A recent publication in Chem. Commun. by Prof. Cheng Zhenping and Prof. Zhu Xiulin
Thermo-regulated phase separable catalysis (TPSC)-based atom transfer radical polymerization in a thermo-regulated ionic liquid

Xiangyang Du,a   Jinlong Pan,a   Mengting Chen,a   Lifen Zhang,a   Zhenping Cheng*a  (程振平)  and   Xiulin Zhu*a  (朱秀林)

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9266-9269

A thermo-regulated phase separable catalysis (TPSC) system for AGET ATRP based on a thermo-regulated ionic liquid was developed for the first time. The corresponding transition metal catalysts could be easily recovered and reused several times with negligible loss of catalytic activity.