[en] Recent developments in the macromolecular engineering of aliphatic polyesters have been overviewed. First, aluminum alkoxides mediated living ring opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic (di)esters, i.e., lactones, lactides, glycolide, is introduced. An insight into this so-called "coordination-insertion" mechanism and the ability of this living polymerization process to prepare well-defined homopolymers, telechelic polymers, random and block copolymers is then discussed. In the second part, the combination of the living ROP of (di)lac-tones with other well-controlled polymerization mechanisms such as anionic, cationic, free radical, and metathesis polyadditions of unsaturated comonomers, as well as polyconden-sations, is reported with special emphasis on the design of new and well-tailored macromolecular architectures. As a result of the above synthetic breakthrough, a variety of novel materials have been developed with versatile applications in very different fields such as biomedical and microelectronics.
Research Center/Unit :
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Mecerreyes, David; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Jérôme, Robert ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre d'études et de rech. sur les macromolécules (CERM)
Dubois, Philippe ; University of Mons-Hainaut (UMH) > Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials
Language :
English
Title :
Novel macromolecular architectures based on aliphatic polyesters: relevance of the "coordination-insertion" ring-opening polymerization
Gobierno Vasco BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
Commentary :
The authors acknowledge Advances in Polymer Science (Springer) for allowing them to archive this paper. The original publication is available at http://springerlink.com/content/4ebbly7ffe1l1xpr/fulltext.pdf
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