Complex multiblock bottle-brush architectures by RAFT polymerization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Oct 31;53(87):11901-11904. doi: 10.1039/c7cc07241d.

Abstract

The combination of the reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization R-group grafting from approach and RAFT one-pot acrylamide multiblock methodology is used to synthesise complex bottle-brush architectures. This is demonstrated for block copolymer grafted side chains and the insertion of ungrafted blocks into the backbone to yield multi-segmented bottle-brushes.