Suzuki-Miyam~polycondensatlbn of 2-( 4A,5;5tetramethyI -lJ3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-7 -broino~9,9-dioctylfluor~ ene in aqueous miniemulsion With only tw'oequivalents of NaOH as~ base yields colloidally stable nanoparticles of polyfluorene With M;, ca. 2 X lQ4 g mol-1 and particle sizes of 40-85 nrn,depending on the surfactant concentration. Polymerization in the presen<:e of CdSe/CdS core/shell qu...

Ultrasonic transmission is a simple, non-destructive method to characterize turbid systems like e.g. emulsions or polymer dispersion. Here we use this technique for in-line monitoring of the miniemulsion polymerization of styrene. Either the ultrasound attenuation or the velocity signal provides a fingerprint characterizing the reaction process. During the reaction process the sound velocity in...

We report a method to efficiently prepare multisegmented polymers via combination of step-growth (SG) and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization.