CPC C08G 61/08 (2013.01) [C08F 2/50 (2013.01); C08F 4/80 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of light-promoted frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization, the method comprising:
providing a monomer solution including dicyclopentadiene, a ruthenium-based catalyst and a phosphite inhibitor;
exposing the monomer solution to ultraviolet light having a wavelength in a range from 315 nm to 400 nm, thereby initiating an exothermic polymerization reaction and generating a self-propagating polymerization front,
wherein the polymerization front moves through the monomer solution and polymerizes the dicyclopentadiene.
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