Citation: Ying-feng Tu. Cascade Polymerization[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, ;2019, 50(11): 1146-1155. doi: 10.11777/j.issn1000-3304.2019.19094 shu

Cascade Polymerization

Ying-feng Tu ^,

College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123

Corresponding author: Ying-feng Tu, tuyingfeng@suda.edu.cn
Received Date: 5 May 2019
Revised Date: 15 July 2019

Cascade polymerization, or domino polymerization, is a polymerization process involving two or more consecutive polymerizations under the same reaction condition, in which the subsequent polymerizations result as a consequence of the functional polymer intermediates formed in the previous polymerization step, i.e., two or more polymerizations proceed cascade in an in situ one feeding step, one pot system. As the separation and purification of intermediate polymers are not needed, cascade polymerization has the characteristics of " green” and high efficiency, which is especially important in the synthesis of block copolymers. This review introduces the concept of cascade polymerization, with the focus on the cascade polycondensation-coupling ring-opening polymerization (PROP) method developed by our research group, as well as the kinetics, thermodynamics and the application of PROP in the synthesis of polyesters and copolyesters. By the combination of chain-growth and step-growth polymerization together in one system, PROP has the merits of fast polymerization speed, easy to handle with mild polymerization conditions, controlled rigid to soft segments weight ratio, and can be used for the synthesis of multiblock copolymers which are hard to be synthesized by traditional polymerization techniques. These multiblock copolyesters have potential applications in elastomers and energy storage materials.
- Cascade polymerization,
- Polycondensation-coupling ring-opening polymerization,
- Polyester,
- Block copolymer,
- Cyclic oligomer
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