Fundamentals of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
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Veerle M. C. Coessens [1] ; Krzysztof Matyjaszewski [1]
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[1] Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
City of Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 87, Nº 9 (September), 2010, págs. 916-919
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Today’s market increasingly demands sophisticated materials for advanced technologies and high-value applications, such as nanocomposites, optoelectronic, or biomedical materials. Therefore, the demand for well-defined polymers with very specific molecular architecture and properties increases. Until recently, these kinds of polymers could only be prepared via living ionic polymerization, a process that requires very stringent experimental conditions. Recently, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), a controlled/living radical polymerization (CRP) process, has emerged as a viable alternative. ATRP allows the synthesis of polymeric structures that are well-defined in terms of composition and molecular architecture. By virtue of its simplicity, versatility and scope to make polymers with site-specific functionality and novel architecture, ATRP has become the most extensively studied CRP technique.
