Controlled Aqueous Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Electrochemical Generation of the Active Catalyst

Controlled Aqueous Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Electrochemical Generation of the Active Catalyst:

Enhanced control: Electrochemically mediated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) allows easy modulation of the overall rate and control of polymerization through the variation of an external applied potential, E_app (see picture). This method has been successfully applied to aqueous ATRP of oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (OEOMA₄₇₅) catalyzed by Cu/tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine.
We could probably contribute to this theme with Chris Letko's ligands.  This topic (ATRP) would be a good for a future literature talk).