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Introduction and Future Prospects
Published in Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Functionalized Polymers, 2021
The processing of bulk polymers results in chemical heterogeneity, resulting in various advantages, such as improved reactivity, phase isolation, and improved compatibility or association. The ability to construct self-assemblies and supramolecular structures of functionalized polymers with other architectures is another advantage (Chauhan 2019a). The creation or dissociation of self-assembled materials can lead to “smart” materials in response to chemical or physical stimuli. Many of the functional polymers are used in single linear backbones, including block, grafted, chain-end and in-chain polymer (Vana and Yagci 2013). For technical applications such as optics, electronics or catalysis, functional polymers are essential. These materials are often widely used for the synthesis of solid-phase oligonucleotides and membranes (e.g., column chromatography). In rapidly evolving medical environments, specially formulated functional polymer products are essential, including suture protection issues, dental fillings, wound dressings, bone cement and hollow fiber dialysis (Chauhan 2019a). Hydrogels and inhibitors that are the basis of ophthalmic surgery are usually among these products.
Design of Bioresponsive Polymers
Published in Deepa H. Patel, Bioresponsive Polymers, 2020
Anita Patel, Jayvadan K. Patel, Deepa H. Patel
During the last few years, the technical and scientific significance of functional polymers has been well recognized; at present, a lot of concentration has been focused on bio-responsive polymers. Contrary to traditional polymers, to add in responsive components, it is essential to co-polymerize responsive blocks into a polymer or else copolymer backbone [1]. That’s why, the formulation of distinct block copolymers with different architectures is vital: such as grafting of amphiphilic blocks into hydro-phobic polymer backbone [2]. By means of living anionic polymerizations [3], cationic polymerizations [4] and controlled radical polymerizations (CRPs) methods [5], one can synthesize broad ranges of bio-responsive block copolymers. The increasing demand for definite and efficient soft resources in a range of nanoscale has directed to a momentous boost of events that merge architectural manage with the suppleness of integrating functional groups. Bearing in mind these considerations, there has been an important pursuit for clarifying various controlled polymerization approaches, which resulting into nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMRP) [6, 7], atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) [8, 9], and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) processes [10, 11]. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) also presents a distinctive means of producing well-defined copolymers [12].
Novel methacrylate copolymers functionalized with fluoroarylamide; copolymerization kinetics, thermal stability and antimicrobial properties
Published in Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 2021
Functional polymers are macromolecules that have unique properties or uses. Functional polymers can be obtained through chemical reactions on monomers. The properties of such materials are often determined by the presence of chemical functional groups that are dissimilar to those of the backbone chains. However, when more than one functional group is desired in a polymer, the copolymerization of two or more monomers, each having a specific property, can be utilized [1–4].