Issue 34, 2015
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Polymer Chemistry

UV light-initiated RAFT polymerization induced self-assembly†

Zhenzhong Liu,a   Gongjun Zhang,a   Wei Lu,a   Youju Huang,*a   Jiawei Zhanga  and  Tao Chen*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Ningbo, China
E-mail: tao.chen@nimte.ac.cn, yjhuang@nimte.ac.cn

Abstract

Unlike conventional polymerization induced self-assembly (PISA) trigged by thermal stimuli, reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) PISA initiated by UV light, as an environmentally friendly and easily manipulated method, is exploited as a new strategy to prepare polymeric micelles at room temperature.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5PY00907C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jun 2015
Accepted
13 Jul 2015
First published
14 Jul 2015

Polym. Chem., 2015,6, 6129-6132

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UV light-initiated RAFT polymerization induced self-assembly

Z. Liu, G. Zhang, W. Lu, Y. Huang, J. Zhang and T. Chen, Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 6129 DOI: 10.1039/C5PY00907C

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