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RAFT Dispersion Polymerization of Benzyl Methacrylate in Silicone Oil Using a Silicone-Based Methacrylic Stabilizer Provides Convenient Access to Spheres, Worms, and Vesicles by Rymaruk, Matthew J, O’Brien, Cate T, Brown, Steven L, Williams, Clive N, Armes, Steven P

“…Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) solution polymerization of 3-[tris­(trimethylsiloxy)­silyl] propyl methacrylate (SiMA) was conducted in…”
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Effect of Core Cross-linking on the Physical Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Diblock Copolymer Worms Prepared in Silicone Oil by Rymaruk, Matthew J, O’Brien, Cate T, Brown, Steven L, Williams, Clive N, Armes, Steven P

“…A trithiocarbonate-capped poly­(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) precursor is chain-extended via reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer dispersion…”
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Small‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering Studies of Block Copolymer Nano‐Objects: Formation of Ordered Phases in Concentrated Solution During Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly by Rymaruk, Matthew J., O'Brien, Cate T., György, Csilla, Darmau, Bastien, Jennings, James, Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O., Armes, Steven P.

“…We report that polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) can be used to prepare lyotropic phases comprising diblock copolymer nano‐objects in non‐polar…”
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Unique aqueous self-assembly behavior of a thermoresponsive diblock copolymer by Byard, Sarah J, O'Brien, Cate T, Derry, Matthew J, Williams, Mark, Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O, Blanazs, Adam, Armes, Steven P

“…It is well-recognized that block copolymer self-assembly in solution typically produces spheres, worms or vesicles, with the relative volume fraction of each…”
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RAFT Dispersion Polymerization in Silicone Oil by Rymaruk, Matthew J, Hunter, Saul J, O’Brien, Cate T, Brown, Steven L, Williams, Clive N, Armes, Steven P

“…A near-monodisperse monohydroxy-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS; mean degree of polymerization = 66) was esterified using a carboxylic…”
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Control of the aqueous solubility of cellulose by hydroxyl group substitution and its effect on processing by O'Brien, Cate T., Virtanen, Tommi, Donets, Sergii, Jennings, James, Guskova, Olga, Morrell, Anna H., Rymaruk, Matt, Ruusuvirta, Leena, Salmela, Juha, Setala, Harri, Sommer, Jens-Uwe, Ryan, Anthony J., Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O.

“…Native cellulose is insoluble in water, despite the high number of hydrogen bonding sites per chain, as molecules preferably hydrogen bond to each other,…”
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Small‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering Studies of Block Copolymer Nano‐Objects: Formation of Ordered Phases in Concentrated Solution During Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly by Rymaruk, Matthew J., O'Brien, Cate T., György, Csilla, Darmau, Bastien, Jennings, James, Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O., Armes, Steven P.

“…We report that polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) can be used to prepare lyotropic phases comprising diblock copolymer nano‐objects in non‐polar…”
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Unique aqueous self-assembly behavior of a thermoresponsive diblock copolymer† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Materials and methods, polymer characterization techniques, SAXS models, supporting figures: GPC chromatograms, assigned 1H NMR spectra, calibration plot for determining the mean DP of the PDMAC precursor, temperature-dependent rheological studies, SIPLI rheology data, full spectra for the variable temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy study, apparent z-average diameter by Byard, Sarah J., O'Brien, Cate T., Derry, Matthew J., Williams, Mark, Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O., Blanazs, Adam, Armes, Steven P.

“…A new amphiphilic diblock copolymer prepared via polymerization-induced self-assembly forms spheres, worms, vesicles or lamellae in aqueous solution on…”
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