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Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: State of the Art in 2005 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
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Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Recent progress and future challenges in Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization (CRP) are discussed. Stable free radical polymerization (SFRP), atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), and degenerate transfer processes, including reversible additionfragmentationtransfer (RAFT) are the most successful CRP techniques. They enable preparation of new materials from readily available monomers under undemanding conditions. Future developments require better understanding structure-reactivity relationship and deeper insight into the reactive intermediates by spectroscopic and computational techniques. The precise relationship between the structure and properties of materials prepared by CRP is also needed. This study should include the effect of higher polydispersities and other imperfections to optimize cost-performance ratio. Fast growth of areas related to hybrids and bioconjugate materials is anticipated.
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Matyjaszewski; Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2006.
3 Controlled/living radical polymerization (CRP) is among the most rapidly developing areas of chemistry and polymer science. " During the last decade, many novel previously inaccessible materials have been prepared using CRP. They include macromolecules with precisely controlled composition and architecture but also many new hybrids in which well-defined organic polymers are covalently attached to inorganic materials or to natural products. * The last decade has witnessed an explosive increase in the number of publications on CRP, a dramatic increase in the number of patent applications and several symposia devoted partially, or entirely, to CRP. 1
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