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One‐Pot Radical Polymerization of One Inimer to Form One‐Dimensional Polymeric Nanomaterials
Author(s) -
Ma Pengju,
Nie Hui,
Zhou Qingqing,
Li Yuesheng,
Liu Hewen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201203230
Subject(s) - polymerization , nanomaterials , nanorod , materials science , polymer , nanotechnology , polymer science , polymer chemistry , composite material
A one‐pot polymerization strategy is put forward for producing 1D polymeric nanomaterials directly from a single inimer. An inimer bearing an NMP initiating site is polymerized in the presence of a RAFT CTA to form a pearl‐necklace structure constituted of hyperbranched polymer “pearls”. The obtained 1D nanorods show high regularity evidenced by the long‐range order in small angle XRD patterns and the formation of liquid crystalline phases.