The polymerizations of vinyl monomers in the presence of amine including benzoyl peroxide-tertiary aromatic amine

organic peroxide-amine and persulfate salt-aliphatic amine redox initiation system as well as the photo-induced charge transfer polymerization of vinyl monomer as electron acceptor using amine as electron donor were reviewed.Living radical polymerization and some new initiation systems for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) developed in our lab

including the C-C type compound as initiator in conjunction with Fe(Ⅲ)

Cu(Ⅱ) catalyst in reverse ATRP;the pseudo-halo transfer in normal ATRP using Cu(S

2

CNEt

2

) as catalyst or in reverse ATRP using Cu(S

2

CNEt

2

)Cl as catalyst;the in situ ATRP using S-S type compound tetraethylthiuram disulfide (TD) as initiator and FeCl

3

or CuBr

2

as catalyst were briefly summarized.