Increasingly precise control of polymer architectures generated by “Living” Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization (Living AROP) is leading to a broad range commercial advanced material applications, particularly in the area siloxane macromers. While academic reports on such materials remain sparse, significant portion global population interacts with them daily basis—in applications including med...

We report an effective strategy for the synthesis of semi-crystalline block copolyethers with well-defined architecture and stereochemistry. As an exemplary system, triblock copolymers containing either atactic (racemic) or isotactic (R or S) poly(propylene oxide) end blocks with a central poly(ethylene oxide) mid-block were prepared by anionic ring-opening procedures. Stereochemical control wa...

2 ABSTRACT A novel photoreactor to facilitate electrosteric stabilization of colloidal polymer particles is presented. Anionic and cationic polystyrene particles having a diameter of ca. 100 nm and bearing a thin layer of photoinitiator are used as seed colloids. Anionic and cationic chains of weak or strong polyelectrolytes are grafted onto the surface of these particles. The polyelectrolyte c...

The first successful synthesis of a new rod-rod-rod triblock copolymer, polyacetylene(PA)-b-poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)-b-PA could be synthesized by a combination of quasi-living Grignard metathesis (GRIM) and living anionic polymerization. We first confirmed that poly(4-tolyl vinyl sulfoxide) (PTVS), which is a soluble precursor for PA, could be synthesized by living anionic polymerization in...