Visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization of methoxystyrene

Lei Wang; Yupo Xu; Quan Zuo; Haojie Dai; Lei Huang; Meng Zhang; Yongli Zheng; Chunyang Yu; Shaodong Zhang; Yongfeng Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31359-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization of methoxystyrene

Lei Wang,
Yupo Xu,
Quan Zuo,
Haojie Dai,
Lei Huang,
Meng Zhang,
Yongli Zheng,
Chunyang Yu,
Shaodong Zhang,
Yongfeng Zhou

Affiliations

Lei Wang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yupo Xu: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Quan Zuo: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Haojie Dai: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lei Huang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Meng Zhang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yongli Zheng: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chunyang Yu: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shaodong Zhang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yongfeng Zhou: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31359-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Photo-controlled living polymerization has received great attention in recent years but the reports on photo-controlled living cationic polymerization are limited. Here, the authors demonstrate a metal-free and visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization using a photocatalyst and a phosphate as the chain transfer agent for the polymerization of 4-methoxystyrene.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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