Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse IS2M – LRC CNRS 7228 – ENSCMu-UHA 15, rue Jean Starcky, 68057 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Mohamad-Ali Tehfe
Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse IS2M – LRC CNRS 7228 – ENSCMu-UHA 15, rue Jean Starcky, 68057 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Fabrice Morlet-Savary
Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse IS2M – LRC CNRS 7228 – ENSCMu-UHA 15, rue Jean Starcky, 68057 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Bernadette Graff
Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse IS2M – LRC CNRS 7228 – ENSCMu-UHA 15, rue Jean Starcky, 68057 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Frédéric Dumur
Institut de Chimie Radicalaire UMR CNRS 7273 Equipe CROPS, Aix-Marseille Université Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, Case 542, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
Didier Gigmes
Institut de Chimie Radicalaire UMR CNRS 7273 Equipe CROPS, Aix-Marseille Université Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, Case 542, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
Nicolas Blanchard
University of Haute Alsace, ENSCMu Laboratory of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry 3 rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Jean-Pierre Fouassier
University of Haute Alsace, ENSCMu 3 rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Photoredox catalysis is now well-known in organic synthesis for the formation of free radicals under very soft irradiations conditions (e.g. sunlight, household fluorescence or LED bulbs, Xe lamp). This method has been introduced here to the polymer chemistry area to initiate ring opening polymerizations (ROP) or free radical polymerizations (FRP). The present paper will give an up-to date situation of the photocatalyst achievements in FRP and ROP.
