Living radical polymerization grafting through

Modification of polysaccharides through controlled/living radical polymerization grafting—towards the generation of high performance hybrids, 31,1751-1772. 

Tizzotti M, Chariot A, Fleury E, Stenzel M, Bernard J (2010) Modifieation of polysacehaiides through controlled/living radical polymerization grafting - towards the generation of high performance hybrids. Macromol Rapid Commun 31 1751-1772... 

Segmented terpolymers of poly(alkyl methacrylate)-g-poly(D-lactide)/poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PLA/PDMS) were prepared by combination of a grafting through technique (macromonomer method) and controlled/living radical polymerization such as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) or reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. In a single-step approach, the low molecular weight methacrylate monomer (methyl methacrylate... 

The grafting through approach involves copolymerization of macromonomers. NMP, ATRP and RAFT have each been used in this context. The polymerizations are subject to the same constraints as conventional radical polymerizations that involve macromonomers (Section 7.6.5). However, living radical copolymerization offers greater product uniformity and the possibility of blocks, gradients and other architectures. 

Au NPs protected with a thermo-responsive polymer such as PNIPAM by the covalent grafting to technique with different end-functional PNIPAMs and various ratios between PNIPAM and HAuC14 has been studied. PNIPAM samples were synthesized through either conventional radical polymerization or living/controlled radical polymerization. With this approach, very small and quite monodisperse Au NPs are obtained with diameters ranging from 1.5 to 2.3 nm [94]. 

Hong, S.C., Jia, S., Teodorescu, M. et al. (2002) Polyolefin graft copolymers via living polymerization techniques Preparation of poly(n-butyl acrylate)-gra/t-polyethylene through the combination of Pd-mediated living olefin polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A Polymer Chemistry, 40,2736-2749. 

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