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3D Printing and In Situ Surface Modification via Type I Photoinitiated Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization
Published on: February 18, 2022
In-situ Chemiluminescence-Driven Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain-Transfer Photopolymerization
Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige1, Michael L Allegrezza1, Madison T Dolan1
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 651 E High Street, Oxford, OH, 45011, USA.
Abstract:
The power of chemical light generation (chemiluminescence) is used to drive polymerization reactions. A biphasic reaction is developed such that light-generating reactions are confined to the organic phase and photopolymerization occurs in the aqueous phase. Well-defined RAFT-capped polymers are synthesized and the kinetics are shown to be dictated by light generation.
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