Patent ID: 9505858
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: C08F,C08G

Claim Text:
1. A method for synthesizing a polylactic acid-backbone bottlebrush or graft copolymer, comprising: polymerizing a lactide-functionalized hydrophobic macromonomer using ring-opening polymerization (ROP), wherein the lactide-functionalized hydrophobic macromonomer is a lactide-functionalized hydrophobic polymer represented by the following formula: wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and wherein HY is a phenyl group functionalized with a fluorine-containing moiety or C(O)OR′, wherein R′ is an alkyl group having one or more carbon atoms functionalized with a fluorine-containing moiety, wherein the variable n denotes a degree of polymerization of a repeating unit, and wherein the value of the variable n is greater than 1.