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Visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization of methoxystyrene

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  • Lei Wang

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Yupo Xu

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Quan Zuo

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Haojie Dai

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Lei Huang

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Meng Zhang

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Yongli Zheng

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Chunyang Yu

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Shaodong Zhang

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Yongfeng Zhou

    (800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Abstract

Photo-controlled living polymerization has received great attention in recent years. However, despite the great success therein, the report on photo-controlled living cationic polymerization has been greatly limited. We demonstrate here a novel decolorable, metal-free and visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization system by using tris(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methylium tetrafluoroborate as the photocatalyst and phosphate as the chain transfer agent (CTA) for polymerization of 4-methoxystyrene. This polymerization reaction under green LED light irradiation shows clear living characteristics including predictable molar mass, low molar-mass dispersity (Đ = 1.25), and sequential polymerization capability. In addition, the photocatalytic system exits excellent “on-off” photo switchability and shows the longest “off period” of 36 h up to now for photo-controlled cationic polymerization. Furthermore, the residual photo-catalyst is easily deactivated and decolored with addition of a base after the polymerization. The present study has extended the photo-controlled living cationic polymerization systems with new organic photocatalysts, phosphate CTA and polymerizable monomer as well as the new properties of excellent photostability and in-situ decolored capacity.

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  • Lei Wang & Yupo Xu & Quan Zuo & Haojie Dai & Lei Huang & Meng Zhang & Yongli Zheng & Chunyang Yu & Shaodong Zhang & Yongfeng Zhou, 2022. "Visible light-controlled living cationic polymerization of methoxystyrene," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31359-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31359-4
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