Self-catalyzed living radical polymerization using quaternary ammonium iodide (QAI)-containing monomers is reported. The monomer contains a polymerizable methacrylate or acrylate moiety and QAI as a catalytic moiety at the side chain. Several (functional) methacrylates and acrylates were successfully co-polymerized with QAI-containing monomers without additional catalysts, generating QAI-containing copolymers. The obtained QAIcontaining polymers were further used as catalytic macroinitiators, enabling self-catalyzed block polymerizations of various monomers without additional catalysts. This self-catalyzed living radical polymerization was also used to prepare a QAI-containing polymer brush on a solid surface. This technique is attractive for its wide range of amenable monomers and metal-free nature. The obtained QAI-containing polymers may find biomedical and antibacterial applications.

Novel degradable and chemically recyclable polymers were synthesized using five-membered cyclic ketene hemiacetal ester (CKHE) monomers.

A nano-capsule synthesized via self-catalyzed RCMP and its use as a heterogeneous catalyst and a nano-reactor of RCMP to generate a multi-elemental particle.

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Self-catalyzed living radical polymerization using quaternary ammonium iodide (QAI)containing monomers is reported. The monomer contains a polymerizable methacrylate or acrylate moiety and QAI as a catalytic moiety at the side chain. Several (functional) methacrylates and acrylates were successfully copolymerized with QAI-containing monomers without additional catalysts, generating QAI-containing copolymers. This technique is attractive for its wide range of amenable monomers and metal-free nature. The obtained QAIcontaining polymers may find biomedical and antibacterial applications.