Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (Controlled/living radical polymerization): From discovery to materials design and applications

N Corrigan, K Jung, G Moad, CJ Hawker… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) processes, such as atom transfer
radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) …

Photoinduced controlled/living polymerizations

C Aydogan, G Yilmaz, A Shegiwal… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The application of photochemistry in polymer synthesis is of interest due to the unique
possibilities offered compared to thermochemistry, including topological and temporal …

Controlled-Radical Polymerization of α-Lipoic Acid: A General Route to Degradable Vinyl Copolymers

KR Albanese, PT Morris, J Read de Alaniz… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we present the synthesis and characterization of statistical and block copolymers
containing α-lipoic acid (LA) using reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) …

Stepping out of the blue: from visible to near‐IR triggered photoswitches

Z Zhang, W Wang, M O'Hagan, J Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light offers unique opportunities for controlling the activity of materials and biosystems with
high spatiotemporal resolution. Molecular photoswitches are chromophores that undergo …

Rapid high‐resolution 3D printing and surface functionalization via type I photoinitiated RAFT polymerization

K Lee, N Corrigan, C Boyer - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RAFT facilitated digital light projection 3D printing of polymeric materials provides a
convenient and facile route for inducing post‐fabrication transformations via reactivation of …

High‐Resolution Patterning of 2D Perovskite Films through Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing

SY Liang, YF Liu, SY Wang, ZK Ji, H Xia… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D perovskites have been considered as promising candidates for optoelectronic
devices due to their good optical and electronic properties compared to 3D perovskites with …

The emergence of reversible–deactivation radical polymerization in 3D printing

VA Bobrin, J Zhang, N Corrigan… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of materials 3D printed using vat photopolymerization techniques are prepared
by uncontrolled polymerization methods and cannot be easily modified to introduce …

Opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in making, characterizing, and understanding polymer brushes

CW Pester, HA Klok, EM Benetti - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer brushes have been theoretically described, their behavior under diverse conditions
has been modeled, and their preparation via surface-initiated polymerizations (SIPs) has …

Design of materials with supramolecular polymers

TD Clemons, SI Stupp - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
One hundred years ago Hermann Staudinger was strongly criticized by his scientific peers
for his macromolecular hypothesis, but today it is hard to imagine a world without polymers …

Recent advances in antifouling surface polymer brushes

X Xu, Y Chang, Y Gong, Y Zhang, Y Yu… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biofouling caused by nonspecific adsorption of biomolecules and organisms such as
proteins, cells, and bacteria to material surfaces is a significant challenge for numerous …