Photoacid-mediated ring opening polymerization driven by visible light

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 52; no. 44; pp. 7126 - 7129
• Main Authors: Fu, Changkui, Xu, Jiangtao, Boyer, Cyrille
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2016
• Subjects: composite polymers; Control systems; Graft copolymers; light; Monomers; Polymerization; Radicals; Ring opening polymerization; Switches; Wavelengths

A novel methodology of visible light regulated ring opening polymerization in the presence of reversible merocyanine-based photoacid was reported for the first time. In combination with a photoinduced radical polymerization technique, a dual wavelength light controlled orthogonal polymerization syst...