Looped flow RAFT polymerization for multiblock copolymer synthesis

Agnès Kuroki, Ivan Martinez-Botella, Christian H. Hornung, Liam Martin, Elizabeth G.L. Williams, Katherine E S Locock, Matthias Hartlieb, Sébastien Perrier

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Abstract

A looped flow process was designed for the synthesis of well-defined multiblock copolymers using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The reaction conditions were optimized to reach high conversions whilst maintaining a high end-group fidelity. The loop set-up proved to be a flexible, robust and time-efficient process for scaling-up multiblock copolymers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3249-3254
Number of pages6
JournalPolymer Chemistry
Volume8
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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