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 …

Metal-free ring-opening metathesis polymerization: From concept to creation

P Lu, VK Kensy, RL Tritt, DT Seidenkranz… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), which is derived from
transition-metal-based olefin metathesis, has evolved into one of the most prevalent …

Metal-free cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers with strict temporal control by employing an organophotocatalyst

X Zhang, Y Jiang, Q Ma, S Hu… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
By virtue of spatiotemporal control over the chain propagating, visible-light-regulated
organocatalytic photoredox cationic polymerization provides an appealing approach for the …

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 …

A Supported Catalyst that Enables the Synthesis of Colorless CO2‐Polyols with Ultra‐Low Molecular Weight

Q Kuang, R Zhang, Z Zhou, C Liao, S Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultra‐low molecular weight (ULMW) CO2‐polyols with well‐defined hydroxyl end groups
represent useful soft segments for the preparation of high‐performance polyurethane foams …

Monophosphoniums as effective photoredox organocatalysts for visible light-regulated cationic RAFT polymerization

Z Yang, J Chen, S Liao - ACS Macro Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Visible light-regulated metal-free polymerizations have attracted considerable attention for
macromolecular syntheses in recent years. However, few organic photocatalysts show high …

[HTML][HTML] Visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization of methoxystyrene

L Wang, Y Xu, Q Zuo, H Dai, L Huang, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Photo-controlled living polymerization has received great attention in recent years. However,
despite the great success therein, the report on photo-controlled living cationic …

The development of highly efficient monophosphonium photocatalysts for the visible light-regulated metal-free cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers

J Chen, J Lin, Z Yang, Y Wu, S Liao - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A class of monophosphonium photocatalysts is developed via the assembly of phosphines
and alkynes, and demonstrated as efficient organic photoredox catalysts for the visible light …

Organocatalytic cationic degenerate chain transfer polymerization of vinyl ethers with excellent temporal control

Z Yang, W Xiao, X Zhang, S Liao - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
An organocatalytic cationic degenerate chain transfer (DCT) polymerization of vinyl ethers
with temporal control under visible light is reported. By using a bisphosphonium salt (BPS) …

Organocatalyzed Controlled Radical Copolymerization toward Hybrid Functional Fluoropolymers Driven by Light

Y Zeng, Q Quan, P Wen, Z Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photo‐controlled polymerizations are attractive to tailor macromolecules of complex
compositions with spatiotemporal regulation. In this work, with a convenient synthesis for …