Mechanisms and kinetics of living radical polymerization: absolute comparison of theory and experiment

Takeshi Fukuda*, Chiaki Yoshikawa, Yungwan Kwak, Atsushi Goto, Yoshinobu Tsujii

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Abstract

Theories that have been proposed to describe the polymerization rates and polydispersities in living radical polymerization (LRP) were experimentally tested for main branches of LRP including nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP), atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), iodidemediated polymerization, and reversible additionfragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The theories were verified on an absolute scale in both the absence and presence of conventional initiation. The cause for the marked retardation in polymerization rate observed in a dithiobenzoate-mediated RAFT polymerization of styrene was eluciated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Pages24-39
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9780841238541
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameACS Symposium Series
Volume854
ISSN (Print)0097-6156

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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