Photocontrolled RAFT polymerization: past, present, and future

Y Lee, C Boyer, MS Kwon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide a brief history, progress, and applications, and discuss the
remaining challenges of photocontrolled reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer …

Rational design of photocatalysts for controlled polymerization: effect of structures on photocatalytic activities

C Wu, N Corrigan, CH Lim, W Liu, G Miyake… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, the use of photocatalysts (PCs) in controlled polymerization has
brought new opportunities in sophisticated macromolecular synthesis. However, the …

Reversing RAFT polymerization: near-quantitative monomer generation via a catalyst-free depolymerization approach

HS Wang, NP Truong, Z Pei, ML Coote… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The ability to reverse controlled radical polymerization and regenerate the monomer would
be highly beneficial for both fundamental research and applications, yet this has remained …

Open-air green-light-driven ATRP enabled by dual photoredox/copper catalysis

G Szczepaniak, J Jeong, K Kapil, S Dadashi-Silab… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoinduced atom transfer radical polymerization (photo-ATRP) has risen to the forefront of
modern polymer chemistry as a powerful tool giving access to well-defined materials with …

Progress and perspectives beyond traditional RAFT polymerization

MD Nothling, Q Fu, A Reyhani… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of advanced materials based on well‐defined polymeric architectures is
proving to be a highly prosperous research direction across both industry and academia …

A versatile 3D and 4D printing system through photocontrolled RAFT polymerization

Z Zhang, N Corrigan, A Bagheri, J **… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition‐fragmentation chain‐transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a valuable tool
for synthesizing macromolecules with controlled topologies and diverse chemical …

PET-RAFT polymerization: Mechanistic perspectives for future materials

ML Allegrezza, D Konkolewicz - ACS Macro Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, photochemistry has emerged as a growing area in organic and polymer
chemistry. Use of light to drive polymerization has advantages by imparting spatial and …

Role of external field in polymerization: mechanism and kinetics

YN Zhou, JJ Li, YY Wu, ZH Luo - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The past decades have witnessed an increasing interest in develo** advanced
polymerization techniques subjected to external fields. Various physical modulations, such …

Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for PET‐RAFT Polymerization and Stereolithography

L Zhang, X Shi, Z Zhang, RP Kuchel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, porphyrinic zirconium (Zr) MOFs were investigated as heterogeneous
photocatalysts for photoinduced electron transfer‐reversible addition‐fragmentation chain …

PET-RAFT polymerisation: towards green and precision polymer manufacturing

J Phommalysack-Lovan, Y Chu, C Boyer… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The necessity of sustainable development in the chemical industry has continuously drawn
attention to find safe, environmentally friendly and atom-economic chemical processes …