Living radical polymerization methods that allow the preparation of polymers with predetermined molecular weight, narrow molecular weight distribution and tailored architecture (e.g. block, graft, stars) are offering a vast range of new and advanced materials. With applications ranging from surfactants, dispersants, coatings and adhesives, to microelectronics, membranes, drug delivery, and biomaterials they have the potential of revolutionizing a large part of the polymer industry.
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Rizzardo et al. (2001) studied this question.