Plug-and-play aqueous electrochemical atom transfer radical polymerization.

Abstract

A simplified plug-and-play approach to aqueous electrochemical atom transfer radical polymerization (eATRP) has been developed. Well-controlled polymerization of PEGA480 (Đm = 1.17-1.31) is reported under potentiostatic (3-electrodes, undivided cell) and galvanostatic (2-electrodes, 6-steps) conditions.