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An acidic route for radical polymerizations

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Acid triggers the formation of radicals by Flory autoinitiation of acrylic monomers and enhances polymerization rates.

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Fig. 1: Radical polymerization by acid-triggered Flory-type autoinitiation of acrylic monomers.

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Hartlieb, M. An acidic route for radical polymerizations. Nat. Synth 3, 291–292 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00463-8

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