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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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Hierarchical self-assembled nanostructures of lactone-derived thiobarbiturate homopolymers for stimuli-responsive delivery applications

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00367K, Paper
Piyali Mandal, Diptendu Patra, Raja Shunmugam
Hierarchical self-assembled nanostructures of lactone-derived thiobarbiturate homopolymers for stimuli-responsive delivery applications are shown.
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Tacticity dependence of single chain polymer folding

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00133C, Paper
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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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Self-assembly of strawberry-like organic–inorganic hybrid particle clusters with directionally distributed bimetal and facile transformation of the core and corona

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00237B, Paper
Shuxing Mei, Mingwang Pan, Juan Wang, Xiaopeng Zhang, Shaofeng Song, Chao Li, Gang Liu
Controllable structure of organic–inorganic hybrid particle clusters were successfully fabricated by self-assembly which derived from the strong interaction between carboxyl groups of the organic particles and amino groups of the inorganic particles.
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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
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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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Correction: Flow-facilitated ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and post-polymerization modification reactions

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY90065F, Correction
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Selesha I. Subnaik, Christopher E. Hobbs
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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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Photo-induced copper mediated copolymerization of activated-ester methacrylate polymers and their use as reactive precursors to prepare multi-dentate ligands for the water transfer of inorganic nanoparticles

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2969-2985
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00212G, Paper
Binh T. Mai, Markus J. Barthel, Aidin Lak, Tommaso Avellini, Ana Maria Panaite, Emille M. Rodrigues, Luca Goldoni, Teresa Pellegrino
Polymers bearing activated ester groups are synthesized using photo-ATRP and used as precursors for direct synthesis of multi-phosphonic acid functionalized ligands which are able to transfer different nanoparticles with distinct cores into water.
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Viscoelastic and thermoreversible networks crosslinked by non-covalent interactions between “clickable” nucleic acid oligomers and DNA

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2959-2968
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00165A, Paper
Alex J. Anderson, Heidi R. Culver, Stephanie J. Bryant, Christopher N. Bowman
An approach to efficient and scalable production of oligonucleotide-based gel networks is presented.
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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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Development and disassembly of single and multiple acid-cleavable block copolymer nanoassemblies for drug delivery

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2934-2954
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00234H, Review Article
Arman Moini Jazani, Jung Kwon Oh
Acid-degradable block copolymer-based nanoassemblies are promising intracellular candidates for tumor-targeting drug delivery as they exhibit the enhanced release of encapsulated drugs through their dissociation.
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Synthesis of well-defined heteroglycopolymers via combining sequential click reactions and PPM: the effects of linker and heterogeneity on Con A binding

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3054-3065
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00302F, Paper
Meina Liu, Xingyou Wang, Dengyun Miao, Caiyun Wang, Wei Deng
A versatile post- polymerization modification strategy to synthesize well-defined glycopolymers via the combination of RAFT polymerization and sequential CuAAC and thiol–ene click reactions was developed.
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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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Metallopolymer-block-oligosaccharide for sub-10 nm microphase separation

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2995-3002
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00271B, Paper
Satoshi Katsuhara, Hiroaki Mamiya, Takuya Yamamoto, Kenji Tajima, Takuya Isono, Toshifumi Satoh
The novel high-χ BCPs comprising poly(vinyl ferrocene) and oligosaccharides formed hexagonal cylinder morphology with d values of ∼8 nm. Lamellar morphology with d values of ∼9 nm was also realized by mixing these polymers and glucose.
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Synthesis of conjugated polymers via cyclopentannulation reaction: promising materials for iodine adsorption

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3066-3074
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00286K, Paper
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Noorullah Baig, Suchetha Shetty, Saleh Al-Mousawi, Bassam Alameddine
A new class of conjugated polymers is prepared by means of a versatile palladium-catalyzed cyclopentannulation reaction using a series of specially designed diethynyl aryl synthons with the commercially available 9,10-dibromoanthracene DBA monomer.
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Double-click synthesis of polysiloxane third-order nonlinear optical polymers with donor–acceptor chromophores

