Dr. Juan Zhang in our group published No.165 paper in Chem. Commun. (Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 13904-13907)
Dr. Juan Zhang in our group published No.165 paper in Chem. Commun. (Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 13904-13907)
The synthesis of bottlebrush cellulose-graft-diblock copolymer elastomers via atom transfer radical polymerization utilizing a halide exchange technique?
Juan Zhang, Zhongkai Wang, Xuehui Wang and Zhigang Wang
CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Biomass Molecular Engineering Center, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
Abstract: A novel kind of bottlebrush cellulose-graft-diblock copolymer thermoplastic elastomer (Cell-g-PBA-b-PMMA) was synthesized by grafting from cellulose backbones via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The mechanical properties of the bottlebrush copolymer elastomers can be adjusted by controlling the block lengths and composition of the side chains.
Congrats to Juan!
Zhigang Wang etc. feel grateful to the Chem. Commun. Journal Editor and the two reviewers for their understanding to our idea and work, for their support, for their precious review comments, and finally for their encouragements to our continuous working on the project.