Kang, Yan, Pitto-Barry, Anaïs, Maitland, Anna and O'Reilly, Rachel K. (2015) RAFT dispersion polymerization : a method to tune the morphology of thymine-containing self-assemblies. Polymer Chemistry, 6 (27). pp. 4984-4992. doi:10.1039/c5py00617a

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Abstract

The synthesis and self-assembly of thymine-containing polymers were performed using RAFT dispersion polymerization. A combination of microscopy and scattering techniques was used to analyze the resultant complex morphologies. The primary observation from this study is that the obtained aggregates induced during the polymerization were well-defined despite the constituent copolymers possessing broad dispersities. Moreover, a variety of parameters, including the choice of polymerization solvent, the degree of polymerization of both blocks and the presence of an adenine-containing mediator, were observed to affect the resultant size and shape of the assembly.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Chemistry
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Addition polymerization, Self-assembly (Chemistry), Fragmentation reactions
Journal or Publication Title:	Polymer Chemistry
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:	1759-9954
Official Date:	21 July 2015
Dates:	Date Event 21 July 2015 Published 11 June 2015 Available 10 June 2015 Accepted 27 April 2015 Submitted
Volume:	6
Number:	27
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 4984-4992
DOI:	10.1039/c5py00617a
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	University of Warwick, National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

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