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 …

Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (Controlled/living radical polymerization): From discovery to materials design and applications

N Corrigan, K Jung, G Moad, CJ Hawker… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) processes, such as atom transfer
radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) …

Recent developments and future challenges in controlled radical polymerization: a 2020 update

K Parkatzidis, HS Wang, NP Truong, A Anastasaki - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
This perspective summarizes the latest exciting developments in controlled radical
polymerization during the last decade (2010–2020). Our focus is to critically highlight …

New redox strategies in organic synthesis by means of electrochemistry and photochemistry

J Liu, L Lu, D Wood, S Lin - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
As the breadth of radical chemistry grows, new means to promote and regulate single-
electron redox activities play increasingly important roles in driving modern synthetic …

Precision polymer synthesis by controlled radical polymerization: Fusing the progress from polymer chemistry and reaction engineering

YN Zhou, JJ Li, TT Wang, YY Wu, ZH Luo - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

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 …

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 …

Photo‐RAFT Polymerization for Hydrogel Synthesis through Barriers and Development of Light‐Regulated Healable Hydrogels under NIR Irradiation

Z Wu, T Zhang, X Shi, N Corrigan, G Ng… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report an aqueous and near‐infrared (NIR) light mediated photoinduced reversible
addition–fragmentation chain transfer (photo‐RAFT) polymerization system catalyzed by …