Photoinduced Cu(II)-mediated RDRP to P(VDF-co-CTFE)-g-PAN

Xin Hu, Guopeng Cui, Ning Zhu, Jinglin Zhai, Kai Guo

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Abstract

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 of Me6-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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number68
JournalPolymers
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Copper-mediated RDRP
  • Fluoropolymer
  • Graft
  • PAN
  • Photoinduced

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