Synthesis of well-defined homopolymers and copolymers with complex macromolecular architecture by using combinations of all available polymerization methodologies (ionic, ATRP, RAFT, polyhomologation, catalytic, ROMP, etc) and molecular/structural characterization.
Well-defined polyethylene-based (co)polymers with complex macromolecular architecture (e.g. star-shaped, cyclic, 8-shaped, etc ); Biodegradable polyethylenes ; Multicrystalline multiblock copolymers ; Fluoro-based block copolymers ; Biopolymers with complex architectures ; Polyaminoester-based materials ; Non-covalent macromolecular architectures ; Mechanopolymers ; Hybrids of polymers/biopolymers with CNTs, silica NPs ; Polycarbonates from carbon dioxide and epoxides using non-metallic catalysts