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Sugar-responsive block copolymers by direct RAFT polymerization of unprotected boronic acid monomers
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Novel sugar-responsive block copolymers were prepared by RAFT blockCopolymerization of unprotected boronic acid monomers, providing a direct route to supramolecular assemblies that dissociate upon the addition of glucose.About:
This article is published in Chemical Communications.The article was published on 2008-05-20. It has received 184 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Reversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization & Copolymer.read more
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Future perspectives and recent advances in stimuli-responsive materials
TL;DR: It is the goal to emphasize underutilized adaptive behaviors of stimuli-responsive polymers so that novel applications and new generations of smart materials can be realized.
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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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Advances in the Synthesis of Organoborane Polymers for Optical, Electronic, and Sensory Applications
TL;DR: The past decade has witnessed renewed interest and numerous unexpected discoveries in the area of main group organometallic chemistry, and unusual bonding modes have been uncovered and new materials have been developed and new applications are being pursued.
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Bioapplications of RAFT polymerization.
TL;DR: The control of molecular weight and molecular weight distribution has enabled access to complex architectures and site specific functionality that were previously impossible to achieve via traditional free radical polymerizations.
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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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Controlled/"living" radical polymerization. atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of transition-metal complexes
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Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with the Carbon Tetrachloride/Dichlorotris- (triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)/Methylaluminum Bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxide) Initiating System: Possibility of Living Radical Polymerization
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Living radical polymerization by the RAFT process
TL;DR: A review of living radical polymerization achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds by a mechanism of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) is presented in this article.