Photoactive copper complexes: properties and applications

J Beaudelot, S Oger, S Perusko, TA Phan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalyzed and photosensitized chemical processes have seen growing interest
recently and have become among the most active areas of chemical research, notably due …

Atom transfer radical polymerization: a mechanistic perspective

F Lorandi, M Fantin… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Since its inception, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has seen continuous
evolution in terms of the design of the catalyst and reaction conditions; today, it is one of 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) …

Driving polymer brushes from synthesis to functioning

R Wang, Q Wei, W Sheng, B Yu, F Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to
develop more facile and robust approaches for surface‐initiated polymerizations (SIPs) to …

Toward green atom transfer radical polymerization: current status and future challenges

S Dworakowska, F Lorandi, A Gorczyński… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible‐deactivation radical polymerizations (RDRPs) have revolutionized synthetic
polymer chemistry. Nowadays, RDRPs facilitate design and preparation of materials with …

Red-light-driven atom transfer radical polymerization for high-throughput polymer synthesis in open air

X Hu, G Szczepaniak… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (photo-RDRP) techniques offer
exceptional control over polymerization, providing access to well-defined polymers and …

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 …

Making ATRP more practical: oxygen tolerance

G Szczepaniak, L Fu, H Jafari, K Kapil… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is a well-known technique for the
controlled polymerization of vinyl monomers under mild conditions. However, as with any …

RNA-polymer hybrids via direct and site-selective acylation with the ATRP initiator and photoinduced polymerization

J Jeong, X Hu, H Murata, G Szczepaniak… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combining synthetic polymers with RNA paves the way for creating RNA-based materials
with non-canonical functions. We have developed an acylation reagent that allows for direct …

Aerobic mechanochemical reversible-deactivation radical polymerization

H Feng, Z Chen, L Li, X Shao, W Fan, C Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Polymer materials suffer mechano-oxidative deterioration or degradation in the presence of
molecular oxygen and mechanical forces. In contrast, aerobic biological activities combined …