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Stimuli-responsive molecular brushes
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In this paper, the authors review the general aspects of molecular brushes and polymeric responsive systems and highlight the rational approaches to induce stimuli-responsiveness in molecular brush systems, which are unique for molecular brushes since these conformational changes can be restricted to a single molecule.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2010-01-01. It has received 592 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polymer brush.read more
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Visible Light and Sunlight Photoinduced ATRP with ppm of Cu Catalyst
Dominik Konkolewicz,Kristin Schröder,Johannes Buback,Stefan Bernhard,Krzysztof Matyjaszewski +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, photo-induced ATRP was performed with visible light and sunlight in the presence of parts per million (ppm) copper catalysts, and the reaction mixture yielded polymerization in case of 392 and 450 nm light but not for 631 nm light.
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Structure, function, self-assembly, and applications of bottlebrush copolymers
TL;DR: A brief introduction to bottlebrush synthesis and physical properties is provided and three potential areas for future research are discussed, including developing a more quantitative model of bottlebrush self-assembly in the bulk, studying the properties of bottlebrushes at interfaces, and investigating the solution assembly of Bottlebrush copolymers.
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Smart wormlike micelles
TL;DR: The potential and practical applications of stimuli-responsive wormlike micelles are described, with a significant potential in a wide range of other technological applications, including biomedicine, cleaning processes, drag reduction, template synthesis, to name but a few.
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Advanced Materials by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
TL;DR: Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been successfully employed for the preparation of various advanced materials with controlled architecture as discussed by the authors, such as thermoplastic elastomers, nanostructured carbons, surfactants, dispersants, functionalized surfaces, and biorelated materials.
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Copper-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Copper(0) Mediated Polymerization): From Fundamentals to Bioapplications
Cyrille Boyer,Nathaniel Corrigan,Kenward Jung,Diep Nguyen,Thuy-Khanh Nguyen,Nik Nik M. Adnan,Susan Oliver,Sivaprakash Shanmugam,Jonathan Yeow +8 more
TL;DR: Radical Polymerization and Copper(0) Mediated polymerization): From Fundamentals to Bioapplications
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Living free-radical polymerization by reversible addition - Fragmentation chain transfer: The RAFT process
John Chiefari,Y. K. Chong,Frances Ercole,Julia Krstina,Justine Leigh Jeffery,Tam P. T. Le,Roshan T. A. Mayadunne,Gordon Francis Meijs,Catherine Louise Moad,Graeme Moad,Ezio Rizzardo,San H. Thang +11 more
TL;DR: The authors proposed a reversible additive-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) method for living free-radical polymerization, which can be used with a wide range of monomers and reaction conditions and in each case it provides controlled molecular weight polymers with very narrow polydispersities.
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Environment-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery
Yong Qiu,Kinam Park +1 more
TL;DR: Development of environmentally sensitive hydrogels with a wide array of desirable properties can be made is a formidable challenge, however, if the achievements of the past can be extrapolated into the future, it is highly likely that responsive hydrogelWith such properties can been made.