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

Fig. 5. Kinetic studies of PCs via O-RQP.

Fig. 5

a–d Molecular structure of ZnTtBAzP (a), ZnTtBPC (b), ZnOBOPC (c) and ZnTtBNPC (d). e–h Plot of ln([M]0/[M]t) versus time revealing kpapp and temporal control for model PET-RAFT polymerisation via O-RQP catalysed by ZnTtBAzP (e), ZnTtBPC (f), ZnOBOPC (g) and ZnTtBNPC (h), respectively. i–l Mn (solid square) and Mw/Mn (hollow circle) versus monomer conversion analysed by gel permeation chromatography from aliquots taken at different time intervals during model PET-RAFT polymerisation via O-RQP catalysed by ZnTtBAzP (i), ZnTtBPC (j), ZnOBOPC (k) and ZnTtBNPC (l), respectively. Associated molecular weight distributions were provided as Supplementary Figs. 11–15. kpapp: apparent propagation rate of polymerisation, the number of which is denoted aside the corresponding polymerisation slope with the same colour. Average molecular weights Mn were denoted aside the corresponding points in il with the same colours.