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Isoprene/Styrene Tapered Multiblock Copolymers with up to Ten Blocks: Synthesis, Phase Behavior, Order, and Mechanical Properties

Christian RüttigerGeorge FloudasMarkus GalleiMarkus MezgerTobias JohannHolger FreyAxel H. E. MüllerMarvin SteubeMichael AppoldEftyxis Galanos

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Materials sciencePolymers and PlasticsCyclohexaneOrganic ChemistryMultiblock copolymerSynthesis Phase02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesStyreneInorganic Chemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryPolymer chemistryMaterials ChemistryCopolymerOrder (group theory)Reactivity (chemistry)0210 nano-technologyIsoprene

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The living anionic copolymerization of isoprene and styrene in cyclohexane affords tapered block copolymers due to the highly disparate reactivity ratios of rI = 12.8 and rS = 0.051. Repeated addit...

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01961