Synthesis of CO2-responsive gradient copolymers by switchable RAFT polymerization and their controlled self-assembly

• DOI: 10.1039/d0py01109f
• Publication Date: 2020-10-02T07:24:10Z
• Authors: Xiaofeng Guo; Tianren Zhang; Yuetong Wu; Wencheng Shi; Bonnie Choi; Anchao Feng; San H. Thang
• Keywords: Raft; Chain transfer

Switchable RAFT agents, so-called because they can be reversibly switched by an acid/base stimulus to offer very good control over polymerization of both MAMs and LAMs, provide a route prepare well-defined polyMAM-<italic>block</italic>-polyLAM copolymers.