Follow on: Design Polymers
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Colour Chemistry
Abstract
The process developed in EPSRC grant GR/S67470 ('Investigation of the mechanism and kinetics of Reversible Addition Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) polymerisation: Toward the design of highly versatile RAFT agents') will allow the production of new polymerisation mediators that can be recovered and re-used after reaction, and permit the production of polymers of controlled functionality and predictable molecular weight - `designer polymers'. The polymeric products obtained through the use of such mediators will be exploited in partnership with industries in a variety of commercial applications, from bulk polymer production to healthcare and personal care products.
Publications
Zhao Y
(2007)
Synthesis of well-defined conjugated copolymers by RAFT polymerization using cysteine and glutathione-based chain transfer agents.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Zhao Y
(2007)
Synthesis of Poly(methyl acrylate) Grafted onto Silica Particles by Z-supported RAFT Polymerization
in Macromolecular Symposia
Zhao Y
(2007)
Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Graft Polymerization Mediated by Fumed Silica Supported Chain Transfer Agents
in Macromolecules