Thermally amendable tailor-made functional polymer by RAFT polymerization and “click reaction”

Recent advances in RDRP-modified chitosan: a review of its synthesis, properties and applications

RDRP modified Chitosan exhibits improved hydrophobic, cationic and anionic properties, which make them more useful in diversified applications. This review delineates the recent advancement in RDRP-modified chitosan and their properties.

RAFT polymerization to form stimuli-responsive polymers

Stimuli-responsive polymers respond to a variety of external stimuli, which include optical, electrical, thermal, mechanical, redox, pH, chemical, environmental and biological signals. This paper is concerned with the process of forming such polymers by RAFT polymerization.

Amphiphilic functional block copolymers bearing a reactive furfuryl group via RAFT polymerization; reversible core cross-linked micelles via a Diels–Alder “click reaction”

Amphiphilic BCPs, PFMA-b-PPEGMA were prepared via RAFT polymerization. They were self-assembled into micelles in aqueous medium with a hydrophobic PFMA core and hydrophilic PPEGMA corona. Core cross-linked micelles were prepared via the DA reaction.

Best of both worlds: Diels–Alder chemistry towards fabrication of redox-responsive degradable hydrogels for protein release

Poly(ethylene glycol)-based redox-responsive hydrogels have been preparedviathe Diels–Alder reaction between a furan-containing hydrophilic copolymer and a disulfide-containing bis-maleimide based crosslinker.