Polymer networks are structural components of hydrogels, nanoparticles, surface coatings, organic frameworks, and vitrimers. Their versatility and range of properties has seen to their increased importance in polymer science with far-reaching potentials in biomedical science, in environmental science, and in advanced functional materials. Recently, light induced polymerizations, specifically RAFT polymerization techniques, have opened the possibility to reach a higher degree of control in polymer network architectures. Photo-controlled growth of polymer networks post-formation can precisely introduce higher levels of complexity within a network. This work seeks to prepare a diverse set of light responsive nanomaterials through the formation of nano-networks crosslinked with trithiocarbonate RAFT initiators.

Photo-controlled growth of crosslinked nano-networks

256th National Meeting (2018)

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