Szczepaniak’s Group
Subprogram III: Polymer chemistry
- Synthesis of photocatalysts excited by visible or NIR light and study of the influence of their structure on the kinetics of photo-RDRP polymerization;
- Searching for new monomers enabling depolymerization of corresponding polymers in mild conditions;
- Development of new, biocompatible photo-RDRP methods in aqueous solutions and air atmosphere.
Selected publications:
- Open-air green-light-driven ATRP enabled by dual photoredox/copper catalysis, Chemical Science, 2022
- Making ATRP More Practical: Oxygen Tolerance, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021
- Fully oxygen-tolerant atom transfer radical polymerization triggered by sodium pyruvate, Chemical Science, 2020