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Title: Design and Synthesis of Multigraft Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers: Superelastomers

Abstract

Abstract Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have been widely studied because of their recyclability, good processibility, low production cost, and unique performance. The building of graft‐type architectures can greatly improve mechanical properties of TPEs. This review focuses on the advances in different approaches to synthesize multigraft copolymer TPEs. Anionic polymerization techniques allow for the synthesis of well‐defined macromolecular structures and compositions, with great control over the molecular weight, polydispersity, branch spacing, number of branch points, and branch point functionality. Progress in emulsion polymerization offers potential approaches to commercialize these types of materials with low production cost via simple operations. Moreover, the use of multigraft architectures provides a solution to the limited elongational properties of all‐acrylic TPEs, which can greatly expand their potential application range. The combination of different polymerization techniques, the introduction of new chemical compositions, and the incorporation of sustainable sources are expected to be further investigated in this area in coming years.

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  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1435248
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1395408
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 219; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1022-1352
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Living anionic polymerization; well-defined multigraft copolymer; thermoplastic elastomer; emulsion polymerization

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Wang, Huiqun, Lu, Wei, Wang, Weiyu, Shah, Priyank N., Misichronis, Konstantinos, Kang, Nam-Goo, and Mays, Jimmy W. Design and Synthesis of Multigraft Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers: Superelastomers. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/macp.201700254.
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Wang, Huiqun, Lu, Wei, Wang, Weiyu, Shah, Priyank N., Misichronis, Konstantinos, Kang, Nam-Goo, & Mays, Jimmy W. Design and Synthesis of Multigraft Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers: Superelastomers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201700254
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Wang, Huiqun, Lu, Wei, Wang, Weiyu, Shah, Priyank N., Misichronis, Konstantinos, Kang, Nam-Goo, and Mays, Jimmy W. Thu . "Design and Synthesis of Multigraft Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers: Superelastomers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201700254. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1435248.
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@article{osti_1435248,
title = {Design and Synthesis of Multigraft Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomers: Superelastomers},
author = {Wang, Huiqun and Lu, Wei and Wang, Weiyu and Shah, Priyank N. and Misichronis, Konstantinos and Kang, Nam-Goo and Mays, Jimmy W.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have been widely studied because of their recyclability, good processibility, low production cost, and unique performance. The building of graft‐type architectures can greatly improve mechanical properties of TPEs. This review focuses on the advances in different approaches to synthesize multigraft copolymer TPEs. Anionic polymerization techniques allow for the synthesis of well‐defined macromolecular structures and compositions, with great control over the molecular weight, polydispersity, branch spacing, number of branch points, and branch point functionality. Progress in emulsion polymerization offers potential approaches to commercialize these types of materials with low production cost via simple operations. Moreover, the use of multigraft architectures provides a solution to the limited elongational properties of all‐acrylic TPEs, which can greatly expand their potential application range. The combination of different polymerization techniques, the introduction of new chemical compositions, and the incorporation of sustainable sources are expected to be further investigated in this area in coming years.},
doi = {10.1002/macp.201700254},
journal = {Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 219,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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