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Routes to Hydrogen Bonding Chain-End Functionalized Polymers.
Arthur Bertrand1, Frédéric Lortie2, Julien Bernard3
1Université de Lyon, Lyon 69003, France; INSA de Lyon, IMP@INSA, Villeurbanne 69621, France; CNRS, UMR 5223, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, Villeurbanne 69621, France. abertran@umn.edu.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
|November 9, 2012
Summary
Supramolecular chemistry enables new polymer materials with enhanced properties and processability using hydrogen bonding. This review covers synthetic routes for creating hydrogen bonding sticker chain-end functionalized polymers.
Area of Science:
- Polymer Science
- Supramolecular Chemistry
Background:
- Supramolecular chemistry offers new polymer design avenues through dynamic non-covalent interactions.
- Hydrogen bonding polymers act as supramolecular units for advanced material assemblies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review current synthetic strategies for hydrogen bonding sticker chain-end functionalized polymers.
Main Methods:
- Post-polymerization modification of end-groups.
- Polymerization mediated by functionalized precursors.
Main Results:
- Established synthetic routes for creating specific polymer architectures.
- Demonstrated the utility of hydrogen bonding in polymer design.
Conclusions:
- Hydrogen bonding sticker chain-end functionalized polymers offer tunable properties and processability.
- Synthetic advancements facilitate the creation of these advanced materials.
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