Recent advances on visible light induced cationic polymerization

Cationic polymerization is an important branch of polymer chemistry. Traditional cationic must be carried out in anhydrous and low temperature environment, with harsh operating conditions, high costs energy consumption. Visible light induced simple, environmentally friendly, low-cost, so it has become a research hotspot living polymerization. This paper gives overview the recent advances (mainly from 2015 to 2023) on visible-light-induced polymerization, focus visible-light-initiated visible-light-controlled On basis controlling achieve macromolecular reaction engineering, realization temporal scale control will main development direction future.