Miktoarm Star (μ-Star) Polymers: A Successful Story

Hermis Iatrou; Apostolos Avgeropoulos; Georgios Sakellariou; Marinos Pitsikalis; Nikos Hadjichristidis

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Miktoarm Star (μ-Star) Polymers: A Successful Story

Hermis Iatrou, Apostolos Avgeropoulos, Georgios Sakellariou, Marinos Pitsikalis, Nikos Hadjichristidis

Chemistry

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The term miktoarm stars (coming from the Greek word μιτσ meaning mixed) was adopted in 1992 by our group for star polymers with either chemical (e.g., A₂B), molecular weight (e.g., A₂A′), topological (e.g., (AB)₂-junction-(BA)₂), or functional group (e.g., A_FA₂) asymmetry. The first μ-stars synthesized by anionic polymerization, on the one hand, guided polymer chemists working with other types of polymerization techniques towards this direction and, on the other hand, helped polymer physicists to carry out experiments and develop theories on the influence of the architecture on the morphology of block copolymers. Synthetic strategies based on anionic polymerization, as well as a few examples showing the influence of the miktoarm structure on the morphology of block copolymers, are reviewed in this chapter.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Fluorinated Polymers, Volume 1
Subtitle of host publication	Synthesis, Properties, Processing and Simulation
Editors	Ben Zhong Tang, Ashok Kakkar
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Pages	1-30
Number of pages	30
Edition	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9781782620341, 9781782624134, 9781782624158, 9781782625759, 9781782629160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788010429-00001
State	Published - 2017

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Name	RSC Polymer Chemistry Series
Number	25
Volume	2017-January
ISSN (Print)	2044-0790
ISSN (Electronic)	2044-0804

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Biotechnology
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Iatrou, H., Avgeropoulos, A., Sakellariou, G., Pitsikalis, M., & Hadjichristidis, N. (2017). Miktoarm Star (μ-Star) Polymers: A Successful Story. In B. Z. Tang, & A. Kakkar (Eds.), Fluorinated Polymers, Volume 1: Synthesis, Properties, Processing and Simulation (25 ed., pp. 1-30). (RSC Polymer Chemistry Series; Vol. 2017-January, No. 25). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788010429-00001

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Iatrou, H, Avgeropoulos, A, Sakellariou, G, Pitsikalis, M & Hadjichristidis, N 2017, Miktoarm Star (μ-Star) Polymers: A Successful Story. in BZ Tang & A Kakkar (eds), Fluorinated Polymers, Volume 1: Synthesis, Properties, Processing and Simulation. 25 edn, RSC Polymer Chemistry Series, no. 25, vol. 2017-January, Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788010429-00001

Miktoarm Star (μ-Star) Polymers: A Successful Story. / Iatrou, Hermis; Avgeropoulos, Apostolos; Sakellariou, Georgios et al.
Fluorinated Polymers, Volume 1: Synthesis, Properties, Processing and Simulation. ed. / Ben Zhong Tang; Ashok Kakkar. 25. ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017. p. 1-30 (RSC Polymer Chemistry Series; Vol. 2017-January, No. 25).

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