Light-controlled radical polymerization: mechanisms, methods, and applications

M Chen, M Zhong, JA Johnson - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The use of light to mediate controlled radical polymerization has emerged as a powerful
strategy for rational polymer synthesis and advanced materials fabrication. This review …

Photocatalysis in organic and polymer synthesis

N Corrigan, S Shanmugam, J Xu, C Boyer - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review, with over 600 references, summarizes the recent applications of photoredox
catalysis for organic transformation and polymer synthesis. Photoredox catalysts are metallo …

Photomediated controlled radical polymerization

X Pan, MA Tasdelen, J Laun, T Junkers, Y Yagci… - Progress in Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Photomediated controlled radical polymerization is a versatile method to prepare, under
mild conditions, various well-defined polymers with complex architecture, such as block and …

Exploiting metalloporphyrins for selective living radical polymerization tunable over visible wavelengths

S Shanmugam, J Xu, C Boyer - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The use of metalloporphyrins has been gaining popularity particularly in the area of
medicine concerning sensitizers for the treatment of cancer and dermatological diseases …

PET-RAFT polymerisation: towards green and precision polymer manufacturing

J Phommalysack-Lovan, Y Chu, C Boyer… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The necessity of sustainable development in the chemical industry has continuously drawn
attention to find safe, environmentally friendly and atom-economic chemical processes …

A Photoinduced Dual‐Wavelength Approach for 3D Printing and Self‐Healing of Thermosetting Materials

Z Zhang, N Corrigan, C Boyer - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vat photopolymerization‐based 3D printing techniques have been widely used to produce
high‐resolution 3D thermosetting materials. However, the lack of repairability of these …

Organocobalt complexes as sources of carbon-centered radicals for organic and polymer chemistries

J Demarteau, A Debuigne, C Detrembleur - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Organocobalt (III) complexes (R-CoIII), defined as cobalt complexes featuring a carbon–
cobalt bond, are largely used to produce carbon-centered radicals by homolytic cleavage of …

Visible-light-controlled living radical polymerization from a trithiocarbonate iniferter mediated by an organic photoredox catalyst

M Chen, MJ MacLeod, JA Johnson - ACS Macro Letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
Living radical polymerization of acrylates and acrylamides from trithiocarbonate iniferters
using a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulb and 10-phenylphenothiazine as an organic …

Photocontrolled living polymerization systems with reversible deactivations through electron and energy transfer

S Shanmugam, J Xu, C Boyer - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, visible‐light‐regulated polymerization has been gaining popularity, as it opens a
range of new opportunities for the synthesis of functional polymers and materials. Here, the …

Stereo-, temporal and chemical control through photoactivation of living radical polymerization: synthesis of block and gradient copolymers

S Shanmugam, C Boyer - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nature has developed efficient polymerization processes, which allow the synthesis of
complex macromolecules with a perfect control of tacticity as well as molecular weight, in …