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Graft and Comblike Polymers

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Anionic Polymerization

Abstract

The molecular design and construction of comb polymers and graft copolymers through anionic polymerization have made significant strides over the last quarter century. Grafting methods that utilize anionic polymerization techniques, which are reviewed in this chapter, provide strict control over backbone and side chain molecular weights, branch spacing, number of branch points, and branch point functionality in order to synthesize well-defined grafted materials. These carefully controlled synthetic strategies, and recent progress in macromolecular characterization, allow for synthesis of more complex tailored copolymer materials for a variety of applications, including thermoplastic elastomers, high-impact plastics, pressure-sensitive adhesives, additives, and foams. We predict that future work in this area will focus on better understanding the correlation between macromolecular architecture and properties, as well as the synthesis of even more complex architectures incorporating additional (three or more) chemical building blocks into branched copolymer materials.

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Goodwin, A., Kang, NG., Mays, J.W. (2015). Graft and Comblike Polymers. In: Hadjichristidis, N., Hirao, A. (eds) Anionic Polymerization. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54186-8_13

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