Permeability of block copolymers is an important feature for a broad range of applications including packaging, bio-materials (e.g. for controlled release or encapsulating membranes), barrier materials, high performance impermeable breathable clothing and membrane separation processes. This paper reviews the literature on permeability of block copolymers to pure or mixed vapors and liquids for ...

in atom transfer radical polymerization (atrp) of methyl acrylate (ma) with polyvinyl acetate macroinitiator in bulk at 90°c the plots of ln [m]0/[m] increased linearly with reaction time. the apparent propagation rate constant (kp app) of the reaction was obtained from the linear curve and used to calculate the free macroradical concentration ([r°]) in polymerization medium. the [r°] and also ...

Supramolecular self-assembly of block copolymers in aqueous solution has received ever-increasing interest over the past few decades due to diverse biological and technological applications in drug delivery, imaging, sensing and catalysis. In addition to relative block lengths, molecular weights and solution conditions, chain architectures of block copolymers can also dramatically affect their ...

Biofunctional block copolymers are becoming increasingly attractive materials as active components in biosensors and other nanoscale electronic devices. We have described two different classes of block copolymers with biofuctional properties. Biofunctionality for block copolymers is achieved through functionalization with appropriate biospecific ligands. We have synthesized block copolymers of ...

In this study, poly carbonate (PC) and poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were reactive melt-blended under two different conditions to produce PC/PET copolymers. For each condition, samples were taken at specified mixing times representative a specific structure of copolymers and each one employed to physically compatibilize a PC/PET blend with a fixed composition. Reactive blending and copoly...

The development of stimuli responsive polymers has progressed significantly with novel preparation techniques, which has allowed access to new materials with unique properties. Dual thermoresponsive (double temperature responsive) block copolymers are particularly of interest as their properties can change depending on the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) or upper critical solution te...

Conjugated block copolymers have received considerable attention in recent years, as they hold promise, for instance for solar cells and nanoelectronics. Block copolymers consisting of one conjugated block and one or more nonconjugated, usually coil-like blocks, have been shown to possess a variety of defined morphologies which differ from those of the parent conjugated homopolymers. However, s...

The amphiphilic block copolymers are composed of various combinations of hydrophilic and hydrophobic block unimers. The variation in unimer ratio alters the surface as well as micelle-forming properties of the block copolymers. These nanoscopic micelles have the ability to encapsulate hydrophobic compounds and act as potential drug carrier. MePEG-PCL copolymers with various block lengths were s...

Current polymer terminology only describes very simple copolymer structures such as block, graft, alternating periodic, or statistical copolymers. This restricted vocabulary implies that copolymers exhibit either segregated (i.e., block and graft), regular (i.e., alternating and periodic), or uncontrolled (i.e., statistical or random) comonomer sequence distributions. This standard classificati...

the microstructure and thermal properties of the synthesized block copolymers and terpolymers via atom transfer radical polymerization (atrp) were studied. the mole fraction of the blocks and chain length of the pvac-b-pma block copolymers were estimated with 1h nmr spectroscopy.differential scanning calorimety measurement shows two different transitions at 36°c and 8°c assigned to pvac and pma...