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Macroinitiator and Macromonomer: Preparation and Application

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Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials

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Macromolecular initiator; Macromolecular monomer; Telechelics

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Macromonomer is a class of functionalized polymers having polymerizable groups (Fig. 1). In a strict sense, the polymer consists of a polymer chain and a functional group at one chain end, which becomes a backbone after polymerization of the macromonomer. In a wide sense, bifunctional macromonomers and polyfunctional macromonomers, which are linear polymers having a polymerizable functional group at each chain end and having many polymerizable groups, for example, in pendant groups along polymer chain, respectively, are included [1–3]. Macroinitiator is the other class of polymers with functional groups which initiate further chain polymerizations, such as radical, anionic, and cationic polymerizations [2]. Since the polymerization proceeds from the destined group, the polymeric unit in the macroinitiator is incorporated in the newly obtained polymer as a polymeric segment.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, 1 Matsugasaki Hashikamicho, Kyoto, 606-0951, Japan

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  1. Center for Fiber and Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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Adachi, K., Tsukahara, Y. (2015). Macroinitiator and Macromonomer: Preparation and Application. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_193

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