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Facile fabrication of a hybrid polymer electrolyte via initiator-free thiol–ene photopolymerization for high-performance all-solid-state lithium metal batteries

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2732-2739
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00203H, Paper
Cai Zuo, Binghua Zhou, Ye Hyang Jo, Sibo Li, Gong Chen, Shaoqiao Li, Wen Luo, Dan He, Xingping Zhou, Zhigang Xue
The article reports the facile fabrication of a solid polymer electrolyte via initiator-free thiol–ene photopolymerization for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.
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A covalently crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel using enzymatic oxidation and chemoenzymatically synthesized copolypeptide crosslinkers consisting of a GPG tripeptide motif and tyrosine: control of gelation and resilience

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00187B, Paper
Hiromitsu Sogawa, Takuya Katashima, Keiji Numata
A covalently crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel was successfully formed via an enzymatic crosslinking reaction using copolypeptides, which consist of a glycine–proline–glycine tripeptide motif and tyrosine, as linker molecules.
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Injectable dual cross-linked adhesive hyaluronic acid multifunctional hydrogel scaffolds for potential applications in cartilage repair

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00371A, Paper
Chenxi Yu, Huichang Gao, Qingtao Li, Xiaodong Cao
A double crosslinked hydrogels was designed and prepared by combining the Diels–Alder click reaction and possessed good mechanical strength, injectability and adhesion.
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Photo-controlled RAFT polymerization mediated by organic/inorganic hybrid photoredox catalysts: enhanced catalytic efficiency

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00171F, Paper
Wulong Wang, Sheng Zhong, Guicheng Wang, Hongliang Cao, Yun Gao, Weian Zhang
Photo-controlled RAFT polymerization mediated by an organic/inorganic hybrid photoredox catalyst (ZnTPP–POSS) was performed and showed enhanced catalytic efficiency compared with the ZnTPP photocatalyst.
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Using the dynamic behavior of macrocyclic monomers with a bis(hindered amino)disulfide linker for the preparation of end-functionalized polymers

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00366B, Paper
Hirogi Yokochi, Rikito Takashima, Daisuke Aoki, Hideyuki Otsuka
End-functionalized polymers were synthesized by simply heating a mixture of a macrocyclic compound with one bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)disulfide (BiTEMPS) moiety and bifunctional acyclic BiTEMPS compounds as sources of repeat units and terminal groups, respectively.
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Rapid metal-free synthesis of pyridyl-functionalized conjugated microporous polymers for visible-light-driven water splitting

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00249F, Communication
Zhonghua Cheng, Lei Wang, Yan He, Xingjia Chen, Xiaojun Wu, Hangxun Xu, Yaozu Liao, Meifang Zhu
A rapid metal-free synthetic approach was applied to synthesize pyridyl-functionalized conjugated microporous polymers (PCMPs) via an aminative cyclization between aryl aldehydes and ketones without any metal catalysts.
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Preparation of aryl polysulfonates via a highly efficient SuFEx click reaction, their controllable degradation and functionalized behavior

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00435A, Communication
Zhenlei Cao, Feng Zhou, Pei-Yang Gu, Dongyun Chen, Jinghui He, John R. Cappiello, Peng Wu, Qingfeng Xu, Jianmei Lu
Polysulfonates obtained from SuFEx click reaction can be degraded using DBU. The degradation process was further utilized to prepare functional polymers.
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Enhanced thermomechanical property of a self-healing polymer via self-assembly of a reversibly cross-linkable block copolymer

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00310G, Paper
Hyang Moo Lee, Suguna Perumal, Gi Young Kim, Jin Chul Kim, Young-Ryul Kim, Minsoo P. Kim, Hyunhyup Ko, Yecheol Rho, In Woo Cheong
Introduction of a self-healable block copolymer increases the mechanical property whilst maintaining self-healing efficiency.
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Smart functionalized phosphonic acid based copolymers: new structures for old purposes

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00337A, Paper
Xavier Solimando, Yohann Catel, Norbert Moszner, Jean-Jacques Robin, Sophie Monge
Innovative well-defined acidic photopolymerizable phosphorus-based copolymers were prepared and tested in well-known dental applications to improve the adhesion of dental self-etch adhesives (SEAs).
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A general method to greatly enhance ultrasound-responsiveness for common polymeric assemblies

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00254B, Paper
Jinkang Dou, Ruiqi Yang, Kun Du, Li Jiang, Xiayun Huang, Daoyong Chen
Ultrasound-controlled drug release is a very promising technique for controlled drug delivery due to the unique advantages of ultrasound as the stimulus.
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Hydrogen-bonded supramolecular micelle-mediated drug delivery enhances the efficacy and safety of cancer chemotherapy

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2791-2798
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00082E, Paper
Chih-Chia Cheng, Ya-Ting Sun, Ai-Wei Lee, Shan-You Huang, Wen-Lu Fan, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Chih-Wei Chiu, Juin-Yih Lai
Multiple hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers tend to form stable spherical micelles with oppositely charged anticancer drugs in biological environments, which improves cellular drug uptake and more effectively induces apoptosis in cancer cells.
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Mussel-inspired coordination functional polymer brushes-decorated rGO-stabilized silver nanoparticles composite for antibacterial application

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2822-2830
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00180E, Paper
Shengnan Zhou, Haixun Ji, Linjing Liu, Sijia Feng, Yuqin Fu, Yu Yang, Changli Lü
A catechol-terminated coordination functional polymer-modified rGO supported AgNPs composite was fabricated. Grafted polymer brushes improve the material's hydrophilicity and dispersion stability of AgNPs on rGO, enhancing antibacterial activity.
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Vesicular assemblies of thermoresponsive amphiphilic polypeptide copolymers for guest encapsulation and release

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2889-2903
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00135J, Paper
Mahammad Anas, Somdeb Jana, Tarun K. Mandal
Thermoresponsive amphiphilic polypeptide copolymers are synthesized via different polymerization techniques for their self-assembly into vesicular aggregates for guest encapsulation and release.
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Synthesis of a side-chain hole transporting polymer through Mitsunobu post-functionalization for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2883-2888
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00134A, Paper
Liuyuan Lan, Xiang Deng, Jie Zhang, Jingdong Luo, Alex K.-Y. Jen
Mitsunobu post-functionalization was utilized to construct a new efficient dopant-free side-chain hole transporting polymer for inverted perovskite solar cells, exhibiting a power conversion efficiency of 17.75% and a high fill factor over 81%.
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Synthesis of biscarboxylic acid functionalised EDTA mimicking polymers and their ability to form Zr(IV) chelation mediated nanostructures

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2799-2810
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00304B, Paper
Meike N. Leiske, Julia A. Walker, Aadarash Zia, Nicholas L. Fletcher, Kristofer J. Thurecht, Thomas P. Davis, Kristian Kempe
We present a new biscarboxylic acid acrylate, which is used for the synthesis of double hydrophilic EDTA-mimicking block copolymers capable of self-assembly upon zirconium complexation.
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A high performance phenyl-free LED photoinitiator for cationic or hybrid photopolymerization and its application in LED cationic 3D printing

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2855-2863
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00142B, Paper
Liqun Tang, Jun Nie, Xiaoqun Zhu
In this work, a high performance LED photoinitiator, 1,3-bis(1-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)prop-2-en-1-one (BMO), without a benzene ring was synthesized through a one-step aldehyde–ketone condensation reaction.
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Thermally triggerable, anchoring block copolymers for use in aqueous inkjet printing

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2869-2882
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00244E, Paper
George E. Parkes, Helena J. Hutchins-Crawford, Claire Bourdin, Stuart Reynolds, Laura J. Leslie, Matthew J. Derry, Josephine L. Harries, Paul D. Topham
Towards the goal of shifting from toxic organic solvents to aqueous-based formulations in commercial inkjet printing, a series of well-defined amphiphilic block copolymers have been synthesized via RAFT polymerization.
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Influence of surface charge on the formulation of elongated PEG-b-PDLLA nanoparticles

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2775-2780
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00280A, Communication
Open Access
Roxane Ridolfo, David S. Williams, Jan C. M. van Hest
Amphiphilic PEG-PDLLA copolymers undergo assembly into polymersomes and can be transformed into tubular shapes using dialysis. By fine-tuning the shape change conditions also amine- and carboxylic acid modified polymersomes can now be effectively turned into tubes.
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Correction: A facile PEG/thiol-functionalized nanographene oxide carrier with an appropriate glutathione-responsive switch

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2923-2923
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY90048F, Correction
Open Access
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Bingjie Hao, Wei Li, Sen Zhang, Ying Zhu, Yongjun Li, Aishun Ding, Xiaoyu Huang
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Incorporating trifunctional 1,6-heptadiyne moiety into polyacetylene ionomer for improving its physical and conductive properties

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00109K, Paper
Hongfei Li, Hengchen Zhang, Xiaojuan Liao, Ruyi Sun, Meiran Xie
A trifunctional diyne comonomer can regulate the structure and optimize the physical state of polyacetylene ionomers, which exhibit a high ionic conductivity of 2.6 × 10−5–1.0 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 30 °C.
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Amide transformation as an efficient postpolymerization modification approach for the synthesis of functional polyacetylenes

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00398K, Paper
Juntao Ren, Heng Liu, Xuequan Zhang, Yanming Hu, Guangyuan Zhou, Toshio Masuda
Modification of a precursor polyacetylene with various amines and alcohols through amide transformation gives access to a series of functional polymers showing nonlinear optical, luminescence, enhanced surface energy, and redox active properties.
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Tacticity dependence of single chain polymer folding

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00133C, Paper
Open Access
Denis Danilov, Elaheh Sedghamiz, Heike Fliegl, Hendrik Frisch, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Wolfgang Wenzel
Precision polymerization techniques offer the exciting opportunity to manufacture single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) with intramolecular crosslinks placed in specific positions along the polymer chain.
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Polymersome formation induced by encapsulation of water-insoluble molecules within ABC triblock terpolymers

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00426J, Paper
Rintaro Takahashi, Shotaro Miwa, Carsten Rössel, Shota Fujii, Ji Ha Lee, Felix H. Schacher, Kazuo Sakurai
We found a morphological transition from spherical micelles to polymersomes induced by encapsulation of hydrophobic guest molecules.
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Multi-photon polymerization of bio-inspired, thymol-functionalized hybrid materials with biocompatible and antimicrobial activity

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00281J, Communication
Open Access
Kostas Parkatzidis, Maria Chatzinikolaidou, Eleftherios Koufakis, Maria Kaliva, Maria Farsari, Maria Vamvakaki
Thymyl-methacrylate functionalized, hybrid 3D scaffolds, fabricated by multi-photon lithography, exhibit excellent biocompatibility and antimicrobial action for bone and dental tissue engineering.
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Epoxy-functional diblock copolymer spheres, worms and vesicles via polymerization-induced self-assembly in mineral oil

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00380H, Paper
Philip J. Docherty, Chloé Girou, Matthew J. Derry, Steven P. Armes
Epoxy-functional poly(stearyl methacrylate)-poly(glycidyl methacrylate) spheres, worms or vesicles can be prepared by RAFT dispersion polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate in mineral oil at 70 °C.
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Optimizing the Thermoelectric Performance of Conjugated Polymer Backbones via Incorporating Tailored Platinum (II) Acetylides

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00464B, Paper
Chunfa Liu, Xiaojun Yin, Jianwen Liu, Chunmei Gao, Lei Wang
Efforts to improve the electrical conductivity (σ) of the organic semiconductors propose the critical challenge for high performance organic thermoelectric (TE) devices. Herein, five new conjugated polymers incorporated with different...
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Effects of tacticity and chiral center-to-dipole distance on mesogen-free liquid crystalline self-assembly of sulfonyl-containing comb-like polymers

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3018-3031
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00199F, Paper
Caleb A. Bohannon, Man-Hin Kwok, Ruipeng Li, Lei Zhu, Bin Zhao
Mesogen-free comb-like polyethers bearing strongly interacting mono- and di-sulfonylated side chains exhibit well-defined liquid crystalline self-assembly.
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Metal-free polycycloaddition of aldehyde-activated internal diynes and diazides toward post-functionalizable poly(formyl-1,2,3-triazole)s

