Catherine Louise Moad

TL;DR: A survey of the literature on the quantitative characterization of the radiation degradation of polymers in terms of scission and cross-linking can be found in this paper, where the effect of irradiation on molecular size distributions inferred from sedimentation velocity, gel permeation chromatography and dynamic light scattering measurements, and also their evaluation from the dose dependence of average molecular weights determined by osmometry.

TL;DR: In this article, copolymerization of monosubstituted monomers was studied in the presence of small amounts of α-methylvinyl monomer and a cobaloxime as a chain transfer catalyst.

TL;DR: In this paper, a process for controlling the architecture of copolymers of at least two unsaturated monomers, made by free-radical polymerization in the presence of a cobalt-containing chain transfer agent, including the control of molecular weight, degree of branching and vinyl end group termination, by varying at least one of the variables of molar ratio of monomers.

TL;DR: The reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization as mentioned in this paper enables the preparation of polymers with predictable molar mass, narrow chain length distribution, high end-group integrity and provides the ability to construct macromolecules with the intricate architectures and composition demanded by modern applications in medicine, electronics and nanotechnology.