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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 251-284Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pola.23755
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equilibration; macrocycles; polycondensation; ring-opening polymerization
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Syntheses of cyclic polymers including cyclic homo-polymers, cyclic block copolymers, sun-shaped polymers, and tadpole polymers are discussed on the basis of a differentiation between synthetic methods and synthetic strategies (e.g., polycondensation, ring-ring equilibration, or ring-expansion polymerization). Furthermore, all synthetic methods are classified as kinetically or thermodynamically controlled reactions. Characteristic properties of cyclic polymers such as smaller hydrodynamic volume, lower melt viscosities, and higher thermostabilities are compared to the properties of their linear counterparts. Furthermore, the nanophase separation of cyclic diblock copolymers is discussed. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 251-284, 2010
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