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. 2017 Dec 29;10(1):35. doi: 10.3390/polym10010035
4CzIPN 2,4,5,6-tetra(9H-carbazol-9-yl) isophthalonitril
4VBC 9-(4-vinyl-benzyl)-9H-carbazole
Ac Acrylate
AAm Acrylamide
AcAc Acetylacetone
AIBN 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropionitril)
AN Acrylonitrile
ARGET ATRP Activator Regenerated by Electron Transfer ATRP
ATRP Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
BA Butyl acrylate
tBA t-butyl acrylate
BAI Bis-(alkylphenyl)iodonium hexafluorophosphate
BMI N-benzylmaleimide
BP Benzophenon
BPO Benzoylperoxide
tBS t-butylstyrene
BSA Bovine Serum A
BzMA Benzyl methacrylate
CA Cyanoacrylate
CMI N-cyclohexylmaleimide
CPADB Cyanopentanoic acid dithiobenzoate
CP–I 2-cyanopropyl iodide
CQ Camphorquinone
CTA Chain Transfer Agent
CTS Chitosan
D Dispersity
DAEMA Dehydroabietic ethyl methacrylate
DBN Di-t-butyl nitroxide
DC Dissociation-Combination
DCF Dead Chain Fraction
DDMAT S-dodecyl-S′-(α,α′-dimethyl-α′′-acetic acid) trithiocarbonate
DET Dissociative Electron Transfer
DET-RAFT Dissociative Electron Transfer RAFT
DFT Density Functional Theory
DMA N,N-dimethylacetamide
DMAEMA 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate
DMEDA N,N-dimethylethylenediamine
DMPA 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone
DPAIO 2,2-diphenyl-3-phenylimino-2,3-dihydroindol-1-yloxyl
DT Degenerative Exchange Chain Transfer
e-ATRP Electro ATRP
EDA Ethylenediamine
ESR Electron Spin Resonance
FMA Furfuryl methacrylate
GOx Glucose Oxidase
HEA 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate
HEMA 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
HRP Horseraddish Peroxidase
I Isoprene
ICAR ATRP Initiators for Continuous Activator Regeneration ATRP
IRT Intermediate Radical Termination
IRTO Intermediate Radical Termination with Oligomers
ISET Inner Sphere Electron Transfer
ITX Isopropyl thioxanthone
LAM Less Activated Monomers
MA Methacrylate
MAEMI 2-(dimethylamine)ethyl methacrylate
MAM More Activated Monomers
Me-PTH 10-methyl phenothiazine
MMA Methyl methacrylate
MTEMPO 4-methoxy TEMPO
Mtn Transition Metal
MWD Molecular Weight Distribution
NBS N-bromosuccinimide
NHS N-hydroxysuccinimide
NMMA Methyl-2-methyl-3-nitro-2-nitrosopropionate
NMRP Nitroxide Mediated Radical Polymerization
NNDMAA N,N-dimethylacrylamide
NPI Maleimide-N-phenylmaleimide
MMA N-vinylcaprolactam
NVI N-vinylimidazole
NVP N-vinylpyrrolidone
OSET Outer Sphere Electron Transfer
OSET-C Continuous Outer Sphere Electron Transfer
OSET-SW Stepwise Outer Sphere Electron Transfer
PDEAEMA poly(N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate)
PEG Poly(ethylene glycol)
PEGA Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate
PEGMA Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate
PEO Poly(ethylene oxide)
PET-ATRP Photo-induced Electron Transfer ATRP
PET-RAFT Photo-induced Electron Transfer RAFT
Ph-PTH 10-phenyl phenothiazine
PMDC Morpholine-4-dithiocarbamate
PMDETA N,N,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine
PNIPAm Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
PRE Persistent Radical Effect
PTH Phenothiazine
RAFT Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization
RCMP Reversible Complexation Mediated Polymerization
RCT Reversible Chain Transfer
RCTP Reversible Chain Transfer Polymerization
RDRP Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization
ROMP Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
SARA-ATRP Supplementary Activator and Reducing Agent ATRP
SBMA Soybean oil methacrylate
SET-LRP Single Electron Transfer Living Radical Polymerization
SET-RAFT Single Electron Transfer RAFT
SG1 N-t-butyl-1-diethoxyphosphoryl-N-oxidanyl-2,2-dimethylpropan-1-amine
SS Styrene sulfonate
St Styrene
SUMI Single Unit Monomer Insertion
TBA Tributylamine
TDAE Tetrakis (dimethylamino) ethylene
TEA Triethylamine
TEDIO 1,1,3,3,-tetraethylisoindolin-2-oxyl
TEMPO 2,2,6,6,-tetramethyl-2-piperidin-1-oxyl
TIPNO 2,2,5-trimethyl-4-phenyl-3-azahexane-3-nitroxide
TMEDA Tetramethylethylenediamine
TPO 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl-diphenylphosphine oxide
TX Thioxanthone
V70 2,2′-azobis(4-methoxy-2,4-dimethyl valeronitrile)
Vac Vinyl acetate