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Facile and Efficient Preparation of Tri-component Fluorescent Glycopolymers via RAFT-controlled Polymerization
Published on: June 19, 2015
Monodisperse poly(methyl methacrylate) microspheres with tunable carboxyl groups on the surface obtained by
Liangliang Yu1, Yuxuan Zhang, Xiaocong Dai
1Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. tanjianbo@gdut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Surface-functional polymeric microspheres have broad applications in numerous areas. Herein, monodisperse polymeric microspheres with tunable carboxy groups on the surface are prepared by photoinitiated RAFT dispersion polymerization using binary mixtures of two macromolecular chain transfer agents (macro-CTAs). The obtained carboxyl-functionalized polymeric microspheres can be further used to induce the formation of hollow inorganic/organic composites and the biomineralization of inorganic crystals.
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