title: Application of new photolabile protecting groups as photocleavable joints of block copolymers.
abstract: New photoresponsive block copolymers (BCPs) have been developed by incorporating photocleavable units. These photocleavable units are derived from robust photolabile protecting groups (PPGs); UV irradiation cleaves the BCPs and releases a well-defined chemically active functional group at the cleaved end of a PS polymer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. wangp@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Wenya
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Chong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Punith
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thogaripally
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang