Synthesis of thermally responsive cylindrical molecular brushes via a combination of nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization and “grafting onto” strategy

Synthesis of naringin‐based polymer brushes via seATRP

“…In the last two decades, there have been increasing research activities in the use of various polymerization methods to prepare macromolecular brushes. These polymerization methods include ring‐opening polymerization, click reaction, cationic polymerization, anionic polymerization, radical (co)polymerization, reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT), nitroxide‐mediated polymerization (NMP), and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), as well as combinations of different methods . Considering these techniques, macromolecular brushes can be synthesized via three main approaches: “grafting through”, “grafting onto”, or “grafting from” .…”

“…3,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] In the last two decades, there have been increasing research activities in the use of various polymerization methods to prepare macromolecular brushes. These polymerization methods include ring-opening polymerization, 12,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] click reaction, 13,20,21,23,[25][26][27][28] cationic polymerization, 29-32 anionic polymerization, 33-39 radical (co) polymerization, [40][41][42][43] reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT), 13,19,22,24,27,30,44 nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP), 28, [44][45][46][47][48] and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), 17,18,22,26,32,…”

Synthesis, characterization, and micellization of PCL‐g‐PEG copolymers by combination of ROP and “Click” chemistry via “Graft onto” method

“…Polyvinyls with pendant functional groups, such as poly‐HEMA,24–26 poly(vinyl alcohol),27 poly(chloroethyl vinyl ether),28 and polychloromethylstyrene29 have been widely investigated as multifunctional backbone to prepare polymer brushes for the abundant resources of monomers and facile synthesis by controlled/living radical polymerization. Nevertheless, these polymers are nonbiodegradable, which may restrain their applications as biomaterials.…”

Facile synthesis and micellization of biodegradable poly(decamethylene succinate)‐graft‐poly(ethylene glycol)

“…[1][2][3] Generally, there have been three main strategies adopted for the preparation of graft polymers: grafting through, grafting from, and grafting onto. Functional vinyl monomers, such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, [5][6][7] vinyl alcohol, 8,9 chloromethylstyrene, 10,11 and their derivatives, have been widely investigated for the preparation of multifunctional polymeric backbones by controlled/living radical polymerization. Functional vinyl monomers, such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, [5][6][7] vinyl alcohol, 8,9 chloromethylstyrene, 10,11 and their derivatives, have been widely investigated for the preparation of multifunctional polymeric backbones by controlled/living radical polymerization.…”

“…4 Both the grafting-onto and grafting-from methods involve first the synthesis of a multifunctional polymeric backbone. Functional vinyl monomers, such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, [5][6][7] vinyl alcohol, 8,9 chloromethylstyrene, 10,11 and their derivatives, have been widely investigated for the preparation of multifunctional polymeric backbones by controlled/living radical polymerization. Nevertheless, these polymeric backbones are nonbiodegradable, which may restrain their further application.…”