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 …

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 …

Seeing the light: advancing materials chemistry through photopolymerization

N Corrigan, J Yeow, P Judzewitsch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The application of photochemistry to polymer and material science has led to the
development of complex yet efficient systems for polymerization, polymer post …

Light-accelerated depolymerization catalyzed by Eosin Y

V Bellotti, K Parkatzidis, HS Wang… - Polymer …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Retrieving the starting monomers from polymers synthesized by reversible deactivation
radical polymerization has recently emerged as an efficient way to increase the recyclability …

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 developing advanced
polymerization techniques subjected to external fields. Various physical modulations, such …

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 …

Advances in polymerizations modulated by external stimuli

AM Doerr, JM Burroughs, SR Gitter, X Yang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Synthetic polymer chemistry endeavors to imitate the spatial and temporal control exhibited
within biological systems to obtain well-defined polymeric materials with unique structures …

Oxygen tolerant PET-RAFT facilitated 3D printing of polymeric materials under visible LEDs

A Bagheri, CWA Bainbridge, KE Engel… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The photopolymerization-based 3D printing process is typically conducted by using free
radical polymerization, which leads to fabrication of immutable materials. An alternative 3D …