By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

The resulting macroanion efficiently initiated the living polymerization of methacrylate monomers at –78 °C, yielding di- or triblock copolymers with high blocking efficiency. Anionic copolymerization ...

Macromolecular engineering, i.e., the preparation of well-defined polymers with controlled architecture, molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and end-functionalities by living cationic, ...