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Ring-opening Polymerization

Ring-Opening Polymerization is a type of chain-growth polymerization in which cyclic monomers undergo ring-opening to form linear polymers through the cleavage of strained cyclic structures, driven by the release of ring strain.

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Living ring-opening metathesis polymerization

Christopher W. Bielawski, Robert H. Grubbs · Progress in Polymer Science · 2006 · 1.5K citations

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Radical addition–fragmentation chemistry in polymer synthesis

Graeme Moad, Ezio Rizzardo, San H. Thang · Polymer · 2007 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Controlled Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polyglycerols by Ring-Opening Multibranching Polymerization

Alexander Sunder, Ralf Hanselmann, Holger Frey et al. · Macromolecules · 1999 · 1K citations

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Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene by a Group VIII carbene complex in protic media

SonBinh T. Nguyen, Lynda K. Johnson, Robert H. Grubbs et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1992 · 989 citations

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Phenolic materials via ring‐opening polymerization: Synthesis and characterization of bisphenol‐A based benzoxazines and their polymers

Xin Ning, Hatsuo Ishida · Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry · 1994 · 963 citations

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    Robert H. Grubbs

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    109 publications · 15.3K citations

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    James L. Hedrick

    IBM Research - Almaden, United States

    86 publications · 12.4K citations

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    Ian Manners

    University of Toronto, Canada

    102 publications · 6.8K citations

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  4. RM
    Robert M. Waymouth

    Stanford University, United States

    60 publications · 9.7K citations

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    Philippe Dúbois

    University of Mons, Belgium

    73 publications · 5.8K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    74 h-index

    1.7K publications

    88.7K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    63 h-index

    262 publications

    38.1K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    55 h-index

    368 publications

    57K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    51 h-index

    888 publications

    35.8K citations

  5. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    48 h-index

    349 publications

    28.7K citations

  6. IBM Research - Almaden

    San Jose, United States

    47 h-index

    308 publications

    34.5K citations

  7. Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques

    Pessac, France

    45 h-index

    364 publications

    21.1K citations

  8. University of Liège

    Liège, Belgium

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  1. Macromolecules

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  2. Journal of the American Chemical Society

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  3. Angewandte Chemie International Edition

    180 publications · 13.8K citations

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  4. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry

    647 publications · 25.1K citations

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  5. Polymer Chemistry

    394 publications · 15.2K citations

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