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 …

Spontaneous Gradients by ATRP and RAFT: Interchangeable Polymerization Methods?

KGE Bradford, RD Gilbert, MASN Weerasinghe… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The spontaneous gradient polymerization was investigated by ATRP and RAFT. The model
monomers for both systems were methyl methacrylate (MMA) and ethyl acrylate (EA) …

Rate retardation trends in RAFT–an emerging monomer classification tool?

T Nwoko, K Nguyen, NK Saha, C Barner-Kowollik… - Polymer …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Rate retardation is a common and unusual feature of reversible addition–fragmentation
chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization, where a decline in polymerization rate occurs with …

Network Polymer Properties Engineered Through Polymer Backbone Dispersity and Structure

IO Raji, OJ Dodo, NK Saha, M Eisenhart… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Dispersity (Ð or Mw/Mn) is an important parameter in material design and as such
can significantly impact the properties of polymers. Here, polymer networks with …

Development and Experimental Validation of a Dispersity Model for In Silico RAFT Polymerization

CYP Wilding, ST Knox, RA Bourne, NJ Warren - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The exploitation of computational techniques to predict the outcome of chemical reactions is
becoming commonplace, enabling a reduction in the number of physical experiments …

[HTML][HTML] RAFT polymerization of renewable monomers with dithiobenzoates: Effect of Z-group substituents and reaction conditions

S Boner, K Parkatzidis, NDA Watuthanthrige… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of renewable polymer feedstocks has attracted significant attention recently due to
increased concerns about petrochemical-based materials and limited fossil-based …

Thickening behavior of thermo‐associative water soluble multiblock copolymers under redox RAFT polymerization

H Maldonado‐Textle… - Polymer Engineering …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the synthesis of thermo‐associative water soluble multiblock copolymers is
reported. A trithiocarbonate functionalized polyacrylamide (PAM) was prepared and …

Development of artificially intelligent reactors for precision polymer synthesis

CYP Wilding - 2023 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
The digitisation of chemistry has been a rapidly evolving field of research both in academia
and industry in the last 20 years. Miniaturisation of equipment and increased computational …