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 …

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 …

Recent trends in catalytic polymerizations

DJ Walsh, MG Hyatt, SA Miller, D Guironnet - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

Polymer synthesis in continuous flow reactors

N Zaquen, M Rubens, N Corrigan, J Xu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
A variety of polymerizations has long been performed in continuous flow reactors on an
industrial scale; comparatively, on smaller scales, continuous polymerization methods have …

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 …

Visible light-induced iniferter polymerization of methacrylates enhanced by continuous flow

M Rubens, P Latsrisaeng, T Junkers - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, new opportunities have emerged for the synthesis of functional polymers and
materials by light-induced controlled radical polymerization techniques. Light-induced …

Rapid oxygen tolerant aqueous RAFT photopolymerization in continuous flow reactors

N Zaquen, AM Kadir, A Iasa, N Corrigan… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recently, new controlled polymerization pathways have emerged for the synthesis of
functional polymer materials. The use of light, particularly visible light, to generate radicals …

State‐of‐the‐art and progress in method of moments for the model‐based reversible‐deactivation radical polymerization

YN Zhou, ZH Luo - Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible‐deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) techniques have received lots of
interest for the past 20 years, not only owing to their simple, mild reaction conditions and …

Continuous flow photo-RAFT and light-PISA

J Wang, X Hu, N Zhu, K Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The combinations of microflow technology and photo-induced reversible-addition
fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (photo-RAFT) and light-mediated polymerization …

The living dead–common misconceptions about reversible deactivation radical polymerization

MH Stenzel, C Barner-Kowollik - Materials Horizons, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
'Living/controlled'radical polymerization, preferably termed 'reversible deactivation radical
polymerization'(RDRP), is now a well-established technique to generate functional and …