Methyl methacrylate (MMA) was successfully grafted onto cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) at room temperature in an emulsion system using a diethyl(1,10-phenanthroline N1,N10)zinc(II) complex (Phen-DEZ) with oxygen as the radical initiator. The effects of reaction temperature, initiator concentration, and monomer content on grafting were investigated. molecular weight non-grafted PMMA, which produced...

We designed a switchable fluorophore activated by UVA light and radical initiator, for optical lithography with concomitant metal-enhanced fluorescence silver nanoparticles.

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, with an average size of about 45 nm, were encapsulated by polystyrene using in situ nitroxide mediated radical polymerization   in the presence of 3-aminopropyl triethoxy silane (APTES) as a coupling agent and 2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy  as a initiator. First, the initiator for NMRP was covalently bonded onto the surface of Titanium dioxide na...

A very small amount of a palladium benzylic complex as initiator brings about the vinylic addition polymerization reluctant 5-vinyl-2-norbornene.