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Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.41, No.3, 365-375, 2003
RAFTing down under: Tales of missing radicals, fancy architectures, and mysterious holes
This highlight describes recent developments in reversible addition-fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Succinct coverage of the RAFT mechanism is supplemented by details of synthetic methodologies for making a wide range of architectures ranging from stars to combs, microgels, and blocks. In addition, RAFT reactions in different media such as emulsion and ionic liquids receive attention. Finally, a specific example of a novel material design is briefly introduced, whereas polymers prepared via RAFT are adopted for microporous/honeycomb membrane design.
Keywords:reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT);living free-radical polymerization;block copolymers;kinetics (polym.);supramolecular structures