Synthesis of polymers with on-demand sequence structures via dually switchable and interconvertible polymerizations

Ze Zhang, Tian-You Zeng, Lei Xia, Chun-Yan Hong (), Wu De-Cheng () and Ye-Zi You ()
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Ze Zhang: University of Science and Technology of China
Tian-You Zeng: University of Science and Technology of China
Lei Xia: University of Science and Technology of China
Chun-Yan Hong: University of Science and Technology of China
Wu De-Cheng: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ye-Zi You: University of Science and Technology of China

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The synthesis of polymers with on-demand sequence structures is very important not only for academic researchers but also for industry. However, despite the existing polymerization techniques, it is still difficult to achieve copolymer chains with on-demand sequence structures. Here we report a dually switchable and controlled interconvertible polymerization system; in this system, two distinct orthogonal polymerizations can be selectively switched ON/OFF independent of each other and they can be interconverted promptly and quantitatively according to external stimuli. Thus, the external stimuli can manipulate the insertion of distinct monomers into the resulting copolymer chains temporally, spatially, and orthogonally, allowing the on-demand precise arrangement of sequence structures in the resulting polymers. This dually switchable and interconvertible polymerization system provides a powerful tool for synthesizing materials that are not accessible by other polymerization methods.

Date: 2018
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