Controlled Radical Polymerization and Copolymerization

Dear Colleagues,

Controlled radical polymerization (CRP) can be used to synthesize commodity polymers (such as polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), and poly(vinylidene chloride) (PVDC)) and makes it possible the copolymerization of several combinations of monomers with control over architecture, composition and chain length distributions. During the past two decades, controlled/living radical polymerization has revolutionized and revitalized the field of synthetic polymer chemistry by enabling the preparation of a plethora of previously inaccessible polymeric materials using relatively easy synthetic protocols.

This Special Issue of Polymers intends to cover consolidated radical polymerization techniques, such as reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP), atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization, organometallic-mediated radical polymerization (OMRP), as well as emerging techniques for radical polymerization.

The Special Issue is dedicated to the latest advances in the synthesis of precisely defined polymers via controlled radical polymerization with different architectures with emphasis on the role of the initiator, optimization of reaction setup, kinetics investigation on the synthetic process and polymer characterization and suitability for large-scale production. Contributions showing novel applications that can be realized with polymers produced from renewable and biosourced monomers are also warmly welcome.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue of Polymers. Original, high-quality research articles and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Antonio Buonerba
Guest Editor

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• controlled/“living” radical polymerization
• reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization
• organometallic-mediated radical polymerization
• monomers
• large-scale production