Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Macromolecular Science and Engineering pp 53–70Cite as

Polymer Objects: Towards New Polymer Architectures

  • Chapter

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science ((SSMATERIALS,volume 35))

Abstract

Mankind has ingeniously utilized natural polymers throughout history, including wool, fur, cotton, and silk. In contrast to this tremendously long history, the history of synthetic polymers is quite short, extending over the past 70 years. Synthetic polymers can be exemplified by fibers, gums, and plastics that are nowadays indispensable. Usual polymers are so-called linear macromolecules in which tens of thousands to millions of low-molecular weight compound (monomer unit) are connected to each other through covalent bonds. A wide variety of polymers with different one-dimensional structures has been synthesized. In parallel with new research aiming at precisely-controlled polymerization of the linear polymers, a novel trend has recently been growing in polymer chemistry. This is a new family of polymer architectures. The definition and the classification of the new polymer architectures have not yet been fixed since their coverage is widely spread from topologically complex polymers to supramolecular assemblies. Here, they are designated as polymers having either non-covalent bonds as a connecting motif or a unique three-dimensional topology. These new polymers are called “polymer objects”. “Polymer objects” should be high-molecular weight molecules with well-defined and topologically three-dimensional structures or polymolecular assemblies with well-defined morphologies. From these criteria with regard to “polymer objects”, usual low-molecular weight compounds, liquid crystals, and solid crystals are ruled out. Following a brief classification of the new polymer architectures, this chapter will describe current topics concerning new polymer architectures.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. R. Jäger, and F. Vögtl. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 36, 930 (1997)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. For example, see; C.O. Dietrich-Bucheker, and J.-P. Sauvage, Chem. Rev. 87, 795 (1987)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. For example, see; D.B. Amabilino, and J.F. Stoddart, Chem. Rev. 95, 2725 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Y. Geerts, D. Muscat, and K. Mullen, Macromol. Chem. Phys. 196, 3425 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. J. -L. Weidman, J -M. Kern, J. -P. Sauvage, Y. Geerts, D. Muscat, and K. Mullen, Chem. Commun. 1243 (1996)

    Google Scholar 

  6. S. Shimada, N. Tamaoki, and K. Ishikawa, Acta Chem. Scand. 52, 374 (1998)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. D. B. Amabilino, P. R. Ashton, A. S. Reder, N. Spencer, and J. F. Stoddart, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34, 1286 (1994)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Y. X. Shen, D. Xie, and H. W. Gibson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 537 (1994)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. For example, see; A. Harada, J. Li, and M. Kamachi, Nature, 356, 325 (1992)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. A. Harada, and M. Kamachi, Nature, 364, 516 (1993)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. A. Harada, and M. Kamachi, ibid. 370, 126 (1994)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. M. B. Steinbrum, and G. Wenz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 35, 2139 (1996)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. D. Whang, and K. Kim, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 451 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. B. F. Hoskins, R. Robson, and D.A. Slizys, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 2952 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. M. Fujita, Y. J. Kwon, O. Sasaki, K. Yaguchi, and K. Ogura, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 7287 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Recent reviews; D. A. Tomallia, A. M. Naylor, and W.A. Goddad III, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 29, 138 (1990).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. J. Issberner, R. Moors, and F. Voegth, ibid. 33, 2413 (1994).

    Google Scholar 

  18. J. M. J. Frechet, C. J. Hanker, and K. L. Wooley, J. Macromol. Sci. A 31(11), 1627 (1994).

    Google Scholar 

  19. C. N. Moorefield, and G. R. Newkome, in Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules, Vol. 1, Ed. G.R. Newkome, (JAI Press, Greenwich, CT, 1994) p.1

