Redox polymerization

Sarac A.

PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE, vol.24, no.8, pp.1149-1204, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0079-6700(99)00026-x
  • Journal Name: PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1149-1204
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Virtually all free-radical chain reactions require a separate initiation step in which a radical species is generated in the reaction mixture. Some types of chain reactions are initiated by adding a stable free radical, one that shows little or no tendency for self-combination, directly to the reactants, but a separate initiation step is still involved because these stable radicals are most often inorganic ions or metals.