Synthetic routes to stimuli-responsive micelles, vesicles, and surfaces via controlled/living radical polymerization

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-443

  McCormick, Charles L ^a,b   Kirkland, Stacey E ^a   York, Adam W ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

ATRP; Block copolymers; Controlled living radical polymerization; Polymer brushes; Polymeric micelles; RAFT; SFRP; Stimuli responsive polymers

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED/LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION (CLRP); POLYMER BRUSHES; POLYMERIC MICELLES; REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER (RAFT); STIMULI RESPONSIVE POLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; MICELLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS;

LIVING POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 33750376396     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583720600945428     Document Type: Article

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