The power of chemical light generation (chemiluminescence) is used to drive polymerization reactions. A biphasic reaction is developed such that light-generating reactions are confined to the organic phase and photopolymerization occurs in the aqueous phase. Well-defined RAFT-capped polymers are synthesized and the kinetics are shown to be dictated by light generation.
Keywords: Chemiluminescence; Kinetics; Photochemistry; Photopolymerization; Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization.
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