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Photochemically Driven Polymeric Network Formation: Synthesis and Applications
Author(s) -
Blasco Eva,
Wegener Martin,
BarnerKowollik Christopher
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201604005
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , structuring , modular design , ranging , computer science , telecommunications , finance , economics , operating system
Polymeric networks have been intensely investigated and a large number of applications have been found in areas ranging from biomedicine to materials science. Network fabrication via light‐induced reactions is a particularly powerful tool, since light provides ready access to temporal and spatial control, opening an array of synthetic access routes for structuring the network geometry as well as functionality. Herein, the most recent light‐induced modular reactions and their use in the formation of precision polymeric networks are collated. The synthetic strategies including photoinduced thiol‐based reactions, Diels–Alder systems, and photogenerated reactive dipoles, as well as photodimerizations, are discussed in detail. Importantly, applications of the fabricated networks via the aforementioned reactions are highlighted with selected examples. Concomitantly, we provide future directions for the field, emphasizing the most critically required advances.