Approaching 25 years since its invention, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is
established as a powerful technique to prepare precisely defined polymeric materials. This …

Recent mechanistic developments in the field of controlled/living radical polymerization
(CRP) are reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on structure–reactivity correlations and …

This Perspective presents recent advances in macromolecular engineering enabled by
ATRP. They include the fundamental mechanistic and synthetic features of ATRP with …

Precision control of radical polymerization, or living radical polymerization, has been among
the most important and long-waited subjects in polymer chemistry and macromolecular …

Virtually every branch of science, technology, and art uses a plethora of polymeric materials.
These include not only “pure” linear, branched, or cross-linked (gels, rubbers, etc.) polymers …

The discovery, in the mid 1990s, that certain cobalt, ruthenium and copper complexes could
effectively control the radical polymerization of a number of polar olefins, allowing for the …

Equilibrium constants in Cu-based atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) were
determined for a wide range of ligands and initiators in acetonitrile at 22° C. The ATRP …

The extraordinary scientific development of controlled radical polymerization (CRP)
contrasts with the very limited number of commercially available products derived from these …

A thermodynamic scheme representing the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
equilibrium as the formal sum of equilibria involving carbon− halogen bond homolysis and …

Several propositions have been made about the mechanism in which Cu0 mediates
controlled radical polymerization that include (1) exclusive activation of an alkyl halide …