Photo-induced single-electron transfer living radical polymerization (SET-LRP) of MMA in the presence of ZnO

Copper-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Copper(0) Mediated Polymerization): From Fundamentals to Bioapplications

“…Percec, Haddleton, and co-workers ,− ,,,,,− ,,,,− have recently reported the various monomers, which could be polymerized by this technique. For instance, MA, ethyl acrylate (EA), , nBuA, tert -butyl acrylate (tBuA), HEA, ,, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA), ,, 2-methoxyethyl acrylate (MEA), di­(ethylene-glycol) 2-ethylhexyl ether acrylate, OEGA, ,, ortho -nitrobenzyl acrylate (NBA), long aliphatic acrylates, MMA, ,,,,− HEMA, methacrylic acid (MAA), and perfluoromethacryates , have been successfully employed for SET-LRP. Other functional acrylate monomers, such as GA, 2-(dimethylamino)­ethyl acrylate (DMAEA), sugar monomers, solketal acrylate (SA), and protected alkyne acrylate, have also been polymerized by SET-LRP.…”