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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
Light and magnetism dual-gated photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer
Lingjuan Hu1, Qi Wang1, Xiaomeng Zhang1
1Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Living Polymerizations and Functional Nanomaterials, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China Pangxinchang1980@163.com joexiaoguang@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
A novel raspberry-like γ-Fe2O3@carbon dot (CD) nanocatalyst was prepared and applied for photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization. The nanocatalyst was found to be an efficient photocatalyst in visible light-regulated PET-RAFT polymerization owing to the oxidative quenching mechanism between the photoexcited γ-Fe2O3@CDs and the RAFT agent in the PET process. Notably, polymerization can be reversibly ceased in the absence of light or under an external magnetic field. The superparamagnetic nature and high saturation magnetization value (∼30.4 emu g-1) of the nanocatalyst contribute to convenient recycling of the nanocatalyst after polymerization. The PET-RAFT polymerization with the nanocatalyst before and after recycling was investigated, which displayed all the characteristics of controlled/living polymerization systems.
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