Sequence-Controlled Polymers: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Properties

Contents Preface 1. An Introduction to Sequence-Controlled Polymers BIOLOGICAL POLYMERS AND BIO-INSPIRED METHODS 2. The Language of Protein Polymers 3. Precision Sequence Control in Bioinspired Peptoid Polymers 4. Peptide-Polymer Conjugates as Model Systems To Explore the Functional Space of Precision Polymers 5. DNA-Templated Chemistries for Sequence Controlled Oligomer Synthesis 6. Recent Advances in Solid Phase Polymer Synthesis: Polyamides from Tailor-Made Building Blocks 7. Solid-Phase Synthesis as a Tool for the Preparation of Sequence-Defined Oligomers Based on Natural Amino Acids and Synthetic Building Blocks SEQUENCE REGULATION IN SYNTHETIC POLYMERIZATION 8. Synthesis of Sequence-Controlled Copolymers Using Time-Regulated Additions of N-Substituted Maleimides in Styrenic Radical Polymerizations 9. RAFT for the Control of Monomer Sequence Distribution - Single Unit Monomer Insertion (SUMI) into Dithiobenzoate RAFT Agents 10. Selective Single Monomer Radical Addition via Template-Assisted Ring Closure: A Feasibility Study toward Sequence Control in Vinyl Polymers with Peptide Templates 11. Sequence-Controlled Polymers by Ruthenium-Mediated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization 12. Synthesis of Side-Chain-Sequenced Copolymers Using Vinyl Oligomonomers via Sequential Single-Monomer ATRA 13. Cu(0)-Mediated Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: A Tool for Precise Multiblock Copolymer Synthesis 14. The Rationale Behind Sequence-Controlled Maleimide Copolymers 15. Sequence-Regulated Polymers via Combination of Orthogonal Passerini Three-Component Reaction and Thiol-ene Reaction 16. Sequence-Controlled Polymerization Guided by Aryl-Fluoroaryl pi-Stacking 17. Sequence-Regulated Polymers via Living Radical Polymerization: From Design to Properties and Functions PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF SEQUENCE-CONTROLLED POLYMERS 18. Engineering Hydrolytic Degradation Behavior of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) through Precise Control of Monomer Sequence 19. Gradient Sequence pi-Conjugated Copolymers 20. Sequence-Controlled Radical Copolymerization for the Design of High-Performanced Transparent Polymer Materials 21. Dynamic Single Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles: From Structure to Function 22. Sequence-Controlled Multi-Block Glycopolymers via Cu(0) Mediated Living Radical Polymerization 23. Sequence-Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization: Synthesis of New Polyester Structures 24. Organic Synthesis of Periodic 2D Polymers 25. Sequence Matters: Determining the Sequence Effect of Electronic Structure Properties in pi-Conjugated Polymers Editors' Biographies Indexes Author Index Subject Index