Issue 10, 2019

Microscale synthesis of multiblock copolymers using ultrafast RAFT polymerisation

Abstract

We demonstrate that ultrafast RAFT in the presence of air can be scaled down to 2 μL with good control using microvolume insert vials as the polymerisation vessel. By careful cooling and mixing of the sequential monomers, well-defined pentablock copolymers were generated with a final volume of 10 μL.

Graphical abstract: Microscale synthesis of multiblock copolymers using ultrafast RAFT polymerisation

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Oct 2018
Accepted
23 Jan 2019
First published
07 Feb 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Polym. Chem., 2019,10, 1186-1191

Microscale synthesis of multiblock copolymers using ultrafast RAFT polymerisation

J. Tanaka, P. Gurnani, A. B. Cook, S. Häkkinen, J. Zhang, J. Yang, A. Kerr, D. M. Haddleton, S. Perrier and P. Wilson, Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 1186 DOI: 10.1039/C8PY01437J

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