Issue 5, 2013
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Polymer Chemistry

Where is Cu(0) generated by disproportionation during SET-LRP?†

Nga H. Nguyen,a   Hao-Jan Sun,a   Martin E. Levere,a   Sven Fleischmannab  and  Virgil Percec*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
E-mail: percec@sas.upenn.edu

b BASF SE, Registered Office, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

Abstract

The nucleation and growth of nascent Cu(0) nanoparticles formed by disproportionation during SET-LRP on the surface of Cu(0) wire was demonstrated by Scanning Electron Microscopy analysis of the surface of Cu(0) wire before and after disproportionation and polymerization. The dynamics of nascent Cu(0) formation, activation of dormant species and their nucleation and growth on the existing Cu(0) surface determines the Cu(0) consumption during polymerization.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3PY21133A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Ker. 2012
Accepted
10 Gen. 2013
First published
11 Gen. 2013

Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 1328-1332

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Where is Cu(0) generated by disproportionation during SET-LRP?

N. H. Nguyen, H. Sun, M. E. Levere, S. Fleischmann and V. Percec, Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 1328 DOI: 10.1039/C3PY21133A

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