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Synfacts 2007(3): 0268-0268  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968212
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Polymers with Gradients of Stereochemistry

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager
Y. Miura, T. Shibata, K. Satoh, M. Kamigaito*, Y. Okamoto*
Nagoya University, Japan
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20. Februar 2007 (online)

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Significance

The utility of living free radical polymerizations is in the preparation of controlled molecular weight homopolymers and block copolymers. Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) [poly(HEMA)] and poly(methyl methacrylate) are useful for the creation of new materials for biological applications. The ability to create a tapered stereo­chemical composition in the poly(HEMA) will be useful in tailoring interfaces between biomedical devices/materials and water.