The development of highly efficient monophosphonium photocatalysts for the visible light-regulated metal-free cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers
Jianxu Chen, Junqiang Lin, Zan Yang, Yi Wu, Saihu Liao
Abstract
Monophosphonium salts designed via P + -doping of benzo-anthracene have been identified as a new and highly efficient class of tunable photocatalysts for the visible light-regulated cationic RAFT polymerization of vinyl ethers.
Topics & Concepts
Cationic polymerizationLiving cationic polymerizationPolymerizationAnthraceneVinyl etherChemistryVisible spectrumPolymer chemistryMetalPhotochemistryReversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer polymerizationMaterials sciencePolymerOrganic chemistryRadical polymerizationCopolymerOptoelectronicsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationPhotopolymerization techniques and applicationsRadical Photochemical Reactions