Articles
A Micro Review of Reversible Addition/Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization
RAFT (Reversible Addition/Fragmentation Chain Transfer) polymerization is a reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) and one of the more versatile methods for providing living characteri...
Keywords: Biomaterials, Living polymerization, Nanotechnology, Polymerization reactions, Radical polymerization, Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations, transformation
ARGET ATRP: Procedure for PMMA Polymer Brush Growth
Surface preparation before polymer brush growth consists of two steps: surface cleaning and initiator monolayer deposition.
Keywords: Deposition, Nucleic acid annealing, Polymerization reactions, Solvents
Applying ARGET ATRP to the Growth of Polymer Brush Thin Films by Surface-initiated Polymerization
In 2006, Matyjaszewski and co-workers first described controlled radical polymerization by Activators ReGenerated by Electron Transfer Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ARGET ATRP),1-3 a developm...
Keywords: Antimicrobials, Ligands, Nanotubes, Oxidations, Polymerization reactions, Radical polymerization, Reductions, Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations, Solution polymerization, Solvents
Concepts and Tools for RAFT Polymerization
RAFT or Reversible Addition/Fragmentation Chain Transfer is a form of living radical polymerization. RAFT polymerization was discovered at CSIRO in 1998.1 It soon became the focus of intensive resear...
Keywords: Polymerization reactions, Radical polymerization, Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations
Copper(I)-mediated Living Radical Polymerization in the Presence of Pyridylmethanimine Ligands
Emergence of living radical polymerization mediated by transition metal catalysts in 1995 was a seminal piece of work in the field of synthetic polymer chemistry.1-3 Since this date, many transition ...
Keywords: Catalysis, Condensations, Evaporation, Filtration, Ligands, Oxidations, Polymer science, Polymerization reactions, Precipitation, Purification, Radical polymerization, Reductions, Solvents
Reagents for C–C Bond Formation
Aldrich carries a large variety of electrophiles and nucleophiles that are widely used in C–C bond-forming reactions. This group of products contains many organometallic reagents as well as commonly-...
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Keywords: Acylations, Alkylations
Tools for Performing ATRP
Controlled radical polymerization (CRP) techniques have been reviewed in a number of articles1,2 and books,3 and include nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP),4-7 reversible addition fragmentation ...
Keywords: Ligands, Materials Science, Polymerization reactions, Purification, Radical polymerization, Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations, Solution polymerization
Typical Procedures for Polymerizing via ATRP
The following two procedures describe two ATRP polymerization reactions as performed by Prof. Dave Hadddleton′s research group at the University of Warwick.
Keywords: Gas chromatography, Ligands, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Polymerization reactions, Size-exclusion chromatography, Solvents
Typical Procedures for Polymerizing via RAFT
RAFT (Reversible Addition/Fragmentation Chain Transfer) is a form of living radical polymerization involving conventional free radical polymerization of a substituted monomer in the presence of a sui...
Keywords: Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Polymerization reactions, Radical polymerization, Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations