P3R team

Created in 2007, the “Precision polymers by radical processes” group (P3R) is composed of organic and polymer chemists who develop original polymer materials using radical chemistry.

P3R has a longstanding experience in reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerisation. This includes the study of the structure-reactivity relationship of original classes of RAFT agents, RAFT control of “tricky” monomers, and the synthesis of functional block copolymers with targeted properties.
In recent years, we made a clear shift in the way we design our polymers towards materials of enhanced sustainability. For instance, new methodologies for making (chemically) degradable polymers by radical ring-opening copolymerization have been successfully developed.
Another recent strategic area is the design of dynamic polymer materials, in particular nanostructured vitrimers and carbon-fiber reinforced vitrimer materials for the aerospace sector.

We attach particular attention to the exploitation of our research results through a large number of patent applications with some examples of commercial success in collaboration with industrial partners.

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Research topics

Pushing back the boundaries of RAFT polymerisation
Radical polymerisation for degradable polymers
Dynamic polymer materials

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Team publications

This list of publications is uploaded directly from the P3R team’s HAL collection.



94 documents

  • H. Nguyen, M. El Ezzi, Christophe Mingotaud, Mathias Destarac, Jean-Daniel Marty, et al.. Doubly thermo-responsive copolymers in ionic liquid. Soft Matter, 2016, 12 (13), pp.3246-3251. ⟨10.1039/C5SM03063C⟩. ⟨hal-02195652⟩
  • K. Markiewicz, L. Seiler, I. Misztalewska, K. Winkler, Simon Harrisson, et al.. Advantages of poly(vinyl phosphonic acid)-based double hydrophilic block copolymers for the stabilization of iron oxide nanoparticles. Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 7 (41), pp.6391-6399. ⟨10.1039/C6PY01558A⟩. ⟨hal-02195542⟩
  • Johanna Tran, Elise Guegain, Nada Ibrahim, Simon Harrisson, Julien Nicolas. Efficient synthesis of 2-methylene-4-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane, a cyclic ketene acetal for controlling the NMP of methyl methacrylate and conferring tunable degradability. Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 7 (26), pp.4427-4435. ⟨10.1039/C6PY00778C⟩. ⟨hal-02194464⟩
  • Jean-Noël Ollagnier, Thierry Tassaing, Simon Harrisson, Mathias Destarac. Application of online infrared spectroscopy to study the kinetics of precipitation polymerization of acrylic acid in supercritical carbon dioxide. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2016, 1 (4), pp.372-378. ⟨10.1039/C6RE00022C⟩. ⟨hal-02195505⟩

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