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CHEMICAL RECORD
Volume 21, Issue 9, Pages 2203-2222Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100028
Keywords
Electrochemistry; Polymers; ATRP; Electron Transfer; Voltammetry
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- University of Padova
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ATRP, the most powerful technology in Controlled Radical Polymerization, has been greatly enhanced by the introduction of electrochemistry in the past decade, contributing to a better understanding of activation mechanisms, determination of thermodynamic parameters, and electrochemically-mediated ATRP among other aspects.
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) is the most powerful and most employed technology of Controlled Radical Polymerization (CRP) to produce polymers with well-defined architecture, that is, composition, topology, and functionality. Several hundreds of papers are published every year on ATRP processes, mainly based on empiric experimental procedures. Electrochemistry powerfully entered in the field of ATRP about 10 years ago, providing important contributions both to the further development of the process and to a better understanding of its mechanism. Five main issues took advantage of electrochemistry and/or its synergism with ATRP: i) understanding the mechanism of ATRP activation; ii) determination of thermodynamic parameters; iii) determination of activation and deactivation rate constants; iv) the SARA ATRP vs SET-LRP dispute: the role of Cu-0; v) electrochemically-mediated ATRP.
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