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2025

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D-Index
77
Citations
35730
World Ranking
3923
National Ranking
104

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2011 - Prime Minister's Prize for Science, Australia For their role in revolutionizing polymer science
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Ezio Rizzardo is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. The scientist has been recognized for contributions to polymer science and holds several notable honors in the scientific community.

Rizzardo's awards include the Prime Minister's Prize for Science in Australia, received in 2011 for their role in revolutionizing polymer science. Additionally, they were elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2010 and as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2002.

There is no recorded list of recent publications, co-authors, specific research topics, or distinct fields of study provided. Similarly, information on book publications and frequent publication venues is not available for this scientist.

Despite the absence of detailed data on their recent papers or specific thematic research areas, their recognition indicates a significant impact within polymer science and related scientific disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Living free-radical polymerization by reversible addition - Fragmentation chain transfer: The RAFT process

    John Chiefari;Y. K. Chong;Frances Ercole;Julia Krstina

  • Living radical polymerization by the RAFT process

    Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Living Radical Polymerization by the RAFT Process - A Second Update

    Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Radical addition-fragmentation chemistry in polymer synthesis

    Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Living free radical polymerization with reversible addition : fragmentation chain transfer (the life of RAFT)

    Graeme Moad;John Chiefari;Y K Chong;Julia Krstina

  • Advances in RAFT polymerization: the synthesis of polymers with defined end-groups

    Graeme Moad;Y.K. Chong;Almar Postma;Ezio Rizzardo

  • Toward living radical polymerization.

    Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Thiocarbonylthio Compounds [SC(Ph)S−R] in Free Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT Polymerization). Role of the Free-Radical Leaving Group (R)

    Y. K. Chong;Julia Krstina;Tam P. T. Le;Graeme Moad

  • Living Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition−Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT Polymerization) Using Dithiocarbamates as Chain Transfer Agents

    Roshan T. A. Mayadunne;Ezio Rizzardo;John Chiefari;Yen Kwong Chong

  • RAFT Agent Design and Synthesis

    Daniel J. Keddie;Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Thiocarbonylthio Compounds (SC(Z)S−R) in Free Radical Polymerization with Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT Polymerization). Effect of the Activating Group Z

    John Chiefari;Roshan T. A. Mayadunne;Catherine L. Moad;Graeme Moad

  • Living Polymers by the Use of Trithiocarbonates as Reversible Addition−Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Agents: ABA Triblock Copolymers by Radical Polymerization in Two Steps

    Roshan T. A. Mayadunne;Ezio Rizzardo;John Chiefari;Julia Krstina

  • A New Double-Responsive Block Copolymer Synthesized via RAFT Polymerization: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-poly(acrylic acid)

    Christine M. Schilli;Mingfu Zhang;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • A novel synthesis of functional dithioesters, dithiocarbamates, xanthates and trithiocarbonates

    San H. Thang;Y.K. Chong;Roshan T.A. Mayadunne;Graeme Moad

  • Molecular weight characterization of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) prepared by living free-radical polymerization

    François Ganachaud;Michael J. Monteiro;Robert G. Gilbert;Marie Anne Dourges

  • Mechanism and kinetics of RAFT-based living radical polymerizations of styrene and methyl methacrylate

    Atsushi Goto;Koichi Sato;Yoshinobu Tsujii;Takeshi Fukuda

  • RAFT polymerization and some of its applications.

    Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Living free radical polymerization with reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT polymerization): Approaches to star polymers

    Roshan T. A. Mayadunne;Justine Jeffery;Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo

  • End-functional polymers, thiocarbonylthio group removal/transformation and reversible addition–fragmentation–chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization

    Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H Thang

  • Thiocarbonylthio End Group Removal from RAFT-Synthesized Polymers by Radical-Induced Reduction

    Yen K. Chong;Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo;San H. Thang

  • Alkoxyamine-Initiated Living Radical Polymerization: Factors Affecting Alkoxyamine Homolysis Rates

    Graeme Moad;Ezio Rizzardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme Moad
Graeme Moad Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
San H. Thang
San H. Thang Monash University
David H. Solomon
David H. Solomon University of Melbourne
Almar Postma
Almar Postma Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard A. Evans
Richard A. Evans Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Thomas P. Davis
Thomas P. Davis University of Queensland
Kenneth P. Ghiggino
Kenneth P. Ghiggino University of Melbourne
Derek H. R. Barton
Derek H. R. Barton Texas A&M University
Martina H. Stenzel
Martina H. Stenzel University of New South Wales
Robert G. Gilbert
Robert G. Gilbert University of Queensland

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