Open AccessCover Image, Volume 56, Issue 22
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part a: polymer chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1099-0518
pISSN - 0887-624X
DOI - 10.1002/pola.28849
Subject(s) - polymerization , monomer , cover (algebra) , polymer , acrylate , copolymer , iridium , polymer chemistry , materials science , polymer science , chemistry , computer science , catalysis , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
On page 2539, Christopherson and coworkers present methods for the synthesis and polymerization of iridium(III)‐based acrylic monomers and polymerization by Cu(0)‐reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP). When copolymerized with a carbazole‐based host monomer using a simple room‐temperature reaction catalyzed by copper wire, low dispersities of 1.08 – 1.14 were obtained with conversions up to 93%. These polymerization methods were also used to make high molecular weight polymers (~40,000 Da) and block copolymers with methyl acrylate in one pot. The techniques presented in this paper provide facile routes to phosphorescent Ir‐containing metallopolymers, which have potential use in a wide range of optoelectronic materials and devices. (DOI: 10.1002/pola.29233 )