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HIGHLIGHT RAFTing Down Under: Tales of Missing Radicals, Fancy Architectures, and Mysterious Holes CHRISTOPHER BARNER-KOWOLLIK, THOMAS P. DAVIS, JOHAN P. A. HEUTS, MARTINA H. STENZEL, PHILIPP VANA, MICHAEL WHITTAKER Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney NSW 2052, Australia Received 11 October 2002; accepted 21 October 2002 ABSTRACT: This highlight de- gels, and blocks. In addition, RAFT Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 365–375, scribes recent developments in reactions in different media such as 2003 reversible addition–fragmentation emulsion and ionic liquids receive transfer (RAFT) polymerization. attention. Finally, a specific example Keywords: reversible addition– Succinct coverage of the RAFT of a novel material design is briefly fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT); mechanism is supplemented by de- introduced, whereas polymers pre- living free-radical polymerization; tails of synthetic methodologies for pared via RAFT are adopted for block copolymers; kinetics (polym.); making a wide range of architectures microporous/honeycomb membrane supramolecular structures ranging from stars to combs, micro- design. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J The Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) was formed in early 2001 with a focus on polymers for use in biotechnology and biomedical applications. The Centre now has around 40 staff members and researchers ranging in experience from professorial level to research honors students. CAMD is located at the University of New South Wales, which is situated close to the center of Sydney between Sydney Harbour and the coastal beaches. All the authors are sta