Defining the macromolecules of tomorrow through synergistic sustainable polymer research

FM Haque, JSA Ishibashi, CAL Lidston, H Shao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transforming how plastics are made, unmade, and remade through innovative research and
diverse partnerships that together foster environmental stewardship is critically important to …

Recent advances in thermoplastic elastomers from living polymerizations: Macromolecular architectures and supramolecular chemistry

W Wang, W Lu, A Goodwin, H Wang, P Yin… - Progress in polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have found use in a wide range of applications, such as
adhesives, elastomers, coatings, fibers, and in additive manufacturing techniques such as …

Block copolymer lithography

CM Bates, MJ Maher, DW Janes, CJ Ellison… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
This Perspective addresses the current state of block copolymer lithography and identifies
key challenges and opportunities within the field. Significant strides in experimental and …

Rational design of tapered multiblock copolymers for thermoplastic elastomers

M Steube, T Johann, RD Barent, AHE Mueller… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) combine the features of vulcanized thermoset rubbers and
thermoplastic materials in their phase-separated microdomain structure. As a consequence …

Architectural design of block copolymers

Z Xu, Q Dong, W Li - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Highly designable architectures of polymers endow the same polymer with different
properties. In principle, diverse architectures should enrich the self-assembly behavior of …

Effect of architecture on the phase behavior of AB-type block copolymer melts

MW Matsen - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
Equilibrium phase diagrams are calculated for a selection of two-component block
copolymer architectures using self-consistent field theory (SCFT). The topology of the phase …

The standard Gaussian model for block copolymer melts

MW Matsen - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
As a result of important advances over the last decade, block copolymer melts have become
an excellent model system for studying fundamental phenomena associated with molecular …

Thermoplastic elastomers: fundamentals and applications

RJ Spontak, NP Patel - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2000 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic elastomers are multi-functional polymeric materials that generally possess
the processability of thermoplastics and the elasticity of vulcanized rubber. Intrinsic …

Ordered network mesostructures in block polymer materials

AJ Meuler, MA Hillmyer, FS Bates - Macromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
Block polymers are formed by the covalent union of two or more chemically distinct
homopolymers. These composite macromolecules self-assemble into a variety of ordered …

Acyclic diene metathesis: a versatile tool for the construction of defined polymer architectures

H Mutlu, LM de Espinosa, MAR Meier - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Two decades have passed since the metathesis polymerisation of α, ω-dienes was
successfully demonstrated by the group of Wagener and the term acyclic diene metathesis …