RAFT polymerization

Patent Pending Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer or RAFT polymerization is one of several kinds of Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization. It makes use of a chain transfer agent in the form of a thiocarbonylthio compound (or similar, from here on referred to as a RAFT agent, see Figure 1) to afford control over the generated molecular weight and polydispersity during a free-radical polymerization.