Photochemistry for Well‐Defined Polymers in Aqueous Media: From Fundamentals to Polymer Nanoparticles to Bioconjugates

This review article highlights recent developments in the field of photochemistry and photochemical reversible deactivation radical polymerization applied to aqueous polymerizations. Photochemistry is a topic of significant interest in the fields of organic, polymer, and materials chemistry because...

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Published in:Macromolecular rapid communications. 2018-06, Vol.39 (12), p.e1800093-n/a
Main Authors: Burridge, Kevin M., Wright, Thaiesha A., Page, Richard C., Konkolewicz, Dominik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aqueous polymerization
Atmospheric chemistry
bioconjugation
Chemical synthesis
Deactivation
Nanoparticles
Organic chemistry
Photochemical reactions
Photochemicals
Photochemistry
photopolymerization
Polymerization
polymerization‐induced self‐assembly
Polymers
reversible deactivation radical polymerization
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Summary:This review article highlights recent developments in the field of photochemistry and photochemical reversible deactivation radical polymerization applied to aqueous polymerizations. Photochemistry is a topic of significant interest in the fields of organic, polymer, and materials chemistry because it allows challenging reactions to be performed under mild conditions. Aqueous polymerization is of significant interest because water is an environmentally benign solvent, and the use of water enables complex polymer self‐assembly and bioconjugation processes to occur. This review focuses on powerful new developments in photochemical aqueous polymerization reactions and their applications to the synthesis of well‐defined polymer nano‐objects and bioconjugates. It is anticipated that these aqueous photopolymerizations will enable the next generation of self‐assembled structures and biohybrid materials to be developed under mild and environmentally friendly conditions. Aqueous photochemistry enables well‐defined polymers to be synthesized under mild conditions that are uniquely compatible with biological and complex media. Photochemistry enables polymerization to occur only when and where polymerization is intended. This review highlights recent developments in aqueous photopolymerization from mechanisms to applications such as photochemical bioconjugation and photochemical polymerization–induced self‐assembly.
ISSN:1022-1336
1521-3927
DOI:10.1002/marc.201800093