Simultaneous enzymatic ring opening polymerisation and RAFT-mediated polymerisation in supercritical CO2

Kristofer J. Thurecht; Andrew M. Gregory; Silvia Villarroya; Jiaxiang Zhou; Andreas Heise; Steven M. Howdle

doi:10.1039/B611626D

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Simultaneous enzymatic ring opening polymerisation and RAFT-mediated polymerisation in supercritical CO₂†

Kristofer J. Thurecht,^a Andrew M. Gregory,^a Silvia Villarroya,^a Jiaxiang Zhou,^a Andreas Heise^b and Steven M. Howdle*^a

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^b Department of Polymer Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Abstract

This report presents the first simultaneous, metal-free synthesis of block copolymers through combination of enzymatic ring-opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone with RAFT-mediated controlled radical polymerisation of styrene.

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Polymerisation procedure, NMR and oxalyl chloride treatment, MALDI-TOF results and GPEC procedure PDF (303K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B611626D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 14 Aug 2006
Accepted: 11 Sep 2006
First published: 26 Sep 2006

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Chem. Commun., 2006, 4383-4385

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Simultaneous enzymatic ring opening polymerisation and RAFT-mediated polymerisation in supercritical CO₂

K. J. Thurecht, A. M. Gregory, S. Villarroya, J. Zhou, A. Heise and S. M. Howdle, Chem. Commun., 2006, 4383 DOI: 10.1039/B611626D

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