Issue 1, 2011
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Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis of well-defined multigraft copolymers†

David Uhriga  and  Jimmy Mays*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

b Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
E-mail: mays@ion.chem.utk.edu

c Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

Abstract

This short review article focuses on significant developments made in the pursuit of well-defined graft copolymers over the past decade or so. The state-of-the-art for synthesis of the complex copolymers has been greatly advanced over this time period. Anionic polymerization techniques now allow for synthesis of narrow polydispersity multigraft copolymers with control over branch spacing, number of branch points, and branch point functionality. Other controlled/living polymerization techniques are being exploited to increase the chemical diversity of these materials. Future work in this area will focus on synthesis of more complex architectures and incorporation of three or more chemical building blocks into the materials.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of well-defined multigraft copolymers

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0PY00185F
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
21 Jun 2010
Accepted
15 Jul 2010
First published
17 Sep 2010

Polym. Chem., 2011,2, 69-76

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D. Uhrig and J. Mays, Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 69 DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00185F

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