An unexpected stereochemical bias in the RAFT syntheses of styrene/p-bromostyrene copolymers uncovered by the Kerr effect

Blocky bromination of syndiotactic polystyrene via post-polymerization functionalization in the heterogeneous gel state

This work demonstrates the successful blocky bromination of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS-co-sPS-Br) copolymers containing 6–30 mol% p-bromostyrene units, using a post-polymerization functionalization method conducted in the heterogeneous gel state.