Polymer, heal thyself! Supramolecular ABA triblock copolymers formed by dimerization of 2-ureido-4-pyrimidinone (UPy) end-functionalized polystyrene-b-poly(n-butyl acrylate) (PS-b-PBA) AB diblock copolymers have been synthesized, resulting in a self-healing material that combines the advantageous mechanical properties of thermoplastic elastomers and the dynamic self-healing features of supramol...

Mainand side-chain sequence-regulated vinyl copolymers with acid and base monomer units were prepared using atom transfer radical addition (ATRA) and alternating radical copolymerization. A series of maleimide-ended sequence-regulated “oligomonomers” were prepared by ATRA of t-butyl acrylate (tBA: Ap) (i.e., a protected acrylic acid (A)) or an amine-functionalized acrylate, (2-(dimethylamino)et...

Organotin monomers containing dibutyltin groups--dibutyltin citraconate (DBTC) as a new monomer and dibutyltin maleate (DBTM)--were synthesized. Free radical copolymerizations of the organotin monomers with styrene (ST) and butyl acrylate (BA) were performed. The overall conversion was kept low (< or = 15% wt/wt) for all studied samples and the copolymers composition was determined from tin ana...

Core-shell polymers in the particle size range 200–300 nm having a monodisperse distribution and opal color are prospective materials for coating applications. The emulsion polymerization of the core-shell was done using two monomers with significantly different refractive indices styrene for the hard monomers and butyl acrylate for the soft monomers. The feeding and aging time were varied, wit...

We report a simple photolithographic approach for the creation and micropatterning of chemical functionality on polymer surfaces by use of surface-active block copolymers that contain protected photoactive functional groups. The block copolymers self-assemble at the substrate-air interface to generate a surface that is initially hydrophobic with low surface tension but that can be rendered hydr...

Ferrocyanide-imprinted pyridine-carrying microspheres were prepared using ferrocyanide ions as a template. This method is based on a surface imprinting technique from the seed emulsion that consisted of 4-vinylpyridine (functional monomer), styrene, and butyl acrylate and a water mixture polymerization by a radical initiator. The ferrocyanide-imprinted microspheres had about 200 times higher ad...

This report describes the preparation of antibacterially active emulsified polyacrylate nanoparticles in which a penicillin antibiotic is covalently conjugated onto the polymeric framework. These nanoparticles were prepared in water by emulsion polymerization of an acrylated penicillin analogue pre-dissolved in a 7:3 (w:w) mixture of butyl acrylate and styrene in the presence of sodium dodecyl ...