1. Given the format and scope of the current preview, we limit the number of references to a few key papers to highlight certain aspects. For full referencing on the RAFT process the reader is referred to the reviews and books of Moad, Rizzardo, Thang, Barner-Kowollik, Perrier, Charreyre and others. See also reference 5.
2. Living Free-Radical Polymerization by Reversible Addition−Fragmentation Chain Transfer: The RAFT Process
3. (b) Le, T. P.;Moad, G.;Rizzardo, E.;Thang, S. H. Int. Patent 9,801,478, 1998; also in Chem Abstr 1998, 128, 115390.
4. Corpart, P.;Charmot, D.;Biadatti, T.;Zard, S. Z.;Michelet, D. W. O. Patent 9,858,974, 1998; also in Chem Abstr 1999, 130, 82018.
5. In the current article, we use the term ‘RAFT’ as a mechanistic label to also to include cases where xanthates are employed (i.e., the MADIX process).