Progress in controlled/living polymerizations (CLP) in aqueous media

摘要

A review with 66 references covering homogeneous and hete-rogeneous polymerization, classification of heterogeneous radical polymeri-zations, suspension, emulsion and mini-emulsion polymerizations, non-ra-dical polymerizations in heterogeneous aqueous media including ionic polymerization, coordination polymerization and ROMP .Water used in place of organic solvents as medium is environmentally advantageous and economic and this fact inspires researchers to develop not only radical but also non-radical polymerization in aqueous media. The polymers prepared by conventional polymerization techniques are poorly defined in terms of M and MWD, composition and architecture. The controlled/living polyme- rization techniques (cf. Part I) allow potentially to remove this demerit.