Novel Macromolecular Architectures via a Combination of Cyclodextrin Host/Guest Complexation and RAFT Polymerization

Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXIII, 202 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-35998-4 (ISBN)

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In this thesis, Bernhard Schmidt describes his research into two fields in the chemical sciences: supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry. Schmidt first investigates cyclodextrins (CDs), which are well known for the formation of supramolecular host/guest complexes with hydrophobic molecules in aqueous solution. Schmidt then also examines reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization as a well-suited toll for the synthesis of water-soluble end-functionalized polymers. The author skillfully combines both concepts as a powerful tool to access reversibly forming macromolecular architectures. The novel methods and architectures presented in this work are highly interesting from both a fundamental point of view as well as a basis for the design of efficient drug release systems. The work in this thesis has led to a number of publications in top peer-reviewed journals.

Bernhard V.K.J. Schmidt graduated in chemistry at the Technical University Darmstadt in 2009 with focus on polymer science. He accomplished his diploma thesis in the group of Prof. Matthias Rehahn followed by a short stay at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Science in Postdam in the group of Dr. Jean-François Lutz, where he worked on sequence controlled polymerization and single polymer chain folding. For his doctoral studies he joined the group of Prof. Christopher Barner-Kowollik at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and graduated in 2013. His research work consisted mainly of the formation of supramolecular architectures governed by cyclodextrin complexes and stimuli responsive polymers. Currently he is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Santa Barbara in the group of Prof. Craig Hawker as a German Academic Exchange Service fellow.

Theoretical Background and Literature Overview.- CD-Complexed RAFT Agents.- Supramolecular ABA Triblock Copolymers.- Supramolecular Three Armed Star Polymers.- AB2 Miktoarm Star Polymers.- Modulation of the Thermoresponsitivity of PDEAAm via CD Addition.- Conclusions and Outlook.- Experimental Part.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo	XXIII, 202 p. 109 illus., 21 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Chemistry and Materials Science • Cyclodextrin Complex • Materials Science • Materials Science, general • Miktoarm Star Polymers • Physical Chemistry • Polymer Architecture • polymer chemistry • Polymer sciences • Raft Polymerization • Stimuli Responsive Polymers • Supramolecular Architecture • Thermoresponsivity of PDEAAm • Three Armed Star Polymers • Triblock Copolymers
ISBN-10	3-319-35998-3 / 3319359983
ISBN-13	978-3-319-35998-4 / 9783319359984
Zustand	Neuware