Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Condensation Polymer Architectures.

This article covers the synthesis and self-assembly of several polymer architectures containing condensation polymers with low polydispersities by chain-growth condensation polymerization utilizing substituent effects. Well-defined AB, ABA, BAB, ABC type block copolymers, star polymers, star block copolymers and miktoarm star copolymers containing aromatic polyamide or aromatic polyether as a segment were synthesized by 1) sequential addition of monomers, 2) a polymer coupling reaction, 3) a macroinitiator method with modification of polymer end group, and 4) macroinitiator method with an orthogonal initiator. Furthermore, the polymers self-assembled in a unique way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]