Complex polymer architectures via RAFT polymerization: From fundamental process to extending the scope using click chemistry and nature's building blocks

A Gregory, MH Stenzel - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization has made a huge
impact in macromolecular design. The first block copolymers were described early on …

“Clicking” on/with polymers: a rapidly expanding field for the straightforward preparation of novel macromolecular architectures

K Kempe, A Krieg, CR Becer… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of controlled polymerization techniques and “click” reactions form an
efficient platform for the preparation of polymers in various architectures. In this critical …

Solvent‐Free Chemical Recycling of Polymethacrylates made by ATRP and RAFT polymerization: High‐Yielding Depolymerization at Low Temperatures

R Whitfield, GR Jones, NP Truong… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although controlled radical polymerization is an excellent tool to make precision polymeric
materials, reversal of the process to retrieve the starting monomer is far less explored …

Living radical polymerization by the RAFT process–a third update

G Moad, E Rizzardo, SH Thang - Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
This paper provides a third update to the review of reversible deactivation radical
polymerization (RDRP) achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a …

Building nanostructures using RAFT polymerization

C Boyer, MH Stenzel, TP Davis - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is one of the most
extensively studied controlled/living radical polymerization methods that has been used to …

End-functionalized polymers by controlled/living radical polymerizations: synthesis and applications

D Zhou, LW Zhu, BH Wu, ZK Xu, LS Wan - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The precise design of polymers with well-defined end functionality has received great
interest for synthesizing polymeric materials with advanced or distinctive properties. In the …

Reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization: Fundamentals and use in practice

EV Chernikova, EV Sivtsov - Polymer Science, Series B, 2017 - Springer
Modern approaches to the synthesis of tailor-made macromolecules by radical
polymerization proceeding through the reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer …

Catalytic chain transfer and its derived macromonomers

JPA Heuts, NMB Smeets - Polymer Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
An overview is given of cobalt-catalyzed chain transfer in free-radical polymerization and the
chemistry and applications of its derived macromonomers. Catalytic chain transfer …

Adsorption behaviour of sulfur containing polymers to gold surfaces using QCM-D

S Slavin, AH Soeriyadi, L Voorhaar, MR Whittaker… - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the influences that functional group, polymer molecular weight and polymer
molecular architecture have on the adsorption behaviour of some sulfur containing oligo …

Reversible deactivation radical polymerization mediated by cobalt complexes: recent progress and perspectives

CH Peng, TY Yang, Y Zhao, X Fu - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Mediation of reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) by cobalt (II) complexes
(CMRP) is the most highly developed subcategory of organometallic mediated RDRP …