Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Uniform shape monodisperse single chain nanocrystals by living aqueous catalytic polymerization

  • Manuel Schnitte,
  • Anne Staiger,
  • Larissa A. Casper,
  • Stefan Mecking

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10692-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The formation of polymer nanoparticles with a uniform size and shape, beyond spheres, is an unresolved problem. Here the authors show a living aqueous catalytic polymerization forming single crystal particles grown by a single active site and composed of a single ultra high molecular weight polyethylene chain.