Fig. 6: Controlled synthesis of the designed polymers using the PET-RAFT polymerization. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Controlled synthesis of the designed polymers using the PET-RAFT polymerization.

From: Multi-scale computer-aided design and photo-controlled macromolecular synthesis boosting uranium harvesting from seawater

Fig. 6

a Synthetic route of macromolecular PAN-CTA and PAN-b-PPEGMA. b Proposed mechanism of ZnTPP-catalyzed PET-RAFT polymerization. c Chemical structure of ZnTPP photocatalyst. d Kinetics of PET-RAFT polymerization of AN under blue LED irradiation (2 mW cm−2) (black circles) and variation of dispersity (Đ) with time (red circles). e GPC profiles of synthesized PAN. f GPC profiles of PAN and PAN-b-PPEGMA by chain extension.

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