Complexes 5161 2.1.1. Nonbridged Lanthanocenes 5161 2.1.2. ansa-Lanthanocenes 5164 2.1.3. Half-Lanthanocenes 5166 2.1.4. Non-lanthanocenes 5166 2.2. Group 4 Metallocenes 5170 2.2.1. Nonbridged Catalysts 5170 2.2.2. ansa-C2v-Ligated Catalysts 5173 2.2.3. ansa-C2-Ligated Catalysts 5173 2.2.4. ansa-C1-Ligated Catalysts 5176 2.2.5. ansa-Cs-Ligated Catalysts 5177 2.2.6. Constrained Geometry Catalysts 5178 2.2.7. Half-Metallocene Catalysts 5180 2.2.8. Supported Catalysts 5180 2.3. Other Metallocene Catalysts 5180 2.4. Nonmetallocene Catalysts 5181 2.4.1. Group 1 and 2 Catalysts 5181 2.4.2. Group 13 Catalysts 5183 2.4.3. Group 14 Catalysts 5186 2.4.4. Transition-Metal Catalysts 5187 3. Acrylate Polymerization 5188 3.1. Lanthanocenes 5188 3.2. Group 4 Metallocenes 5189 3.3. Nonmetallocenes 5190 4. Acrylamide and Methacrylamide Polymerization 5191 4.1. Acrylamides 5191 4.2. Methacrylamides 5192 4.3. Asymmetric Polymerization 5193 5. Acrylonitrile and Vinyl Ketone Polymerization 5196 5.1. Acrylonitrile 5196 5.2. Vinyl Ketones 5196 6. Copolymerization 5197 6.1. Polar-Nonpolar Block Copolymers 5197 6.2. Polar-Nonpolar Random Copolymers 5199 6.3. Polar-Polar Copolymers 5204 7. Ion-Pairing Polymerization 5206 8. Summary and Outlook 5208 9. Acknowledgments 5208 10. References 5208

Coordination polymerization of polar vinyl monomers by single-site metal catalysts.

Information on the interfacial region in incompatible polymer mixtures can be gathered using various techniques including electron microscopy, thermal transition analysis, and more sophisticated methods such as nonradiative energy transfer (NRET). Selected examples are reported here to illustrate the exciting potentialities offered by diblock copolymer emulsifiers in controlling interfacial adhesion and devising high performance polymer blends.

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Characterization and control of interfaces in emulsified incompatible polymer blends

Molecular design of multicomponent polymer systems. I. Emulsifying effect of poly(hydrogenated butadiene‐b‐styrene) copolymers in LDPE/PS blends

Modification d'un copolymere butadiene hydrogene-styrene par insertion d'une courte sequence centrale isoprene, permettant de localiser le copolymere a l'interface du melange fondu d'homopolymeres

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Molecular design of multicomponent polymer systems. XII. Direct observation of the location of a block copolymer in low‐density polyethylene‐polystyrene blends

Anionic polymerization of acrylic monomers. 6. Synthesis, characterization, and modification of poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) di- and triblock copolymers

Preparation par polymerisation d'acrylate de t-butyle dans le THF avec un polystyrene vivant. Des polymeres monodisperses sont obtenus quand les anions polystyryl sont modifies par LiCl. Les copolymeres bisequences 50/50 sont constitues de lamelles alternees de polystyrene et de polyacrylate. L'hydrolyse des groupes esters, puis la neutralisation donne des copolymeres styrene/acrylate ionomeres biphasiques

Anionic polymerization of acrylic monomers. V. Synthesis, characterization and modification of polystyrene-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) di- and triblock copolymers

Roger Fayt

Papers

Characterization and control of interfaces in emulsified incompatible polymer blends

Molecular design of multicomponent polymer systems. I. Emulsifying effect of poly(hydrogenated butadiene‐b‐styrene) copolymers in LDPE/PS blends

Molecular design of multicomponent polymer systems. XII. Direct observation of the location of a block copolymer in low‐density polyethylene‐polystyrene blends

Anionic polymerization of acrylic monomers. 6. Synthesis, characterization, and modification of poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) di- and triblock copolymers

Anionic polymerization of acrylic monomers. V. Synthesis, characterization and modification of polystyrene-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) di- and triblock copolymers