Acid-triggered reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer polymerizations, in the absence of conventional initiating species and in the dark, are reported to prepare polymers with low dispersity and high end-group fidelity. The protonation of monomers catalyses both the initiation and propagation steps and can also be applied to free radical polymerizations.
- Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou
- Glen R. Jones
- Athina Anastasaki
