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Front Cover: Macromol. Biosci. 6/2004
Author(s) -
Brzezinska Krystyna R.,
Deming Timothy J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.200490012
Subject(s) - atom transfer radical polymerization , methyl acrylate , copolymer , polymer chemistry , acrylate , polymerization , living polymerization , radical polymerization , front cover , materials science , chemistry , cover (algebra) , polymer , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Front Cover: The picture on the front cover shows the synthesis of poly(methyl acrylate)‐ block ‐poly( γ ‐benzyl‐ L ‐glutamate) (PMA‐ b ‐PBLG) diblock copolymers, performed using atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl acrylate and living polymerization of γ ‐benzyl‐ L ‐glutamate‐ N ‐carboxyanhydride (Glu‐NCA). Amido‐amidate nickelacycle end groups were incorporated onto amino‐terminated poly(methyl acrylates) (PMA‐NH 2 ), and the resulting complexes were successfully used as macroinitiators for growth of polypeptide segments. This method allows the controlled preparation of polypeptide‐ block ‐poly(methyl acrylate) diblock architectures with control over polypeptide chain length and without formation of homopolypeptide contaminants. Further details can be found in the Communication by K. R. Brzezinska, T. J. Deming * on page 566.