Polymerization Mechanism and Kinetics of 1,1-Disubstituted Monomers

1，1-二取代单体的聚合机理和动力学该项目专注于两个令人振奋的研究领域：(I)我们发现氧原子b到双键可激活自由基聚合，使一系列全新的聚合物结构变得容易获得；(Ii)我们有强有力的初步数据表明，具有a-CH2OH官能团的丙烯酸单体的传播和终止反应中存在非常大的溶剂效应，这表明可以使用添加剂对聚合过程进行显著控制。此外，我们还证明了含有具有a-CH2OH官能团的重复单元的聚合物可以进行可逆环化，从而实现了一系列新型的功能材料。

Polymerization Mechanism and Kinetics of 1,1-Disubstituted Monomers. This project focuses on two exciting research areas: (I) we have found that an oxygen atom b to the double bond activates radical polymerization, making a whole new family of polymeric structures accessible, and (II) we have strong preliminary data that demonstrates a very large solvent effect on propagation and termination reactions for acrylic monomers with an a-CH2OH functionality, suggesting that significant control can be exerted over the polymerization process using additives. Additionally, we demonstrate that polymers containing repeat units with an a-CH2OH functionality can undergo reversible cyclization, enabling a whole range of novel functional materials.