Living Radical Polymerization by the RAFT Process – A Third Update

This paper provides a third update to the review of reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC(=S)SR) by a mechanism of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) that was published in June 2005 (Aust. J. Chem.2005, 58, 379). The first update was published in November 2006 (Aust. J. Chem.2006, 59, 669) and the second in December 2009 (Aust. J. Chem.2009, 62, 1402). This review cites over 700 publications that appeared during the period mid 2009 to early 2012 covering various aspects of RAFT polymerization which include reagent synthesis and properties, kinetics and mechanism of polymerization, novel polymer syntheses, and a diverse range of…

• AG
  Australian Government
• CS
  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• GU
  Griffith University