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3046-3053
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01771B, Paper
Zhitao Li, Dong Wang, Daniele Ramella, Hong Gao, Hui Cao, Yuzhen Zhao, Zongcheng Miao, Zhou Yang, Wanli He
A series of third-order nonlinear polysiloxane polymer materials were prepared by thiol–ene click polymerization and [2 + 2] click chemistry. All the polymers exhibit good electron transfer capabilities and nonlinear optical properties.
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Two-stage thiol-based click reactions for the preparation and adhesion of hydrogels

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2986-2994
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01503E, Paper
Wen Jing Yang, Wenya Xu, Xi Tao, Wen Wang, Yaqin Hu, Xue Li, En-Tang Kang, Lianhui Wang
Two-stage thiol-based click reactions have been employed as a facile strategy for hydrogel preparation and self-adhesion.
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Post-polymerization modification of polymethacrylates enabled by keto–enol tautomerization

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2955-2958
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00383B, Communication
Charles P. Easterling, Guilhem Coste, Jose E. Sanchez, Gail E. Fanucci, Brent S. Sumerlin
We report a post-polymerization modification strategy to functionalize methacrylic copolymers through enol-ester transesterification.
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Construction of polyphosphoesters with the main chain of rigid backbones and stereostructures via organocatalyzed ring-opening polymerization

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00262C, Paper
Yu-Jia Zheng, Guan-Wen Yang, Bo Li, Guang-Peng Wu
A highly stereoregular polyphosphoester with a rigid cyclohexylene structure in the main chain was constructed via ring-opening polymerization (ROP) in the presence of an organic catalyst system.
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Effect of the side, ethylene glycol and hydroxyl groups on the polymerization kinetics of oligo(ethylene glycol methacrylates). An experimental and modeling investigation

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00498G, Paper
Mohammad Siddiqui, Dimitris Achilias, Halim Hamid Redhwi
Polymers based on methacrylates bearing short oligo(ethylene glycol) side parts constitute a modern class of stimuli-responsive, biocompatible materials exhibiting several important biological applications. A study of their polymerization kinetics considering...
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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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Controlling the crystal structure of precisely spaced polyethylene-like polyphosphoesters

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00272K, Paper
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Tobias Haider, Oksana Suraeva, Miriam Leslie O'Duill, Julian Mars, Markus Mezger, Ingo Lieberwirth, Frederik R Wurm
Understanding polymer crystallization is important for polyethylene-like materials. A small fraction of monomers with functional groups within the polyethylene chain can act as crystallization “defects”. Such defects can be used...
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Organocatalyzed ring opening polymerization of regio-isomeric lactones: reactivity and thermodynamics considerations

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01777A, Paper
Marie A. F. Delgove, Ola Wróblewska, Jules Stouten, Christian A. M. R. van Slagmaat, Jurrie Noordijk, Stefaan de Wildeman, Katrien V. Bernaerts
Organocatalysts are increasingly gaining attention for the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of lactones due to numerous advantages. In this work, the goal is to expand the scope of catalysts for...
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Online Tracing of Molecular Weight Evolution during Radical Polymerization via high-resolution FlowNMR spectroscopy

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00475H, Communication
Jeroen Hendrik Vrijsen, Isabel Anna Thomlinson, Martin Levere, Catherine L Lyall, Matthew G Davidson, Ulrich Hintermair, Tanja Junkers
High-resolution FlowNMR was coupled to a continuous flow reactor to monitor polymer molecular weight evolution online by diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy. Polymers were synthesized by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer...
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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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Precise Tracking and Modulating Aggregation Structures of Conjugated Copolymers in Solutions

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00456A, Paper
Zi-Yuan Wang, Ze-Fan Yao, Yang Lu, Li Ding, Zi-Di Yu, Hao-Yang You, Xin-Yi Wang, Yang-Yang Zhou, Lin Zou, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei
The effects of the backbone shape of the conjugated polymers on the aggregation features in solutions, and further on the morphology in solid states are rarely reported. Herein, four copolymers,...
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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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The Tourist Places of the World


 

Formerly a largely Western practice, leisure travel is today the most dynamic industry in the world in terms of growth. Developments in transport and communication systems mean tourism is now an integral part of our understanding of the world, and involved in the exponential increase of links between societies and different cultures.

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