Polymerization initiated by electron transfer to monomer. a new method of formation of block polymers1
01 Jun 1956-Journal of the American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society)-Vol. 78, Iss: 11, pp 2656-2657
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent mechanistic developments in the field of controlled/living radical polymerization (CRP) is presented, with particular emphasis on structure-reactivity correlations and "rules" for catalyst selection in ATRP, for chain transfer agent selection in reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, and for the selection of an appropriate mediating agent in stable free radical polymerisation (SFRP), including organic and transition metal persistent radicals.
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...The discovery of living anionic polymerization by Michael Szwarc had a tremendous effect on polymer science [1,2]....
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...Since its discovery by Szwarc [42] in 1956 a large variety of block copolymers were prepared from styrene, dienes, methacrylates, oxiranes, thiiranes, lactones, cyclic siloxanes [1,12,14]....
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Abstract: Advances in synthetic polymer chemistry have unleashed seemingly unlimited strategies for producing block polymers with arbitrary numbers (n) and types (k) of unique sequences of repeating units. Increasing (k,n) leads to a geometric expansion of possible molecular architectures, beyond conventional ABA-type triblock copolymers (k = 2, n = 3), offering alluring opportunities to generate exquisitely tailored materials with unparalleled control over nanoscale-domain geometry, packing symmetry, and chemical composition. Transforming this potential into targeted structures endowed with useful properties hinges on imaginative molecular designs guided by predictive theory and computer simulation. Here, we review recent developments in the field of block polymers.
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TL;DR: This approach has quickly become a powerful and versatile technique for the synthesis of a wide range of bespoke organic diblock copolymer nano-objects of controllable size, morphology, and surface functionality.
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