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 …

During the past decade we have witnessed the rapid development and understanding of
living radical polymerization (LRP)(or reversible deactivation radical polymerizations …

Photoinduced living radical polymerization of acrylates, in the absence of conventional
photoinitiators or dye sensitizers, has been realized in “daylight'” and is enhanced upon …

Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) in the presence of Cu0 is a versatile
technique that can be used to create well-controlled polymers with complex architectures …

The ability to regulate the activation and deactivation steps via an external stimulus has
always been a challenge in polymer chemistry. In an ideal photo-mediated system, whereby …

The most fundamental aspects of single-electron transfer (SET) principles are presented.
They are discussed according to different definitions used by expert practitioners and are …

Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization or single electron transfer living radical
polymerization (Cu (0)-mediated LRP or SET-LRP) is a versatile polymerization technique …

Photo-induced copper-mediated radical polymerization of methyl acrylate (MA) is carried out
in DMSO at 15° C in a tubular photo-flow reactor as well as in a glass-chip based …

The scope and accessibility of sequence‐controlled multiblock copolymers is demonstrated
by direct “in situ” polymerization of hydrophobic, hydrophilic and fluorinated monomers. Key …

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) typically requires various parameters to be
optimized in order to achieve a high degree of control over molecular weight and dispersity …