    Google Scholar 

  20. R.G. Duan, L.L. Miller, and D.A. Tomalia, J.Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 10783 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. G.R. Newkome, R Guether, C.N. Moorefield, F. Cardullo, L Echegoyen, E. Perez-Cordero, and H. Luftmann, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34, 2023 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. I. Gitsov, and J.M.J. Frechet, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 3785 (1996)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. S. C. Zimmerman, F. Zeng, D. E. C. Reichert, and S. V. Kolotuchin, Science, 271, 1095 (1996)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. K. Aoi, K. Itoh, and M. Okada, Macromolecules, 28, 5391 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. D. Zanini, and R. Roy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 2088 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. P. R. Ashton, S. E. Boyd, C. L. Brown, S. A. Nepogodiev, E. W. Meijer, H. W. I. Peerlings, and J. F. Stoddart, Chem. Eur. J. 3, 974 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. M. Slany, M. Bardaji, M.-J. Casanove, A. -M. Caminade, J. -P. Majoral, and B. Chaudret, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 9764 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. P. Bharathi, and J.S. Moore, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 3391, (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. For example, see; T. Kunitake, Y. Okahata, M. Shimomura, S. Yasunami, and K. Takarabe, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 103, 5401 (1981).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Y. Ishikawa, H. Kuwahara, and T. Kunitake, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 5579 (1994)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. For example, see; J. M. Schnur, Science, 262, 1669 (1993).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. A. Singh, G. -M. Chow, E. L. Chang, and M.A. Markowits, Chem. Tech. 38 (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  33. For example, see; N. Nakashima, S. Asakuma, and T. Kunitake, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 107, 509 (1985).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. K. Yamada, H. Ihara, T. Fukumoto, and C. Hirayama, Chem. Lett. 1713 (1984).

    Google Scholar 

  35. J. -H. Fuhrhop, P. Schnieder, J. Rosenberg, and E. Boekema, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 3387 (1987)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. J. H. Georger, A. Singh, R. R. Price, J. M. Schnur, P. Yager, and P.E. Schoen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 6169 (1987)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. J. -H. Fuhrhop, P. Schnieder, E. Bökema, and W. Helfrich, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 2861 (1988)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  38. G. R. Newkome, G. R. Barker, S. Arai, M. J. Saunders, P. S. Russo, K. J. Theriot, C. N. Moore-field, L. E. Rogers, J. E. Miller, T. R. Lieux, M. R. Murray, B. Phillips, and L. Pascal, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112, 8458 (1990)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  39. J. -H. Fuhrhop, D. Spiroski, and C. Böttcher, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 1600 (1993)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  40. J. -H. Fuhrhop, U. Binding, and U. Siggel, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1583 (1994)

    Google Scholar 

  41. T. Shimizu, M. Kogiso, and M. Masuda, Nature, 383, 487 (1996)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  42. T. Shimizu and M. Masuda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 2812 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  43. A. P. H. J. Schenning, F. B. G. Benneker, H. P. M. Geurts, X. Y. Liu, and R.J. M. Nolte, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 8549 (1996)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  44. T. Gulik-Krazywicki, C. Fouquey, and J.-M. Lehn, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 163 (1993)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  45. N. Kimizuka, T. Kawasaki, and T. Kunitake, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 4387 (1993)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  46. N. Kimizuka, T. Kawasaki, K. Hirata, and T. Kunitake, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 6360 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  47. For example, see; N. Khazanovich, J. R. Granja, D. E. McRee, R. A. Milligan, and M. R. Ghadire, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 6011 (1994).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  48. M. R. Ghadiri, K. Kobayashi, J. R. Granja, R. K. Chadha, and D. E. McRee, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 34, 93 (1995).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  49. M. R. Ghadiri, Adv. Mater. 7, 675 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  50. For example, see; Y. K. Kwon, S. N. Chvalun, J. Blackwell, V. Percec, and J.A. Heck, Macromolecules, 28, 1552 (1995).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  51. V. Percec, P. Chu, G. Ungar, and J. Zhou, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 11441 (1995).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  52. V. Percec, G. Johansson, G. Ungar, and J. Zhou, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 9855 (1996)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  53. V. S. K. Balagurusamy, G. Ungar, V. Percec, and G. Johanson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 1539 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  54. G. M. Whitesides, J. P. Mathias, and C. T. Seto, Science, 254, 1312 (1991)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  55. J. Chen, C. A. Rauch, J. H. White, P. T. Englund, and N.R. Cozzarelli, Cell, 80, 61 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Toshimi Shimizu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Dept. of Polymer Physics, NIMC, Higashi 1-1, 305-8565, Tsukuba, Japan

    Yoshikazu Tanabe

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1999 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Shimizu, T. (1999). Polymer Objects: Towards New Polymer Architectures. In: Tanabe, Y. (eds) Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58559-3_6

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58559-3_6

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-63645-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-58559-3

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation