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This approach to polymer synthesis provides simple, efficient, and precise methodologies to access a wide array of well-defined materials. Chapter 1 will review the recent trends in controlled polymer synthesis. This chapter provides an overview on molecular weight, composition, topology, tacticity, and temporal and spatial control. Chapter 2 will cover the development of a methodology to incorporate polyolefins into functionalized (polar and non-polar) block copolymers. This general methodology is based on a catalytic post-polymerization functionalization method that is shown to be compatible with any polyolefin. Chapter 3 will cover the kinetic and mechanistic studies of ring opening metathesis polymerization with third generation Grubbs catalyst. This chapter provides the mechanistic origins of the unique zero order kinetics of the third generation Grubbs catalyst, and details the implementation of this for polymer synthesis. Chapter 4 will cover the design of polymer molecular weight distributions through flow chemistry. This chapter describes the first methodology that enables the direct ‘design to synthesis’ of polymer molecular weight distributions, which was enabled by fundamental researching into reactor design for polymerization flow reactors. Chapter 5 will cover the engineering of molecular geometry in bottlebrush polymers. This chapter describes the development of two reactor based approaches for the synthesis of non-cylindrical bottlebrushes; the first approach is a semi-batch reactor, while the second approach implements a flow-reactor. Chapter 6 will cover the challenges of size exclusion chromatography for the analysis of bottlebrush polymers. 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This chapter describes the first methodology that enables the direct ‘design to synthesis’ of polymer molecular weight distributions, which was enabled by fundamental researching into reactor design for polymerization flow reactors. Chapter 5 will cover the engineering of molecular geometry in bottlebrush polymers. This chapter describes the development of two reactor based approaches for the synthesis of non-cylindrical bottlebrushes; the first approach is a semi-batch reactor, while the second approach implements a flow-reactor. Chapter 6 will cover the challenges of size exclusion chromatography for the analysis of bottlebrush polymers. 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