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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:18Preparation of Norbornene-PEG Macromonomer
- 02:11Preparation of Catalyst A
- 03:03Preparation of Stock Solution of Living Brush Polymer with DP=10
- 04:08Formation of Brush-arm Star Polymers
- 05:08Results: Characterization of Photodegradable Brush-arm Star Polymers by Gel Permeation Chromatography
- 06:09Conclusion
Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) brush-arm star polymers (BASPs) with narrow mass distributions and tunable nanoscopic sizes are synthesized in via ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a PEG-norbornene macromonomer followed by transfer of portions of the resulting living brush initiator to vials containing varied amounts of a rigid, photo-cleavable bis-norbornene crosslinker.
