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@ARTICLE{Bitsi:877310,
      author       = {Bitsi, Spyridoula-Lida and Stogiou, Maria and Costanzo,
                      Salvatore and Stiakakis, Emmanuel and Vlassopoulos, Dimitris
                      and Nika, Anastasia and Chatzichristidi, Margarita and
                      Pitsikalis, Marinos},
      title        = {{S}ynthesis and characterization of low molar mass
                      end-functionalized homo- and copolymers with
                      ureidopyrimidone, {UP}y groups},
      journal      = {Colloid $\&$ polymer science},
      volume       = {298},
      number       = {6},
      issn         = {0023-2904},
      address      = {Heidelberg},
      publisher    = {Springer},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2020-02126},
      pages        = {637-651},
      year         = {2020},
      abstract     = {Anionic polymerization techniques along with functional
                      initiation and/or functional termination reactions were
                      employed for thesynthesis of end-functionalized polymers
                      composed from polystyrene (PS), polyisoprene-1,4 (PI), and
                      polybutadiene-1,4 (PBd)chains bearing –OH end groups.
                      Specifically, PS-OH, HO-PS-OH homopolymers, PS-b-PI-OH and
                      PI-b-PS-OH block copolymers,HO-PS-b-PI-b-PS-OH triblock
                      copolymers, and PS(PBd-OH)2 miktoarm star copolymers were
                      prepared. The –OHfunctions were transformed into
                      2–ureido–4–pyrimidone, UPy, groups leading to the
                      synthesis of the corresponding functionalizedpolymers. The
                      UPy groups interact through the formation of strong hydrogen
                      bonds. The aggregation behavior of selectedsamples was
                      studied by a variety of techniques, such as size exclusion
                      chromatography, dilute solution viscometry, dynamic
                      lightscattering, differential scanning calorimetry,
                      thermogravimetric analysis, melt rheology, small angle X-ray
                      scattering, and atomicforcemicroscopy. It was found that in
                      the solid state and in non-polar solvents, the
                      UPy-terminated chains associate leading to theformation of
                      dimers and larger aggregates. This systematic study presents
                      a library of useful materials for potential applicationsand
                      for fundamental studies linking associations, molecular
                      structure, and macroscopic properties.},
      cin          = {IBI-4},
      ddc          = {540},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBI-4-20200312},
      pnm          = {551 - Functional Macromolecules and Complexes (POF3-551)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-551},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000528083100001},
      doi          = {10.1007/s00396-020-04642-3},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/877310},
}