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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Using RAFT Polymerization Methodologies to Create Branched and Nanogel-Type Copolymers.

Athanasios Skandalis, Theodore Sentoukas, Dimitrios Selianitis, Anastasia Balafouti, Stergios Pispas

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Athanasios SkandalisTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5321-2926
Theodore SentoukasCentre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 M. Curie-Sklodowska Street, 41-819 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5284-4614
Dimitrios SelianitisTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0997-8668
Anastasia BalafoutiTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece.
Stergios PispasTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5347-7430

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review aims to highlight the most recent advances in the field of the synthesis of branched copolymers and nanogels using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. RAFT polymerization is a reversible deactivation radical polymerization technique (RDRP) that has gained tremendous attention due to its versatility, compatibility with a plethora of functional monomers, and mild polymerization conditions. These parameters lead to final polymers with good control over the molar mass and narrow molar mass distributions. Branched polymers can be defined as the incorporation of secondary polymer chains to a primary backbone, resulting in a wide range of complex macromolecular architectures, like star-shaped, graft, and hyperbranched polymers and nanogels. These subcategories will be discussed in detail in this review in terms of synthesis routes and properties, mainly in solutions.

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branchedcopolymersgraftshyperbranchednanogelsRAFT polymerizationstars

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PMID38730753
PMCPMC11084462

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