The impact of the concept of "living polymers" on material science

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 681-684

  Levy, Moshe ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Living polymers; Monodisperse microspheres; Monodisperse polymers

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MONODISPERSE POLYMERS; TELECHELIC POLYMERS;

LIVING POLYMERIZATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BLOCK COPOLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34648828516     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.963     Document Type: Review

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