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Metal‐Catalyzed Group‐Transfer Polymerization: A Versatile Tool for Tailor‐Made Functional (Co)Polymers
Author(s) -
Adams Friederike,
Pahl Philipp,
Rieger Bernhard
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201703965
Subject(s) - polymerization , functional polymers , polymer , materials science , gtp' , monomer , nanotechnology , reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer polymerization , radical polymerization , coordination polymerization , copolymer , main group element , macromolecule , chain transfer , catalysis , chemistry , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , polymer science , organic chemistry , transition metal , biochemistry , enzyme
Accommodating the increasing demand for tailor‐made polymers is a major goal in polymer chemistry. Therefore, the investigation of polymerization techniques, which allow the precise synthesis of macromolecules is of exceptional interest. Ionic or controlled radical polymerization are capable living‐type methods for the generation of uniform polymers. However, even these approaches reach their limits in certain issues. In the last decades, group‐transfer polymerization (GTP) and especially metal‐catalyzed GTP have proven to give access to a plethora of tailor‐made homo‐ and copolymers based on α,β‐unsaturated monomers. Thereby, GTP has established its potential in the development of functional and smart polymers. This concept article highlights the most significant progress in metal‐catalyzed GTP with a focus on functional (co)polymers including different polymeric architectures and microstructures.