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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Team publications
This list of publications is uploaded directly from the P3R team’s HAL collection.
- 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⟩
- Andrii Karpus, Jean-Claude Daran, Rinaldo Poli, Stéphane Mazières, Mathias Destarac, et al.. Synthesis of S-Alkyl Phosphinocarbodithioates with Switch between P(III) and P(V) Derivatives. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 84 (15), pp.9446-9453. ⟨10.1021/acs.joc.9b00590⟩. ⟨hal-02273507⟩
- Zhiqin Zheng, Margaux Mounsamy, Nancy Lauth de Viguerie, Yannick Coppel, Simon Harrisson, et al.. Luminescent zinc oxide nanoparticles: from stabilization to slow digestion depending on the nature of polymer coating. Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10 (1), pp.145-154. ⟨10.1039/c8py01387j⟩. ⟨hal-02129213⟩
- Ihor Kulai, Andrii Karpus, Liubov Soroka, Dmitry A. Valyaev, Valérie Bourdon, et al.. Manganese phosphinocarbodithioate for RAFT polymerisation with sunlight-induced chain end post-treatment. Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10 (2), pp.267-277. ⟨10.1039/c8py01279b⟩. ⟨hal-02134244⟩
- Cédric Bergerbit, Barbara Farias‐mancilla, Lucie Seiler, Vincent Monteil, Simon Harrisson, et al.. Synthesis of PMMA-based block copolymers by consecutive irreversible and reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations. Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10 (48), pp.6630-6640. ⟨10.1039/c9py01181a⟩. ⟨hal-02391859⟩
- Junliang Zhang, Barbara Farias‐mancilla, Mathias Destarac, Ulrich Schubert, Daniel Keddie, et al.. Asymmetric Copolymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Gradient and Other Partially Segregated Copolymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2018, 39 (19), pp.1800357. ⟨10.1002/marc.201800357⟩. ⟨hal-02194488⟩
- Simon Harrisson. The Chain Length Distribution of an Ideal Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization. Polymers, 2018, Polymerization Kinetics, 10 (8), pp.887. ⟨10.3390/polym10080887⟩. ⟨hal-02194890⟩
- Miguel Rosales-Guzmán, Odilia Pérez-Camacho, Román Torres-Lubián, Simon Harrisson, Ulrich Schubert, et al.. Kinetic and Copolymer Composition Investigations of the Free Radical Copolymerization of 1-Octene with Glycidyl Methacrylate. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2018, 219 (14), pp.1800084. ⟨10.1002/macp.201800084⟩. ⟨hal-02194895⟩
- Cécile Barthet, James Wilson, Arnaud Cadix, Mathias Destarac, Christophe Chassenieux, et al.. Influence of sodium dodecyl sulfate on the kinetics and control of RAFT/MADIX polymerization of acrylamide. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2018, 56 (7), pp.760-765. ⟨10.1002/pola.28949⟩. ⟨hal-02194921⟩
Latest team news
Marc Guerre, researcher at Softmat, received the GFP Young Researcher Award 2024
At the end of November 2024, during the annual national symposium, the GFP Young Researcher 2024 Prize was awarded to Marc Guerre, a researcher in the P3R team. The Groupe Français d'Études et...
Solène Guggari, PhD student at Softmat, defended her thesis on biobased disulfide vitrimers for industrial applications
Solène carried out her research in the P3R team at the Softmat laboratory, in close collaboration with Specific Polymers company. On 22nd of November, she defended her thesis entitled: "Synthesis...
Ukrainian delegation visited Softmat lab
Dymytrii Grytsyshen, vice-rector, and Anna Polianska, Erasmus + coordinator at Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, were welcomed to Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University on 18 June 2024. They...