Continuous flow polymerisation process

Inventors:, John Chiefari, Christian Hornung, Simon Saubern

• Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO

The present invention relates to a process for continuously preparing polymer by RAFT solution polymerization, the process comprising: introducing into a flow reactor a reaction solution comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, RAFT agent, non-reactive solvent and free radical initiator; and promoting RAFT polymerization of the one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers within the reactor so as to form a polymer solution that flows out of the reactor.

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