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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2020

Progress and Perspectives Beyond Traditional RAFT Polymerization.

Mitchell D Nothling, Qiang Fu, Amin Reyhani, Stephanie Allison-Logan, Kenward Jung, Jian Zhu, Masami Kamigaito, Cyrille Boyer, Greg G Qiao

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Amylopectin-Polymers · 2026
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  9. Binary Living Radical Polymerization of Dual Concurrent ATRP-RAFT.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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  12. Robust Miniemulsion PhotoATRP Driven by Red and Near-Infrared Light.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024
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  15. RAFT step-growth polymerizationChemical science · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mitchell D NothlingPolymer Science Group Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3259-0047
Qiang FuCentre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment (CTWW) School of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Technology Sydney Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia.
Amin ReyhaniPolymer Science Group Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia.
Stephanie Allison-LoganPolymer Science Group Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7433-1457
Kenward JungCentre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN) School of Chemical Engineering UNWS Sydney NSW 2052 Australia.
Jian ZhuCollege of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Material Science Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China.
Masami KamigaitoDepartment of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8603 Japan.
Cyrille BoyerCentre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) and Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN) School of Chemical Engineering UNWS Sydney NSW 2052 Australia.
Greg G QiaoPolymer Science Group Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2771-9675

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of advanced materials based on well-defined polymeric architectures is proving to be a highly prosperous research direction across both industry and academia. Controlled radical polymerization techniques are receiving unprecedented attention, with reversible-deactivation chain growth procedures now routinely leveraged to prepare exquisitely precise polymer products. Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a powerful protocol within this domain, where the unique chemistry of thiocarbonylthio (TCT) compounds can be harnessed to control radical chain growth of vinyl polymers. With the intense recent focus on RAFT, new strategies for initiation and external control have emerged that are paving the way for preparing well-defined polymers for demanding applications. In this work, the cutting-edge innovations in RAFT that are opening up this technique to a broader suite of materials researchers are explored. Emerging strategies for activating TCTs are surveyed, which are providing access into traditionally challenging environments for reversible-deactivation radical polymerization. The latest advances and future perspectives in applying RAFT-derived polymers are also shared, with the goal to convey the rich potential of RAFT for an ever-expanding range of high-performance applications.

Indexed as

controlled/living polymerizationphotochemistrypolymer structuresreversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)spatiotemporal regulation

Identifiers

PMID33101866
PMCPMC7578854

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