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PET-RAFT Polymerisation

Research Guide

Photo-induced Electron/energy Transfer-Reversible Additon-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerisation, activated by photoredox catalysts, is a recently developed versatile photocontrolled polymerisation technique capable of polymerising a broad range of both conjugated monomers (acrylates, methacrylates, acrylamides, methacrylamides and styrene) and unconjugated monomers (vinyl esters, N-vinyl pyrrolidinone and dimethyl vinylphosphonate).


Synthesis of RAFT agents

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Related Publications

  • Wu, C., Corrigan, N., Lim, C.H., Jung, K., Zhu, J., Miyake, G., Xu, J. and Boyer, C., 2018. Guiding the Design of Organic Photocatalyst for PET-RAFT Polymerization: Halogenated Xanthene Dyes. Macromolecules.

  • ​Jonathan, Y.; Sanket, J.; Robert, C.; Marie, B. C. A. J., A Self‐Reporting Photocatalyst for Online Fluorescence Monitoring of High Throughput RAFT Polymerization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 0 (ja), doi:10.1002/anie.201802992.​

  • Xu, J.; Fu, C.; Shanmugam, S.; Hawker, C. J.; Moad, G.; Boyer, C., Synthesis of Discrete Oligomers by Sequential PET-RAFT Single-Unit Monomer Insertion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017, 56 (29), 8376-8383.

  • Xu, J.; Shanmugam, S.; Fu, C.; Aguey-Zinsou, K. F.; Boyer, C., Selective Photoactivation: From a Single Unit Monomer Insertion Reaction to Controlled Polymer Architectures. J Am Chem Soc 2016, 138 (9), 3094-106.

  • Corrigan, N.; Xu, J. T.; Boyer, C., A Photoinitiation System for Conventional and Controlled Radical Polymerization at Visible and NIR Wavelengths. Macromolecules 2016, 49 (9), 3274-3285.

  • Shanmugam, S.; Xu, J.; Boyer, C., Light-Regulated Polymerization under Near-Infrared/Far-Red Irradiation Catalyzed by Bacteriochlorophyll a. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016, 55 (3), 1036-40.

  • Shanmugam, S.; Boyer, C., Stereo-, Temporal and Chemical Control through Photoactivation of Living Radical Polymerization: Synthesis of Block and Gradient Copolymers. J Am Chem Soc 2015, 137 (31), 9988-99.

  • Shanmugam, S.; Xu, J.; Boyer, C., Exploiting Metalloporphyrins for Selective Living Radical Polymerization Tunable over Visible Wavelengths. J Am Chem Soc 2015 137 (28), 9174-85.

  • Xu, J. T.; Shanmugam, S.; Duong, H. T.; Boyer, C., Organo-photocatalysts for photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization. Polymer Chemistry2015, 6 (31), 5615-5624.

  • Xu, J. T.; Shanmugam, S.; Boyer, C., Organic Electron Donor-Acceptor Photoredox Catalysts: Enhanced Catalytic Efficiency toward Controlled Radical Polymerization. Acs Macro Letters 2015, 4 (9), 926-932.

  • Shanmugam, S.; Xu, J. T.; Boyer, C., Utilizing the electron transfer mechanism of chlorophyll a under light for controlled radical polymerization. Chemical Science 2015, 6 (2), 1341-1349.

  • Xu, J.; Jung, K.; Atme, A.; Shanmugam, S.; Boyer, C., A robust and versatile photoinduced living polymerization of conjugated and unconjugated monomers and its oxygen tolerance. J Am Chem Soc 2014, 136 (14), 5508-19.

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