Abstract In 1968, Heskins and Guillet published the first systematic study of the phase
diagram of poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM), at the time a “young polymer” first …

Reversible-deactivation radical polymerisation (RDRP) techniques are essential in modern
polymer chemistry. Over the years, they have become not only fantastic lab tools for the easy …

This Perspective summarizes the features and limitations of reversible addition–
fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, highlighting its strengths and …

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 …

Highly stretchable and self-healing polymer gels formed solely by physical entanglements of
ultrahigh–molecular weight (UHMW) polymers were fabricated through a facile one-step …

Reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) has revolutionized modern polymer
chemistry over the past two decades, thus laying the groundwork for the synthesis of …

Relying solely on mild UV irradiation of thiocarbonylthio compounds in the presence of vinyl
monomers, a new avenue to well-defined ultra-high-molecular-weight (UHMW) polymers …

We report the controlled synthesis of ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) polymers (M n≥
106 g/mol) via continuous flow in a tubular reactor. At high monomer conversion, UHMW …

We describe the synthesis of ultrahigh molecular weight water-soluble polymers via
photoiniferter polymerization under inverse miniemulsion conditions. The catalyst-free …

As many physical properties of polymers scale with molecular weight, the ability to achieve
polymers of nearly inaccessibly high molecular weight provides an opportunity to probe the …