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. 2021 Jan 20;12:478. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20640-z

Fig. 1. Model PET-RAFT polymerisation and mechanisms.

Fig. 1

a Catalytic cycles for the model PET-RAFT polymerisation via OQP (left), RQP (middle) and O-RQP (right). b Molecular structures for the chain-transfer agent, 2-(dodecylthiocarbonothioylthio)propionic acid (CTA, DTPA), co-catalyst, triethylamine (TEA), monomer, methyl acrylate (MA) and solvent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for the model PET-RAFT polymerisation. OQP oxidative quenching pathway, RQP reductive quenching pathway, O-RQP oxygen-mediated reductive quenching pathway.