The bisDFTO alkylidene complexes of molybdenum Mo(NR)(CHCMe2Ph)(DFTO)2 (R = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3, 2,6-Me2C6H3, C6F5, 1-adamantyl; DFTO = 2,6-(C6F5)2C6H3O) and monoaryloxide monopyrrolide (MAP) complexes Mo(NR)(CHCMe2Ph)(Me2Pyr)(OAr) (Me2Pyr = 2,5-dimethylpyrrolide; R = C6F5, OAr = DFTO, 2,6dimesitylphenoxide (HMTO); R = 2,6-Me2C6H3, OAr = DFTO) have been prepared in good yields. Addition of dicarbomet...

A poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) based macroinitiator (MI) with terminal chloride atom at both ends was prepared by the reaction of PEG-400 with chloroacetyl chloride and used for the cationic polymerization of dodecyl vinyl ether (DVE) yielding ABA type block copolymer. The block copolymer was then used as the surfactant for the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate and styrene in the presence...

Silicon wafers and glass surfaces were functionalized with facially amphiphilic antimicrobial copolymers using the "grafting from" technique. Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was used to grow poly(butylmethacrylate)-co-poly(Boc-aminoethyl methacrylate) from the surfaces. Upon Boc-deprotection, these surfaces became highly antimicrobial and killed S. aureus and E. co...

The main objective of this study is to prepare, thermally, sensitive microgel particles bearing thiol groups via precipitation polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) and vinylbenzylisothiouronium chloride (VBIC) using 2-2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane)-dihydrochloride (V50) as initiator. The influence of various parameters has been investigated as a systematic ...

The Grignard metathesis (GRIM) polymerization of 3-alkylthiophenes proceeds by a quasi“living” chain growth mechanism, not by a step growth process. Kinetic studies of the Grignard metathesis polymerization of 2,5-dibromo-3-alkylthiophenes showed that the molecular weight of poly(3-alkylthiophenes) is a function of the molar ratio of the monomer to nickel initiator, and conducting polymers with...

Mechanochemical approaches are widely used for the efficient, solvent-free synthesis of organic molecules, however their applicability to functional polymers has remained underexplored. In Research Article (e202305783), Carsten Bolm, Andrij Pich, and co-workers developed a free-radical polymerization approach mechanochemically synthesize structurally morphologically well-defined complex macromo...

This paper deals with the kinetic study of bulk free radical polymerization of styrene initiated with the commercial bifunctional initiator 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-bis(2-ethyl hexanoyl peroxy)hexane (Lupersol 256). The polymerization kinetics is investigated by DSC measurement for temperatures between 80 and 1108C and for initiator initial concentration from 0.115 up to 0.46 mol%. The experimental con...

We employ Monte Carlo computer simulations to investigate the simultaneous controlled radical polymerization in solution and from a flat surface. The bulk polymers grow at faster rates and possess narrower molecular weight distribution than polymers initiated from flat, impenetrable surfaces. The rate of surface-initiated polymerization depends on the density of initiator sites. Our results pro...

Vinyl functionalized poly (ε-caprolactone) with molar mass ranging from 500–5000 Da were synthesized by ring opening polymerization and further photopolymerized. One-step synthesis and functionalization is achieved based on ring opening polymerization (ROP). Hydroxyl butyl vinyl ether (HBVE) was employed to play the role as the initiator of ROP, and photo-curable functional group. The presence ...

A bifunctional photoinitiator for free radical polymerization, thioxanthone catechol-O,O0diacetic acid, was synthesized, characterized, and compared to photoinitiator parameters of the monofunctional analogue, 2-(carboxymethoxy)thioxanthone. Photophysical studies such as fluorescence, phosphorescence, and laser flash photolysis in addition to photopolymerizations of methyl methacrylate show tha...