A RAFT/MADIX method finely regulating the copolymerization of ethylene and polar vinyl monomers under mild conditions

Qian-Bao Chen; Tian-You Zeng; Lei Xia; Ze Zhang; Chun-Yan Hong; Gang Zou; Ye-Zi You

doi:10.1039/c7cc06341e

A RAFT/MADIX method finely regulating the copolymerization of ethylene and polar vinyl monomers under mild conditions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Sep 28;53(78):10780-10783. doi: 10.1039/c7cc06341e.

Authors

Qian-Bao Chen¹, Tian-You Zeng, Lei Xia, Ze Zhang, Chun-Yan Hong, Gang Zou, Ye-Zi You

Affiliation

¹ CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China. yzyou@ustc.edu.cn.

PMID: 28920593
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc06341e

Abstract

A RAFT/MADIX method can not only copolymerize ethylene with a diverse range of functionally polar monomers, but can also easily tune the polar composition and the polar monomer distribution along the produced copolymer chains. This highly versatile RAFT/MADIX copolymerization platform provides access to a diverse range of polyethylene materials.