Design and Synthesis of Multigraft Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers: Superelastomers

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymers with Complex Architectures

(2017) George Polymeropoulos et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis and Characterization of an Exact Polystyrene-graft-polyisoprene: A Failure of Size Exclusion Chromatography Analysis

(2017) Sanghoon Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

TUNING PROPERTIES AND MORPHOLOGY IN HIGH VINYL CONTENT SBS BLOCK COPOLYMER, A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER VIA THIOL-ENE MODIFICATION

(2017) Prithwiraj Mandal et al.   RUBBER CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY

Spontaneously Healable Thermoplastic Elastomers Achieved through One-Pot Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization of Well-Designed Bulky Monomers

(2016) Ji-Xing Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Well-Defined Bilayered Molecular Cobrushes with Internal Polyethylene Blocks and ω-Hydroxyl-Functionalized Polyethylene Homobrushes

(2016) Hefeng Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Poly(1-adamantyl acrylate): Living Anionic Polymerization, Block Copolymerization, and Thermal Properties

(2016) Wei Lu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High Temperature Thermoplastic Elastomers Synthesized by Living Anionic Polymerization in Hydrocarbon Solvent at Room Temperature

(2016) Weiyu Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Efficient Metal-Free “Grafting Onto” Method for Bottlebrush Polymers by Combining RAFT and Triazolinedione–Diene Click Reaction

(2016) Lifen Xiao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis and Rheology of Branched Multiblock Polymers Based on Polylactide

(2016) Alexander M. Mannion et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The Role of Architecture in the Melt-State Self-Assembly of (Polystyrene)star-b-(Polyisoprene)linear-b-(Polystyrene)star Pom-Pom Triblock Copolymers

(2016) Dilanji B. Wijayasekara et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Syntheses of exactly-defined multi-graft polymers with two or more graft chains per branch point by a new iterative methodology

(2016) Shotaro Ito et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Well-Defined Cyclic Triblock Terpolymers: A Missing Piece of the Morphology Puzzle

(2016) George Polymeropoulos et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Tough and Sustainable Graft Block Copolymer Thermoplastics

(2016) Jiuyang Zhang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Grafting-through Strategy in Emulsion: An Eco-friendly and Effective Route for the Synthesis of Graft Copolymers

(2016) Hui Li et al.   ChemistrySelect

Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in Dispersed Systems: An Update

(2015) Per B. Zetterlund et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

All-Acrylic Multigraft Copolymers: Effect of Side Chain Molecular Weight and Volume Fraction on Mechanical Behavior

(2015) Andrew Goodwin et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Synthesis and Characterization of Graft Copolymers Poly(isoprene-g-styrene) of High Molecular Weight by a Combination of Anionic Polymerization and Emulsion Polymerization

(2015) Wenwen Wang et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Synthesis and characterization of brush-like multigraft copolymers P n BA- g -PMMA by a combination of emulsion AGET ATRP and emulsion polymerization

(2015) Hui Li et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Ternary miscibility with specific interactions in novel blends comprising biodegradable polymers and a natural polyphenol

(2015) Li-Ting Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

Comb-Like Graft Copolymers of Poly(oxa)norbornene: Efficient Synthesis Using a Combination of ROMP and Click Chemistry

(2015) Ahmed M. Eissa et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Precise Synthesis of New Exactly Defined Graft Copolymers Made up of Poly(alkyl methacrylate)s by Iterative Methodology Using Living Anionic Polymerization

(2015) Shotaro Ito et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Aperiodic “Bricks and Mortar” Mesophase: a New Equilibrium State of Soft Matter and Application as a Stiff Thermoplastic Elastomer

(2015) Weichao Shi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis and characterization of graft copolymers PnBA-g-PS by miniemulsion polymerization

(2015) Hui Li et al.   RSC Advances

Preparation and Characterization of a Renewable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive System Derived from ε-Decalactone, l-Lactide, Epoxidized Soybean Oil, and Rosin Ester

