Copolymer analogs

In 2004 Yokohama et al. described the preparation of closed nanocellular monoliths using a unique scCCh processing step applied to a PS-PFMA block copolymer analogous to that used in thin films by the same group (and as described above and in [53]) [82], Monolithic (100 xm thick films) samples of a PS-PFMA block copolymer were shown by SAXS and surface force mi-... 

Finally, it is shown that non-linear amphiphilic structures show different aggregation behavior as compared to block copolymers. Graft copolymers with non-polar backbone polyelectrolyte side chains have a smaller tendency to form micelles than their block copolymer analogs which is attributed to the more facile stabilization of unimers by the sidechains. In contrast, unimolecular micelles are the only possibility for core-shell nanoparticles. Janus micelles, on the other hand, form unique non-centrosymmetrical micelles that have a strong tendency to form centrosymmetrical supermicelles. 

The wetting results in this study also agree with those found by Gregonis, et al. (11). who studied the wetting by water of films of copolymers of poly(hydroxyethyl) methacrylate(HEMA) with poly(methyl methacrylate)(MMA). The hydroxy group would impart a hydrophilicity to these copolymers analogous to that of the carboxyl group in the AA/BMA copolymer in the present study. 

FAB-MS of silver phenylacetylide complex 191 shows a fragmentation pattern involving loss of PPh3, Ph and PhC2 groups and intermediate formation of clusters of formula 192. It should be pointed out that 191 exists in the crystalline state as a disproportionation copolymer, analogous to 115 (item C-4 of Table 3)253. 

The simulations by Minchau et al. [328] and by Fried and Binder [325,326] treat the block copolymer analog of the lattice model of Sariban and Binder... 

Week [203] developed a monomer salen complex linked to a norbomene via a stable phenylene-acetylene linker and its subsequent polymerization by means of the controlled ROMP method using 3 generation Grubb s catalyst (Scheme 137). This polymerization methodology led to fully functionalized immobilized metal-salen catalyst. By this way, the supported catalyst showed catalytic activities and stereoselectivities similar to the nonsupported Jacobsen catalyst. Moreover, activities and selectivities seemed to depend on the density of the catalytic moieties homopolymer 324 were less selective than their copolymer analogs 325. For example, AE of 1,2-dihydronaphtalene led in both cases to total conversion and 76% ee for the homopolymer 324 vs 81% ee for copolymer 325a. Recycle was possible and after 3 recyles a drastic decrease in ee was observed. AE of dihydronaphtalene led to 81% ee for the first cycle vs 6% ee for the third one. 

Mechanical Properties of Ferroelectric LC-Elastomers. The cross-linking reactions of a series of copolymers analogous to polymer P2, but differing in the amoimt of cross-linkable groups, were studied by ftir spectroscopy (17). These measurements show a decrease of the acrylamide double bond on irradiation. Conversions between 60 and 84% were observed. The imcertainty of the conversion, however, is high because only very few double bonds are present in pol5nner P2 and they are visible in the infrared spectrum at rather low intensity. 

Polymer micelles in aqueous medium are typically obtained with hydrophobic-hydrophiKc, so-called amphiphilic, block and graft copolymers. Analogous to conventional low-molecular surfactants, and in a selective solvent of one of the blocks, such polymeric surfactants self-assemble into nanoparticles with well-defined sizes and structures. 

The fact that copolymer and homopolymer runaway envelops agreed both qualitatively and quantitatively suggests that perhaps complex copolymerization kinetics might be successfully approximated by simpler kinetics, similar to the homopolymer form. It Is proposed that be replacing parameters in the homopolymer balances by their copolymer analogs, i.e., Xm, Xq and e = Xa Ac by A, ... 

The microstructure of the chains are structurally presented as sequences of similar or different units, that is A, AA, AAA, B, BB, BBB, AB, AAB, BBB, etc. Additional structural components can be indicated by the use of additional letters, C, D, E, and so forth. The application of this model to copolymers A and B and terpolymers A, B, and C is obvious. Positional, conformation, and configurational isomerism as well as branching and crosslinking are considered as copolymer analogs although they are not generated by copolymerization. 

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