Date of Award
Spring 5-2010
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Committee Chair
Robson Storey
Committee Chair Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Committee Member 2
Daniel Savin
Committee Member 2 Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Committee Member 3
Sarah Morgan
Committee Member 3 Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Committee Member 4
Jeffrey Wiggins
Committee Member 4 Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Committee Member 5
William L. Jarrett
Committee Member 5 Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
The primary objectives of this research were twofold: (1) development of synthetic procedures for combining quasiliving carbocationic polymerization (QLCCP) of isobutylene (IB) and reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization for block copolymer synthesis; (2) utilization of efficient, robust, and modular chemistries for facile functionalization of polyisobutylene (PIB). Two site transformation strategies were employed to create block copolymers effectively linking PIB with either poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA), polystyrene (PS), and poly(Nisopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) block segments. Functionalization of PIB was accomplished by utilizing two click chemistries, the azide-alkyne 1,3-dipolar cyclo addition and the thiol-ene hydrothiolation reaction, and by efficient transformation of the thiol functional group.
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Copyright
2010, Andrew Jackson David Magenau
Recommended Citation
Magenau, Andrew Jackson David, "Polyisobutylene Chain End Transformations: Block Copolymer Synthesis and Click Chemistry Functionalizations" (2010). Dissertations. 872.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/872