Photoenzymatic RAFT Emulsion Polymerization with Oxygen Tolerance

Ruo-Yu Li; Ze-Sheng An

doi:10.1007/s10118-021-2556-5

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Photoenzymatic RAFT Emulsion Polymerization with Oxygen Tolerance

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- Photoenzymatic RAFT Emulsion Polymerization with Oxygen Tolerance
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 39, Issue 9, Pages: 1138-1145(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  b.Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  c.Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
- Author bio：
  
  anzesheng@jlu.edu.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-021-2556-5
  CLC：
- Received：06 January 2021，
  
  Revised：2021-1-18，
  
  Accepted：19 January 2021，
  
  Online First：13 May 2021，
  
  Published：18 July 2021
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Li, R. Y.; An, Z. S. Photoenzymatic RAFT emulsion polymerization with oxygen tolerance. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 1138–1145

Ruo-Yu Li, Ze-Sheng An. Photoenzymatic RAFT Emulsion Polymerization with Oxygen Tolerance[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(9): 1138-1145.
Li, R. Y.; An, Z. S. Photoenzymatic RAFT emulsion polymerization with oxygen tolerance. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 39, 1138–1145 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2556-5.

Ruo-Yu Li, Ze-Sheng An. Photoenzymatic RAFT Emulsion Polymerization with Oxygen Tolerance[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 39(9): 1138-1145. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2556-5.

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Abstract

Photoenzymatic reversible addition-fragmenatation chain transfer (RAFT) emulsion polymerization

surfactant-free or ab initio

of various monomers is reported with oxygen tolerance. In surfactant-free emulsion polymerizatoin

poly(

-dimethylacrylamide)s were used as stabilizer blocks for emulsion polymerization of methyl acrylate

n-butyl acrylate and styrene

producing well-defined amphiphilic block copolymers

including those with an ultrahigh molecular weight

at quantitative conversions. The controlled character of surfactant-free emulsion polymerization was confirmed by kinetic studies

chain extension studies and GPC analyses. Temporal control was demonstrated by light ON/OFF experiments. In ab initio emulsion polymerization of methyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate

low-dispersity hydrophobic polymers were synthesized with predictable molecular weights. This study extends the monomer scope suitable for photoenzymatic RAFT polymerization from hydrophilic to hydrophobic monomers and demonstrates that oxygen-tolerance can be equally achieved for emulsion polymerization with excellent RAFT control.

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