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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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Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP): Current Status and Future Perspectives
TL;DR: The current status and future perspectives in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) are presented in this paper, with a special emphasis on mechanistic understanding of ATRP, recent synthetic and process development, and new controlled polymer architectures enabled by ATRP.
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Design and Preparation of Porous Polymers
TL;DR: This work presents a new mesoporous composite material suitable for high-performance liquid chromatography and shows good chiral recognition ability and high uniformity in various racemates.
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Design of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical delivery applications
TL;DR: This tutorial review highlights the importance of well-defined chemistries, with detailed ties to specific biological hurdles and opportunities, in the design of nanostructures for various biomedical delivery applications.
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New directions in thermoresponsive polymers.
TL;DR: By highlighting recent examples of newly developed thermoresponsive polymer systems, it is hoped to promote the development of new generations of smart materials.
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Macromolecular Engineering by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
TL;DR: This Perspective presents recent advances in macromolecular engineering enabled by ATRP with emphasis on various catalytic/initiation systems that use parts-per-million concentrations of Cu catalysts and can be run in environmentally friendly media, e.g., water.
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Preparation of block-brush PEG-b-P(NIPAM-g-DMAEMA) and its dual stimulus-response
TL;DR: In this article, a dually responsive block-brush copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol)-b-[poly(n-isopropylacrylamide)-g-poly(N,N-dimethylamino-ethylmethacrylate)], [PEG-b-P(NIPAM-g-PDMAEMA] was successfully prepared by the combination of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and click chemistry based on azide-capped PDMAEMA and alkyne-pending PEGb-
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Spontaneous Curvature of Comblike Polymers at a Flat Interface
Igor I. Potemkin,Alexei R. Khokhlov,Svetlana A. Prokhorova,Sergei S. Sheiko,Martin Möller,Kathryn L. Beers,Krzysztof Matyjaszewski +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the spontaneous curvature of molecular brushes on a flat substrate by scanning force microscopy for comb-like polymers of poly(butyl acrylate) and found that the curvature radius was proportional to the degree of polymerization of the side chains.
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Mixed Molecular Brushes with PLLA and PS Side Chains Prepared by AGET ATRP and Ring-Opening Polymerization
TL;DR: In this article, brush macromolecules having poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) and poly(styrene) (PS) side chains were prepared on the backbone of partially esterified poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) by using a combination of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and ring opening polymerization.
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Capping gold nanoparticles with stimuli-responsive polymers to cross water-oil interfaces: In-depth insight to the trans-interfacial activity of nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this article, the results of an investigation of gold nanoparticles (NPs) capped with stimuli-responsive polymers, especially copolymers of di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (MEO2MA), were presented.
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New comblike copolymers of controlled structure and dimensions obtained by grafting by polystyryllithium onto poly(chloroethyl vinyl ether) chains
TL;DR: The grafting reaction of polystyrene branches onto poly(chloroethyl vinyl ether) (PCEVE) chains, based on the deactivation of polystryl (PS) carbanionic ends onto chloroethyl ether functions has been investigated in this article.