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 …

Fluoropolymer nanoparticles synthesized via reversible-deactivation radical polymerizations and their applications

Z Zhang, K Chen, B Ameduri, M Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fluorinated polymeric nanoparticles (FPNPs) combine unique properties of fluorocarbon
and polymeric nanoparticles, which has stimulated massive interest for decades. However …

Up in the air: oxygen tolerance in controlled/living radical polymerisation

J Yeow, R Chapman, AJ Gormley… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The requirement for deoxygenation in controlled/living radical polymerisation (CLRP) places
significant limitations on its widespread implementation by necessitating the use of large …

Polymerization in living organisms

D Wu, J Lei, Z Zhang, F Huang, M Buljan… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vital biomacromolecules, such as RNA, DNA, polysaccharides and proteins, are
synthesized inside cells via the polymerization of small biomolecules to support and multiply …

Evolution and future directions of metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization

EH Discekici, A Anastasaki, J Read de Alaniz… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The increasing impact of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in fields beyond
traditional polymer science has necessitated the development of alternative strategies for …

Recent advances in antifouling surface polymer brushes

X Xu, Y Chang, Y Gong, Y Zhang, Y Yu… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biofouling caused by nonspecific adsorption of biomolecules and organisms such as
proteins, cells, and bacteria to material surfaces is a significant challenge for numerous …

Rapid high‐resolution 3D printing and surface functionalization via type I photoinitiated RAFT polymerization

K Lee, N Corrigan, C Boyer - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RAFT facilitated digital light projection 3D printing of polymeric materials provides a
convenient and facile route for inducing post‐fabrication transformations via reactivation of …

Opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in making, characterizing, and understanding polymer brushes

CW Pester, HA Klok, EM Benetti - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer brushes have been theoretically described, their behavior under diverse conditions
has been modeled, and their preparation via surface-initiated polymerizations (SIPs) has …

Controlled Radical Copolymerization toward Well‐Defined Fluoropolymers

K Chen, X Guo, M Chen - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the past 80 years, fluoropolymers have found broad applications in both industrial and
academic settings, owing to their unique physicochemical properties. Copolymerizations of …