TY - JOUR
T1 - Asymmetric Copolymers
T2 - Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Gradient and Other Partially Segregated Copolymers
AU - Zhang, Junliang
AU - Farias-Mancilla, Barbara
AU - Destarac, Mathias
AU - Schubert, Ulrich S.
AU - Keddie, Daniel J.
AU - Guerrero-Sanchez, Carlos
AU - Harrisson, Simon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Asymmetric copolymers are a class of materials with intriguing properties. They can be defined by a distribution of monomers within the polymer chain that is neither strictly segregated, as in the case of block copolymers, nor evenly distributed throughout each chain, as in the case of statistical copolymers. This definition includes gradient copolymers as well as block copolymers that contain segments of statistical copolymer. In this review, different methods to synthesize asymmetric copolymers are first discussed. The properties of asymmetric copolymers are investigated in comparison to those of block and random counterparts of similar composition. Finally, some examples of applications of asymmetric copolymers, both academic and industrial, are demonstrated. The aim of this review is to provide a perspective on the design and synthesis of asymmetric copolymers with useful applications.
AB - Asymmetric copolymers are a class of materials with intriguing properties. They can be defined by a distribution of monomers within the polymer chain that is neither strictly segregated, as in the case of block copolymers, nor evenly distributed throughout each chain, as in the case of statistical copolymers. This definition includes gradient copolymers as well as block copolymers that contain segments of statistical copolymer. In this review, different methods to synthesize asymmetric copolymers are first discussed. The properties of asymmetric copolymers are investigated in comparison to those of block and random counterparts of similar composition. Finally, some examples of applications of asymmetric copolymers, both academic and industrial, are demonstrated. The aim of this review is to provide a perspective on the design and synthesis of asymmetric copolymers with useful applications.
KW - copolymerization
KW - living polymerization
KW - reversible deactivation radical polymerization
KW - self-assembly
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U2 - 10.1002/marc.201800357
DO - 10.1002/marc.201800357
M3 - 文献综述
C2 - 30221423
AN - SCOPUS:85053460284
SN - 1022-1336
VL - 39
JO - Macromolecular Rapid Communications
JF - Macromolecular Rapid Communications
IS - 19
M1 - 1800357
ER -