Phenylenevinylene Homopolymers and Block Copolymers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

Complex Macromolecular Architectures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-Assembly

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 377-393

  Yu, Chin Yang ^a   Turner, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chain growth polymerization; Conjugated block polymers; Cyclophanedienes; Grubbs catalyst; Microwave assisted polymerization; Phase separation; Phenylenevinylenes; Ring opening metathesis polymerization; Ruthenium carbene complexes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885131099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470825150.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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