Successive Synthesis of Well-Defined Star-Branched Polymers by Iterative Methodology Based on Living Anionic Polymerization

• Published in: Polymer journal Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 923 - 941
• Main Authors: Hirao, Akira, Inoue, Kyouichi, Higashihara, Tomoya, Hayashi, Mayumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2008; Society of Polymer Science; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Anionic polymerization; Anions; Applied sciences; Asymmetry; Biomaterials; Bioorganic Chemistry; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Derivatives; Exact sciences and technology; Joining; Linking; Methodology; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Polymer Sciences; Polymerization; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts; review-article; Surfaces and Interfaces; Synthesis; Thin Films; Living Anionic Polymerization; 1,1-Diphenylethylene Derivative; Poly(acetylene); Star-Branched Polystyrene; Asymmetric Star-Branched Polymer; Iterative Methodology; Preparation; Living polymer; Iterative method; Anionic polymerization; Star polymer; Review; Iterative Methodology /1,1 -Diphenylethylene Derivative

The subject of this review is to introduce a novel iterative methodology based on living anionic polymerization using specially designed 1,1-diphenylethylene (DPE) derivatives recently developed for the synthesis of well-defined many armed star-branched polymers with same or chemically different arm...