Difunctional iodo chain transfer agents (CTAs) were successfully employed in the iodine transfer polymerization (ITP) of ethylene and its copolymerization with vinyl acetate to synthesize telechelic (co)polymers and triblock copolymers.
The hydrolysis-based post-polymerization modification method was introduced into the self-assembly process and a modification-induced self-assembly (MISA) technique was presented.
This study employs acid in RAFT polymerization to enhance multiblock copolymer synthesis, achieving near-quantitative monomer conversion, while suppressing low molecular weight tailing, and maintaining dispersity constant.
Visible light-regulated photocontrolled cationic RAFT polymerization has been successfully developed for the synthesis of fluorinated polymers.
RAFT step-growth polymerization via the Z-group approach was developed, offering a facile method to prepare deconstructable (multiblock) polymers by combining RAFT chain-growth polymerization and RAFT interchange.