Microstructure Control: An Underestimated Parameter in Recent Polymer Design

The present trend article analyzes recent progress in synthetic polymer chemistry. In particular, it emphasizes the importance of microstructural parameters such as stereoregularity and monomer sequences in polymer design allowing the preparation of highly complex ordered structures. This message is...

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Published in:Macromolecular chemistry and physics 2013-01, Vol.214 (2), p.135-142
Main Authors: Badi, Nezha, Chan-Seng, Delphine, Lutz, Jean-François
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Chemical Sciences
Chemists
Complexity
Copolymerization
Design parameters
Exact sciences and technology
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Microstructure
Monomers
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
Polymer chemistry
Polymerization
Polymers
Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts
self-assembly
sequence-controlled polymers
Strategy
Tacticity
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Summary:The present trend article analyzes recent progress in synthetic polymer chemistry. In particular, it emphasizes the importance of microstructural parameters such as stereoregularity and monomer sequences in polymer design allowing the preparation of highly complex ordered structures. This message is illustrated herein by examples from our laboratory and recent literature. Microstructures with different levels of complexity are presented and discussed. For instance, simple strategies such as random copolymerization of functional monomers are still relevant in current polymer chemistry. More complex microstructures such as gradient, periodic, or regulated sequence patterns are also examined. Macromolecular parameters such as tacticity, regioregularity, and co‐monomer sequences determine, in large parts, the properties of polymer materials. However, these crucial aspects are currently overlooked by polymer chemists. The present article emphasizes the extreme importance of these parameters in 21st century polymer research.
ISSN:1022-1352
1521-3935
DOI:10.1002/macp.201200475