Arm-replaceable star-like nanogels: Arm detachment and arm exchange reactions by dynamic covalent exchanges of alkoxyamine units

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 860-867

  Amamoto, Yoshifumi ^a   Kikuchi, Moriya ^a,b   Otsuka, Hideyuki ^a   Takahara, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFM; alkoxyamine; dynamic covalent chemistry; nanogel; SAXS; star polymer

Indexed keywords

AFM; ALKOXYAMINES; DYNAMIC COVALENT CHEMISTRY; NANOGELS; SAXS; STAR POLYMER;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ESTERS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HEATING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING; X RAY SCATTERING;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 78149433411     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.83     Document Type: Article

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