Synthesis of high performance polyacrylonitrile by RASA SET-LRP in the presence of Mg powder

Cu(0)-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization: A Versatile Tool for Materials Synthesis

“…The initial reports on SET-LRP involve activation, almost exclusively, by zerovalent copper or copper derivatives. However, in the last two years several groups have investigated alternative metallic catalytic sources, including silver (Ag), iron (Fe), − nickel (Ni), ytterbium (Yb), lanthanum (La), , gadolinium (Gd), magnesium (Mg), tin (Sn), and samarium (Sm) . For instance, Fe is highly attractive as it is inexpensive, nontoxic, abundant, environmentally benign, biocompatible, and easy to remove.…”

“…These characteristics render it a good candidate for both biological and industrial applications as it could be a good alternative for applications where traces of copper might be undesirable. Moreover, Ni, Mg, and Fe have been additionally utilized as reducing agents and supplementary activators resulting in well-controlled polymerizations, displaying living characteristics and narrow MWDs. ,, …”

“…Moreover, Ni, Mg, and Fe have been additionally utilized as reducing agents and supplementary activators resulting in well-controlled polymerizations, displaying living characteristics and narrow MWDs. 210,221,224 3.5.4. Compatibility of SET-LRP with Other Polymerization Techniques.…”

Cu(0)-mediated living radical polymerization: recent highlights and applications; a perspective

“…The catalyst in Cu(0)-mediated LRP is a combination of metal and ligand. Although many zerovalent metals have been utilized for Cu(0)-mediated LRP, including iron (Fe), [135][136][137][138][139][140][141][142] nickel (Ni), 143 ytterbium (Yb), 144 lanthanum (La), 145,146 gadolinium (Gd), 147 magnesium (Mg), 148 tin (Sn) 149 and samarium (Sm), 150 copper has been by far the most widely employed catalyst. When Cu(0) powder is employed, perfect or near perfect end group-fidelity can be maintained throughout the polymerization 32,34,41,151 while decreasing the particle size results in an increase in the rate of the propagation.…”