A complete understanding and design of polymer chemistry and material design requires access to molecular characteristics. A realm of structural variations exist if macromolecules are involved. Already for linear polymers there is the variation of length, copolymer composition and monomer sequences. For branched polymers this is even further complicated with the location of the branching points and the composition of the branches. In the present contribution, it is highlighted that a combination of advanced modeling and experimental analysis allow to characterize polymers at the molecular level. Main focus is on poly(2-oxazoline synthesis), including the model-based design the of synthesis conditions toward well-defined functional copolymers in view of e.g. polymer therapeutics and hydrogels. Both low and high chain lenght polymers are covered. A future outlook toward complex topologies such as network polymers is also provided.

Synergy of experiment and theory toward well-defined poly(2-oxazoline) synthesis

2019 Spring National Meeting

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