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3075-3083
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00193G, Paper
Baixue Li, Anjun Qin, Ben Zhong Tang
A metal-free polycycloaddition of aldehyde-activated internal diynes and diazides was successfully established and post-functionalizable poly(formyl-1,2,3-triazole)s were readily produced.
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Gold nanoparticles standing on PEG/PAMAM/thiol-functionalized nanographene oxide as aqueous catalysts

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00471E, Paper
Bingjie Hao, Guolin Lu, Sen Zhang, Yongjun Li, Aishun Ding, Xiaoyu Huang
Gold nanoparticles were aptly in situ grown on PEG/PAMAM/thiol-functionalized nanographene oxide platforms for aqueous catalysis.
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Polymerization-induced self-assembly for the fabrication of polymeric nano-objects with enhanced structural stability by cross-linking

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00368A, Review Article
Wen-Jian Zhang, Jamshid Kadirkhanov, Chang-Hui Wang, Sheng-Gang Ding, Chun-Yan Hong, Fei Wang, Ye-Zi You
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has been established as a robust strategy to synthesize block copolymer nano-objects with varying morphologies, size, and surface chemistry, which greatly enlarges the library of functional nano-objects...
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Light and Latex: Advances in the photochemistry of polymer colloids

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00349B, Review Article
Philip Scott, Christopher Kasprzak, Keyton Feller, Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Christopher Williams, Timothy Long
Unparalleled temporal and spatial control of colloidal chemical processes introduces immense potential for the manufacturing, modification, and manipulation of latex particles. This review highlights major advances in photochemistry, both as...
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Morphological Evolution and Mechanical Properties of "Anchor Chain" Nanodomain Structure of Reactive Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymer in Epoxy Resin

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00365D, Paper
Quan Zhou, Qi Liu, Yueru Yu, Yuxiao Zhuang, Yizhe Lv, Hanliang Xiao, Ning Song, Lizhong Ni
A novel epoxy-reactive amphiphilic poly(3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl methyl methacrylate)-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane)-block-poly(3,4-epoxy cyclohexylmethyl methacrylate) (PMETHB-b-PDMS-b-PMETHB) triblock polymer was synthesized via atomic transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with a controlled molecular chain length and low dispersion,...
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A Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Click Chemistry Approach towards Multifunctional Two-Way Shape-Memory Actuators

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00217H, Paper
Zhong-Cheng Liu, Bo Zuo, Hai-Feng Lu, Meng Wang, Shuai Huang, Xu-Man Chen, Baoping Lin, Hong Yang
Nowadays, two-way shape memory polymeric materials with reversible shape-morphing capability, exhibit extraordinary application prospects in robotic, biomedical and intelligent material technologies, and have attracted extensive scientific attention. However, exploration of...
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Influence of the polymer matrix on the viscoelastic behaviour of vitrimers

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00114G, Paper
Yann Spiesschaert, Christian Taplan, Lucas Stricker, Marc Guerre, Johan M. Winne, Filip Du Prez
Vitrimer materials are a rapidly growing field of research, in which still many fundamental aspects of material design remain to be explored. In this study, we report a systematic study...
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Diphenyl Functional Porphyrins and Their Metal Complexes as Visible-Light Photoinitiators for Free-Radical, Cationic and Thiol-Ene Polymerizations

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00468E, Paper
Davy-Louis Versace, Yusuf Yagci, Agata Blacha-Grzechnik, Nicolas Bogliotti, V. Brezova, Jean-Pierre Malval, Marc Presset, Hugo Marcille
This investigation demonstrates the excellent photoinitiating properties of novel visible-light absorbing diphenylporphyrins (DPPs) for the free-radical (FRP), cationic (CP) and thiol-ene polymerizations under visible LEDs irradiation (405 and 530 nm)...
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Alkene-Azide Chemistry: A Facile, One-Step, Solvent- and Catalyst-Free Approach for Developing New Functional Monomers and Polymers

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00346H, Paper
Santimukul Santra, Ren Bean, Blaze Heckert, Zachary Shaw, Vedant Jain, Lok Shrestha, Raghunath Narayanam, Quentin Austin
In this study, a one-step Hüisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, alkene-azide chemistry, was explored using a solvent and catalyst free method forming 1,2,3-triazoline ring-containing molecules. This facile method was utilized by...
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