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Inside Back Cover: Control of a Living Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates by Light (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 35/2012)
Author(s) -
Fors Brett P.,
Hawker Craig J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201206022
Subject(s) - polymerization , radical polymerization , photochemistry , polymer chemistry , polymer , methacrylate , chemistry , methyl methacrylate , organic chemistry
Living radical polymerizations can be regulated with an external stimulus, thus dramatically increasing their utility and facilitating a range of applications. In their Communication on page 8850 ff. B. P. Fors and C. J. Hawker report a living radical polymerization that can be activated and deactivated in a dynamic manner with visible light. The picture illustrates the activation of a polymer chain end by an iridium‐based catalyst in the presence of light and shows the dormant chain end in the absence of irradiation.
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