Macromolecules

Controlled radical polymerization of active ester monomers: Precursor polymers for highly functionalized materials

P Theato, JU Kim, JC Lee

Index: Theato, Patrick; Kim, Jong-Uk; Lee, Jong-Chan Macromolecules, 2004 , vol. 37, # 15 p. 5475 - 5478

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Abstract

Recently, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has gained a lot of attention as a versatile polymerization technique. 1-3 It is one of the most successful methods to polymerize a variety of monomers under controlled conditions. The control in this polymerization process results from the fast exchange reaction between propagating radicals and dormant species. Thereby the concentration of propagating radicals is kept ...