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Microwave-Assisted Polymer Modifications

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Part of the book series: Advances in Polymer Science ((POLYMER,volume 274))

Abstract

Modern microwave synthesizers allow a detailed adjustment and control of temperature and power, such that many polymer modification reactions are performed nowadays using established synthesis protocols. This chapter provides a broad overview of post-polymerization modification reactions where these advantages are exploited for functionalization of synthetic and natural polymers. Selected examples are discussed in detail to demonstrate the versatility of the technique but also to address the challenges of screening approaches often applied to identify the optimum reaction conditions. While microwave synthesizers are regarded as efficient heating devices in the field of synthetic chemistry, selective heating of, for example, conjugated polymers has opened non-standard opportunities for the development of novel nanomaterials.

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Abbreviations

ATRP:

Atom transfer radical polymerization

bipy:

Bipyridine

C-dots:

Carbon dots

CL:

ε-Caprolactone

DMF:

N,N-Dimethylformamide

DMSO:

Dimethylsulfoxide

DP:

Degree of polymerization

dppp:

Diphosphine 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane

DS:

Degree of substitution

EDTA:

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

FRP:

Free radical polymerization

LPEI:

Linear poly(ethylene imine)

NBS:

N-Bromosuccinimide

NMP:

N-Methyl pyrrolidone

PAA:

Poly(acrylic acid)

PCL:

Poly(ε-caprolactone)

PE:

Polyethylene

PEI:

Poly(ethylene imine)

PEO:

Poly(ethylene oxide)

PEtOx:

Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)

PMeOx:

Poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)

POx:

Poly(2-oxazoline)

PPhOx:

Poly(2-phenyl-2-oxazoline)

PPO:

Poly(propylene oxide)

PS:

Polystyrene

pTosOH:

p-Toluene sulfonic acid

ROP:

Ring-opening polymerization

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

TEA:

Triethylamine

TEBA:

Triethyl benzyl ammonium chloride

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

wt%:

Weight percent

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    Christoph Englert, Almut M. Schwenke, Stephanie Hoeppener, Christine Weber & Ulrich S. Schubert

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    Christoph Englert, Almut M. Schwenke, Stephanie Hoeppener, Christine Weber & Ulrich S. Schubert

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Englert, C., Schwenke, A.M., Hoeppener, S., Weber, C., Schubert, U.S. (2016). Microwave-Assisted Polymer Modifications. In: Hoogenboom, R., Schubert, U., Wiesbrock, F. (eds) Microwave-assisted Polymer Synthesis. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 274. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2015_347

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