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ArticleNature communications2019

Visualization and design of the functional group distribution during statistical copolymerization.

Paul H M Van Steenberge, Ondrej Sedlacek, Julio C Hernández-Ortiz, Bart Verbraeken, Marie-Françoise Reyniers, Richard Hoogenboom, Dagmar R D'hooge

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Paul H M Van SteenbergeGhent University, Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Technologiepark 125, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6244-1299
Ondrej SedlacekGhent University, Supramolecular Chemistry Group, Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC), Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Krijgslaan 281-S4, 9000, Gent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-2687
Julio C Hernández-OrtizGhent University, Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Technologiepark 125, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.
Bart VerbraekenGhent University, Supramolecular Chemistry Group, Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC), Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Krijgslaan 281-S4, 9000, Gent, Belgium.
Marie-Françoise ReyniersGhent University, Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Technologiepark 125, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.
Richard HoogenboomGhent University, Supramolecular Chemistry Group, Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC), Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Krijgslaan 281-S4, 9000, Gent, Belgium. Richard.Hoogenboom@UGent.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-2058
Dagmar R D'hoogeGhent University, Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT), Technologiepark 125, B-9052, Gent, Belgium. Dagmar.Dhooge@UGent.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9663-9893

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Abstract

Even though functional copolymers with a low percentage of functional comonomer units (up to 20 mol%) are widely used, for instance for the development of polymer therapeutics and hydrogels, insights in the functional group distribution over the actual chains are lacking and the average composition is conventionally used to describe the functionalization degree. Here we report the visualization of the monomer distribution over the different polymer chains by a synergetic combination of experimental and theoretical analysis aiming at the construction of functionality-chain length distributions (FUNC-CLDs). A successful design of the chemical structure of the comonomer pair, the initial functional comonomer amount (13 mol%), and the temperature (100 °C) is performed to tune the FUNC-CLD of copoly(2-oxazoline)s toward high functionalization degree for both low (100) and high (400) target degrees of polymerization. The proposed research strategy is generic and extendable to a broad range of copolymerization chemistries, including reversible deactivation radical polymerization.

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