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Statistical, Gradient, Block and Graft Copolymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations

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Authors:
  1. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

    1. Dept. of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

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  2. Kelly A. Davis

    1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, USA

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Statistical, Gradient, Block, and Graft Copolymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations

    • Kelly A. Davis, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
    Pages 1-13

  3. Statistical Copolymers

    Pages 14-29

  4. Linear Block Copolymers

    Pages 30-106

  5. Other Chain Architectures

    Pages 107-152

  6. Overall Summary

    Pages 153-157

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 157-191
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The design and the realisation of well defined polymer architectures has become an important goal in macromolecular science. The prerequisite for achieving this goal is the availability of controlled polymerisation reactions. Living anionic polymerisation was the first reaction fulfilling these requirements. Cationic polymerisation only came into play when it was realised that it was possible to create an equilibrium between active and dormant species with the fraction of the dormant species being far superior to that of active ones. A corresponding principle applies to controlled radical polymerisation per formed in quite a number of modes such as nitroxide mediated polymerisation (NMP), atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP), reversible addition frag mentation chain transfer (RAFT) or catalytic chain transfer (CCT) reactions. All of these variants of controlled radical polymerisation lead to well defined archi tectures with the particular advantage that a much larger number of monomers are suitable and the reaction conditions are much less demanding than those of living ionic polymerisation reactions. Although in controlled radical polymerisation, termination reactions cannot be excluded completely, they are limited in their extent and consequently the mol ecular weight is controlled, the polydispersity index is small and functionalities can be attached to the macromolecules. These features are indicative of the real isation of well defined polymer architectures such as block copolymers, star shaped and comb shaped copolymers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, USA

    Kelly A. Davis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Statistical, Gradient, Block and Graft Copolymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations

  • Authors: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Kelly A. Davis

  • Series Title: Advances in Polymer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45806-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43244-9Published: 07 August 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07752-4Published: 18 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45806-7Published: 02 November 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0065-3195

  • Series E-ISSN: 1436-5030

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 192

  • Topics: Polymer Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics, Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry

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