Photoinduced Cu(II)-Mediated RDRP to P(VDF-co-CTFE)-g-PAN.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hu, Xin; Cui, Guopeng; Zhu, Ning; Zhai, Jinglin; Guo, Kai
- Source
- Polymers (20734360). Jan2018, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p68. 10p. 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 7 Graphs.
- Subject
- *PHOTOINDUCED electron transfer
*POLYMERIZATION
*COPPER catalysts
*POLYACRYLONITRILES
*POLYACRYLATES
- Language
- ISSN
- 2073-4360
Photoinduced Cu(II)-mediated reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) was employed to synthesize poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene)-graft-polyacrylonitrile (P(VDF-co-CTFE)-g-PAN). The concentration of copper catalyst (CuCl2) loading was as low as 1/64 equivalent to chlorine atom in the presence ofMe6-Tren under UV irradiation. The light-responsive nature of graft polymerization was confirmed by "off-on" impulsive irradiation experiments. Temporal control of the polymerization process and varied graft contents were achieved via this photoinduced Cu(II)-mediated RDRP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]