Chitosan-grafted-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (Cs-PVP) copolymers could be synthesized under heterogeneous conditions in presence of a potassium persulfate and sodium sulfite redox system. The synthesized graft copolymer could be utilized effectively, in the form of beads, as an efficient catalyst for Michael additions of active methylenes to functionally substituted alkenes. Moreover, methyl moiety o...

Interpolymer complexation is associated with the formation of hydrogen bonds between pendent and/or grafted groups of a single polymer or copolymers. The degree of complexation can be described theoretically in terms of complexation/decomplexation equilibrium characteristics. Graft copolymer networks of poly(methacrylic acid-g-ethylene glycol) were prepared by free radical solution polymerizati...

Biodegradable, biocompatible polymers are of interest for use in several biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Based on its biodegradability, biocompatibility, high mechanical strength, and good shaping and molding properties, polylactide (PLA) is frequently utilized as an implantable carrier for drug delivery systems, as well as a surgical repair material. However, its high crystallinity...

Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) was used to prepare polymer brushes grafted onto silica nanoparticles. Novel RAFT-silane agents were prepared that contained both an active RAFT moiety and a silane coupling agent. RAFT agents were anchored to silica nanoparticles by the functionalization of colloidal silica with the RAFT-silane agents. RAFT polymerizations ...

"Living" anionic, cationic, metalloporphyrin and ring-opening metathesis polymer­ izations have been used to prepare well-defined side-chain liquid crystalline homopolymers, block and graft copolymers and statistical copolymers. This paper analyzes their successes and failures by reviewing the mechanistic aspects and experimental conditions of each type of polymerization, and identifies other c...