Issue 6, 2020
From the journal:

Polymer Chemistry

Photoinduced free radical promoted cationic polymerization 40 years after its discovery†

Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen, ORCID logo a   Jacques Lalevée ORCID logo b  and  Yusuf Yagci ORCID logo *c  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yalova University, 77100 Yalova, Turkey

b Membre Honoraire de l'Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) (promotion 2011) Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse, 15 rue Jean Starcky, 68057 Mulhouse Cedex, France

c Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, 34469 Istanbul, Maslak, Turkey
E-mail: yusuf@itu.edu.tr

Abstract

This perspective article is prepared in the memory of Anthony Ledwith who discovered Free Radical Promoted Cationic Polymerization (FRPCP) as a versatile photoinitiating system for cationic polymerization about four decades ago. Mechanistically, distinct modes for the photochemical formation of electron donor radicals in the UV, Vis and NIR range that can be oxidized to reactive cations to initiate the cationic polymerization of oxiranes and vinyl monomers are discussed. The dual polymerization strategies that have been applied to combine FRPCP with the other modes of polymerization processes are presented.

Graphical abstract: Photoinduced free radical promoted cationic polymerization 40 years after its discovery

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9PY01903K
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
18 Dec 2019
Accepted
30 Dec 2019
First published
30 Dec 2019

Polym. Chem., 2020,11, 1111-1121

Permissions

Request permissions

Photoinduced free radical promoted cationic polymerization 40 years after its discovery

M. A. Tasdelen, J. Lalevée and Y. Yagci, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 1111 DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01903K

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements