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) …

A comparison of RAFT and ATRP methods for controlled radical polymerization

NP Truong, GR Jones, KGE Bradford… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization and atom transfer
radical polymerization (ATRP) are the two most common controlled radical polymerization …

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 …

Linear block copolymer synthesis

H Dau, GR Jones, E Tsogtgerel, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers form the basis of the most ubiquitous materials such as thermoplastic
elastomers, bridge interphases in polymer blends, and are fundamental for the development …

Star polymers

JM Ren, TG McKenzie, Q Fu, EHH Wong, J Xu… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in controlled/living polymerization techniques and highly efficient coupling
chemistries have enabled the facile synthesis of complex polymer architectures with …

Mechanochemical bond scission for the activation of drugs

S Huo, P Zhao, Z Shi, M Zou, X Yang, E Warszawik… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pharmaceutical drug therapy is often hindered by issues caused by poor drug selectivity,
including unwanted side effects and drug resistance. Spatial and temporal control over drug …

A robust and versatile photoinduced living polymerization of conjugated and unconjugated monomers and its oxygen tolerance

J Xu, K Jung, A Atme, S Shanmugam… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Controlled/living radical polymerization techniques have transformed polymer chemistry in
the last few decades, affording the production of polymers with precise control over both …

Multiblock copolymer synthesis via RAFT emulsion polymerization

GKK Clothier, TR Guimarães, SW Thompson… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A multiblock copolymer is a polymer of a specific structure that consists of multiple covalently
linked segments, each comprising a different monomer type. The control of the monomer …

Expanding the scope of RAFT polymerization: recent advances and new horizons

MR Hill, RN Carmean, BS Sumerlin - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) has revolutionized modern polymer
chemistry over the past two decades, thus laying the groundwork for the synthesis of …

[HTML][HTML] Copper-mediated living radical polymerization (atom transfer radical polymerization and copper (0) mediated polymerization): from fundamentals to …

C Boyer, NA Corrigan, K Jung, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …