A Critical Appraisal of RAFT-Mediated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly
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- 作者：Sarah L. Canning ; Gregory N. Smith ; Steven P. Armes
- 刊名：Macromolecules
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 22, 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：49
- 期：6
- 页码：1985-2001
- 全文大小：1146K
- 年卷期：<p>p>Sarah L. Canning studied chemistry at the University of Sheffield (UK) and the University at Buffalo, SUNY (USA). She completed a CASE PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2015 under the supervision of Professors Stephen Rimmer and Mark Geoghegan, sponsored by Domino UK Ltd. She is now working in the research group of Professor Steven Armes. Her current research interests include the synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers using controlled radical polymerization techniques and polymerization-induced self-assembly, with a particular focus on the aqueous RAFT emulsion polymerization of less-activated monomers.p><p>p>Gregory N. Smith studied chemistry at the University of Bristol (UK) and graduated with a MSci in 2007. He continued at the same institution and was awarded a PhD under the supervision of Professor Julian Eastoe in 2015. He is currently working as a research associate in synthetic polymer chemistry at the University of Sheffield (UK) investigating polymerization-induced self-assembly. His research interests concern the self-assembly and surface interactions of soft matter from small molecules to macromolecules. He has a particular interest in colloids in non-polar media, electrokinetics, and applications of small-angle scattering.p><p>p>Prof. Steven P. Armes graduated from the University of Bristol (BSc 1983 and PhD 1987). After a two-year postdoc stint at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, he accepted a lectureship at Sussex University. He was promoted to Professor in 2000 and moved to the University of Sheffield in 2004. He has published more than 540 papers (H-index = 94), received the Tilden medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2013, and was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His current research activities are focused on polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA).
- ISSN：1520-5835
文摘
Recently, polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has become widely recognized as a robust and efficient route to produce block copolymer nanoparticles of controlled size, morphology, and surface chemistry. Several reviews of this field have been published since 2012, but a substantial number of new papers have been published in the last three years. In this Perspective, we provide a critical appraisal of the various advantages offered by this approach, while also pointing out some of its current drawbacks. Promising future research directions as well as remaining technical challenges and unresolved problems are briefly highlighted.