(2015) Sangjun Lee et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Copolymer-Grafted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composite Thermoplastic Elastomers toward Unique Morphology and Strongly Enhanced Mechanical Properties

(2014) Feng Jiang et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Synthesis and characterization of crystalline graft polymer poly(ethylene oxide)-g-poly(ɛ-caprolactone)2with modulated grafting sites

(2014) Yingying Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and Characterization of Comb and Centipede Multigraft Copolymers PnBA-g-PS with High Molecular Weight Using Miniemulsion Polymerization

(2014) Wenwen Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Toward Strong Thermoplastic Elastomers with Asymmetric Miktoarm Block Copolymer Architectures

(2014) Weichao Shi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tailoring the Morphologies and Mechanical Properties of Styrene–Butadiene–Styrene Triblock Copolymers by the Incorporation of Thiol Functionalized Benzoxazine

(2014) Jing Bai et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of well-controlled graft polymers by living anionic polymerization towards exact graft polymers

(2014) Shotaro Ito et al.   Polymer Chemistry

One-pot polymer brush synthesis via simultaneous isocyanate coupling chemistry and “grafting from” RAFT polymerization

(2014) S. P. Le-Masurier et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers from Terpene-Derived Monomers

(2014) Justin M. Bolton et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Revival of the R-Group Approach: A “CTA-shuttled” Grafting from Approach for Well-Defined Cylindrical Polymer Brushes via RAFT Polymerization

(2013) Zhicheng Zheng et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis of a New, Low-Tg Siloxane Thermoplastic Elastomer with a Functionalizable Backbone and Its Use as a Rapid, Room Temperature Photoactuator

(2013) Michael Petr et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Sustainable thermoplastic elastomers derived from renewable cellulose, rosin and fatty acids

(2013) Yupeng Liu et al.   Polymer Chemistry

A novel poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)-based well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymer synthesized by successive RAFT and ATRP

(2012) Xiuyu Jiang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Morphologies of block copolymers composed of charged and neutral blocks

(2012) Xiaojun Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Cyclic and Multiblock Polystyrene-block-polyisoprene Copolymers by Combining Anionic Polymerization and Azide/Alkyne “Click” Chemistry

(2011) Athanasios Touris et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Controlled Anionic Graft Polymerization of Ethylene Oxide Directly from Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)

(2011) Junpeng Zhao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Facile Synthetic Approach to Exact Graft (Co)polymers and Double-Tailed Polystyrene: Linking Reaction of Living Anionic Polymers with Specially Designed In-Chain-Multifunctionalized Polystyrenes

(2011) Akira Hirao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multigraft copolymer superelastomers: Synthesis morphology, and properties

(2010) David Uhrig et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Synthesis and Characterization of Elastomeric Heptablock Terpolymers Structured by Crystallization

(2010) C. Guillermo Alfonzo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polystyrene-block-poly(n-butyl acrylate)-block-polystyrene Triblock Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomer Synthesized via RAFT Emulsion Polymerization

(2010) Yingwu Luo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Smart “All Acrylate” ABA Triblock Copolymer Bearing Reactive Functionality via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP): Demonstration of a “Click Reaction” in Thermoreversible Property

(2010) A. Amalin Kavitha et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Starlike Poly(n-butyl acrylate)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) Block Copolymers

(2010) Alper Nese et al.   MACROMOLECULES

ROMP from ROMP: A New Approach to Graft Copolymer Synthesis

(2009) Matthew J. Allen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Morphology and Deformation Mechanisms and Tensile Properties of Tetrafunctional Multigraft Copolymers

(2009) Yongxin Duan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stress softening of multigraft copolymers

(2009) R. Schlegel et al.   POLYMER

Interpretation of hysteresis behaviour of PI–PS multigraft copolymers by adapting to the dynamic flocculation model

(2008) Ulrike Staudinger et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Synthesis and Properties of New Thermoplastic Elastomers Containing Poly[4-(1-adamantyl)styrene] Hard Segments

(2008) Shingo Kobayashi et al.   MACROMOLECULES