Regulating cationic polymerization: From structural control to life cycle management

L Wu, B Rondon, S Dym, W Wang, K Chen… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cationic polymerization is a powerful strategy for the production of well-defined polymers
and advanced materials. In particular, the emergence of living cationic polymerization has …

Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Photoredox Catalysis for Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization under Light Control

Z Yang, Y Liao, Z Zhang, J Chen… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
By virtue of noninvasive regulations by light, photocontrolled polymerizations have attracted
considerable attention for the precision synthesis of macromolecules. However, a cationic …

Recent Developments on Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

S Singha, S Pan, SS Tallury, G Nguyen… - ACS Polymers …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In recent times, the evolution of cationic polymerization has taken a multidirectional
approach, with the development of cationic reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer …

Light-Controlled Cationic RAFT Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers Using N-Arylacridinium Photocatalysts

H Liu, J Chen, Z Yang, L Jiang, W Liu, JA Ma… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In recent years, organophotocatalytic polymerizations have received significant interest as
they enable metal-free and highly efficient macromolecular syntheses. Herein, we disclose …

Sunlight-driven photoinitiating systems for photopolymerization and application in direct laser writing

J Feng, T Gao, F Morlet-Savary, M Schmitt… - Polymer …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, there are only a few industrial and academic works focused on
photopolymerization conducted under natural light. To address this challenge, six new dyes …

Harnessing the photo-acidity of organic dyes for the development of ring-opening polymerization of lactones under visible light

Z Liu, X Zhang, P Sun, J Han, S Liao - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Harnessing the excited state acidity of aromatic alcohols is emerging as an effective
approach for the development of ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of lactones with …

Zinc-Mediated Living Cationic Polymerization

X Lin, Q Gu, J Li, J Zhu - ACS Macro Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we present a facile and robust method for living cationic polymerization using zinc
wire as a catalyst precursor. Well-defined poly (vinyl ether) s with various molecular weights …

Photocontrolled Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization

Z Yang, Y Liao, Z Zhang, J Chen, X Zhang, S Liao - 2023 - chemrxiv.org
By virtue of noninvasive regulations by light, photocontrolled polymerizations have attracted
considerable attention for the precision synthesis of macromolecules. However, a cationic …