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ArticleNational science review2025

Photo-induced energy-transfer polymerization.

Jian Liu, Yaxiong Wei, Liangwei Ma, Xin Jin, Siyu Sun, Shuyao Zhou, Xinsheng Xu, He Tian, Xiang Ma

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Article in National science review, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jian LiuKey Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Yaxiong WeiAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectric Materials Science and Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
Liangwei MaKey Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Xin JinKey Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Siyu SunKey Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Shuyao ZhouDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.
Xinsheng XuAnhui Province Key Laboratory of Optoelectric Materials Science and Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
He TianKey Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Xiang MaKey Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8679-4491

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In conventional photo-induced polymerization strategies, the active species that initiate the reaction tend to be exogenous radical species. Inspired by photo-induced cycloaddition reactions, in this study, we investigated photo-induced polymerization from the perspective of energy-transfer processes. Utilizing low-energy, highly reactive triplet species of olefin molecules as energy acceptors, a polymerization strategy without the need for exogenous active components was developed. Triplet species from various sources were able to induce polymerization, demonstrating the excellent versatility of this strategy. The reaction mechanism was thoroughly investigated with controlled experiments and spectroscopic methods using thiochromanone as a template. It was clearly established that the key to polymerization is an active triplet species rather than a conventional radical species. As a result, the findings of this study stimulate further discussion on the role of monomers in photo-induced polymerization.

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photocatalystpolymerizationtriplet–triplet energy transfer

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