Living cationic polymerization

Living cationic polymerization is a living polymerization technique involving cationic propagating species.[1][2] It enables the synthesis of very well defined polymers (low molar mass distribution) and of polymers with unusual architecture such as star polymers and block copolymers and living cationic polymerization is therefore as such of commercial and academic interest.

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  2. ^ Controlled and living polymerizations: methods and materials 2009 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski,Axel H. E. Muller