Tailoring polymer dispersity by mixing chain transfer agents in PET-RAFT polymerization
Kostas Parkatzidis, Nghia P. Truong, Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou, Richard Whitfield, Dominik Konkolewicz, Athina Anastasaki
Abstract
Here we report a simple and versatile batch methodology to tailor polymer dispersity utilizing PET-RAFT polymerization.
Topics & Concepts
DispersityRaftChain transferReversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer polymerizationPolymerizationPolymerLiving polymerizationMixing (physics)Materials sciencePolymer chemistryChemical engineeringPolymer scienceChemistryRadical polymerizationComposite materialPhysicsQuantum mechanicsEngineeringAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationMachine Learning in Materials ScienceRadioactive element chemistry and processing