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Abstract This article reviews results from our group of the synthesis and characterization of diblock copolymer brushes. Results from the literature are also covered. We report a wide variety of diblock compositions and compare the miscibility of the two blocks with the tendency to rearrange in response to block-selective solvents. Also, we describe the types of polymerization methods that can be utilized to prepare diblock copolymer brushes. We have compared the molecular weight of free polymer and the polymer brush based on results from our laboratory and other research groups we have concluded that the molecular weight of the free polymer and that of degrafted polymer brushes is similar. 

Abstract The complex tetra(imidazole)chlorocopper(II) chloride, [Cu(imidazole)4Cl]Cl, has been synthesized, and the structure has heen determined at the Small Crystal X-ray Crystallography Beamline (11.3.1) of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), USA. Structural parameters of the parent complex are compared to similar materials previously reported in the literature. The particles in the present study can be used to prepare nanoparticle materials, or, by controlled growth, can be formed as nanoparticles initially. The structural data are important for making detailed calculations, models, and deriving reaction mechanisms involving metal ion-based biochemical systems. 

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