A novel and highly efficient organic catalyst for the reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) of methyl methacrylate with anin situformed alkyl iodide initiator.
Recyclable Ni–Co alloy catalyzed synthesis of well-defined poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA, up to 129 500 g mol−1) with narrow-dispersity (Đ = 1.30) via a reversible deactivation radical polymerization technique is reported.
A novel strategy for preparing block copolymers with semifluorinated alternating copolymers as macroinitiators was established by photocontrolled iodine-mediated RDRP under irradiation with blue LED light at room temperature.