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.
Research topics
Pushing back the boundaries of RAFT polymerisation
Radical polymerisation for degradable polymers
Dynamic polymer materials
Team members
permanent members
temporary members on average per year
Research engineer
Team publications
This list of publications is uploaded directly from the P3R team’s HAL collection.
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- Daniela Andrade-Acuña, Mohamed Dahrouch, Susana Sanchez, Enzo Diaz, Stéphane Mazières. OPTIMIZING THE STRUCTURE OF AMPHIPHILIC INVERTIBLE POLYMERS (AIPs) MADE OF PEGs AND FATTY COMPOUND SEGMENTS TO OBTAIN A SINGLE CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION. Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 2020, 65 (4), pp.5011-5014. ⟨10.4067/S0717-97072020000405011⟩. ⟨hal-03111057⟩
- Yann Spiesschaert, Christian Taplan, Lucas Stricker, Marc Guerre, Johan Winne, et al.. Influence of the polymer matrix on the viscoelastic behaviour of vitrimers. Polymer Chemistry, 2020, 11 (33), pp.5377-5385. ⟨10.1039/D0PY00114G⟩. ⟨hal-02614116⟩
- Niels van Herck, Diederick Maes, Kamil Unal, Marc Guerre, Johan Winne, et al.. Covalent Adaptable Networks with Tunable Exchange Rates Based on Reversible Thiol-yne Cross-Linking. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, ⟨10.1002/anie.201912902⟩. ⟨hal-02462508⟩
- Cédric Bergerbit, Barbara Farias‐mancilla, Lucie Seiler, Franck d'Agosto, Mathias Destarac, et al.. Semiautomated Parallel RAFT Copolymerization of Isoprene with Glycidyl Methacrylate. ACS Combinatorial Science, 2019, 21 (12), pp.771-781. ⟨10.1021/acscombsci.9b00110⟩. ⟨hal-02428640⟩
- Mingxi Wang, Simon Harrisson, Mathias Destarac, Jean-Daniel Marty. Measuring cloud point pressures by image analysis: A simple and reproducible alternative method to direct visual determination. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2019, 152, pp.104572 -. ⟨10.1016/j.supflu.2019.104572⟩. ⟨hal-03487368⟩
- Ihor Kulai, Zoia Voitenko, Stéphane Mazières, Mathias Destarac. Enhanced Control of Phosphinoylcarbodithioate-Mediated RAFT Polymerization: Key Role of Substituents at the Phosphorus Center. Macromolecules, 2019, 52 (21), pp.8323-8331. ⟨10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01642⟩. ⟨hal-02904623⟩
- H. Bessaies-Bey, J. Fusier, Mohamed Hanafi, S. Zhang, Mathias Destarac, et al.. Competitive adsorption of PAM and HPAM on siliceous material. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2019, 579, pp.123673. ⟨10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.123673⟩. ⟨hal-02302451⟩
- Jeroen De neve, Joris Haven, Simon Harrisson, Tanja Junkers. Deconstructing Oligomer Distributions: Discrete Species and Artificial Distributions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, ⟨10.1002/anie.201906842⟩. ⟨hal-02286130⟩
- Leila Mezzasalma, Simon Harrisson, Saad Saba, Pascal Loyer, Olivier Coulembier, et al.. Bulk Organocatalytic Synthetic Access to Statistical Copolyesters from l-Lactide and ε-Caprolactone Using Benzoic Acid. Biomacromolecules, 2019, 20 (5), pp.1965-1974. ⟨10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00190⟩. ⟨hal-02120885⟩
- Dimitri Matioszek, Stéphane Mazières, Oleksii Brusylovets, Ching Yeh Lin, Michelle L. Coote, et al.. Experimental and Theoretical Comparison of Addition–Fragmentation Pathways of Diseleno- and Dithiocarbamate RAFT Agents. Macromolecules, 2019, 52 (9), pp.3376-3386. ⟨10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00214⟩. ⟨hal-02194408⟩
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