Controlling polymer network topology

Chapter 1: Introduction to Polymer Network Topology on a (Macro)Molecular Level Polymer network topology, comprising the ways in which strands and junctions are connected in polymer networks, plays a critical role in dictating many material properties. Here we discuss classical challenges in the field and review existing strategies to characterize and manipulate polymer network topology from a (macro)molecular level. Chapter 2: Semibatch Monomer Addition as a General Method to Tune and Enhance the Mechanics of Polymer Networks via Loop-defect Control In this chapter we introduce semibatch monomer addition as a general strategy to reduce/control an important topological feature at short length scale-primary loops, thus providing materials with tunable and significantly improved mechanical properties without changing their composition.

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Doctoral

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019

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• Gu, Yuwei,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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• Jeremiah A. Johnson.

• Chemistry.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122851

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