Understanding copolymerisation kinetics for the design of functional copolymers via free radical polymerisation (2019)
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Boulding, N. A., Millican, J. M., & Hutchings, L. R. (2019). Understanding copolymerisation kinetics for the design of functional copolymers via free radical polymerisation. Polymer Chemistry, 10(41), 5665-5675. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9py01294j

Determining the monomer sequence distribution of copolymers is important when correlating copolymer molecular structure (random, gradient etc.) to macroscopic/material properties. We report here the relative monomer reactivities for the copolymerisat... Read More about Understanding copolymerisation kinetics for the design of functional copolymers via free radical polymerisation.

Synthesis and Coupling of ABx Polysiloxane Macromonomers to Form Highly Branched Polysiloxanes (2019)
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Yolsal, U., & Hutchings, L. R. (2019). Synthesis and Coupling of ABx Polysiloxane Macromonomers to Form Highly Branched Polysiloxanes. European Polymer Journal, 113, 254-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.01.066

This work focuses on the synthesis of polysiloxane ABx macromonomers with functional groups (A [Si-H] and B [vinyl]) incorporated on to the polymer backbone, and the coupling of these functionalities to form randomly, but highly, branched polymers. T... Read More about Synthesis and Coupling of ABx Polysiloxane Macromonomers to Form Highly Branched Polysiloxanes.

Towards bio-based tapered block copolymers: the behaviour of myrcene in the statistical anionic copolymerisation (2019)
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Grune, E., Bareuther, J., Blankenburg, J., Appold, M., Shaw, L., Mueller, A. H., …Frey, H. (2019). Towards bio-based tapered block copolymers: the behaviour of myrcene in the statistical anionic copolymerisation. Polymer Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1039/c8py01711e

To explore the potential of myrcene (Myr) as a bio-based monoterpene comonomer for styrenic copolymers and to establish its general applicability for the carbanionic copolymerisation, several statistical copolymerisations of myrcene and common monome... Read More about Towards bio-based tapered block copolymers: the behaviour of myrcene in the statistical anionic copolymerisation.