Problems of control of the reactivity of macroradicals and the growth of polymer chains

Data on the influence of stable radicals, iniferters, organoelement compounds and other active additives on the reactivity of macroradicals and the elementary steps of the (co)polymerisation of acrylic and some other monomers are generalised. New approaches to the control of the lifetime of the polymer chain and of the chain propagation stage are analysed. The problems of synthesis of compositionally homogeneous homo- and copolymers by radical polymerisation are considered. The bibliography includes 247 references.