Stereogradient polymers formed by controlled/living radical polymerization of bulky methacrylate monomers.
Life RAFT: A bulky methacrylate monomer, triphenylmethyl methacrylate (TrMA), was polymerized with reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agents. Stereogradient polymers in which the isospecificity increased spontaneously as the monomer concentration decreased were formed by a polymerization-depolymerization equilibrium that can convert a less stable growing polymer terminal into a more stable form (see picture).
Ishitake
Kenji
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
Satoh
Kotaro
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Kamigaito
Masami
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Okamoto
Yoshio
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