Untreated water works just fine as polymerisation solvent

By Becky Webb2019-03-25T09:28:00

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Discovery that impurities don’t impede reaction could cut costs

Researchers from Portugal have revealed a new asset of atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP) techniques by successfully carrying out such reactions in untreated water.