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Synthesis of star-shaped polyzwitterions with adjustable UCST and fast responsiveness by a facile RAFT polymerization

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00318B, Paper
Zhi Li, Hao Li, Zhonghe Sun, Botao Hao, Tung-Chun Lee, Anchao Feng, Liqun Zhang, San H. Thang
We describe crosslinking of polyzwitterions for the formation of novel star-shaped polymers with low polydispersities and dual-responsiveness using RAFT polymerization.
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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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Highly elastic, strong, and reprocessable cross-linked polyolefin elastomers enabled by boronic ester bonds

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00235F, Paper
Fei Yang, Li Pan, Zhe Ma, Yahui Lou, Yuanyuan Li, Yuesheng Li
Despite the development of new catalysts and synthetic strategies to prepare polyolefin elastomers (POEs), less progress has been made in balancing their elastomeric properties with processability and resistance to heat and solvents.
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Poly(alanine-nylon-alanine) as a bioplastic: chemoenzymatic synthesis, thermal properties and biological degradation effects

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00137F, Paper
Open Access
Prashant G. Gudeangadi, Kei Uchida, Ayaka Tateishi, Kayo Terada, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Kousuke Tsuchiya, Hitoshi Miyakawa, Keiji Numata
Poly(amino acids) such as polypeptides and proteins are attractive biomass-based polymers that potentially contribute to circular economy for plastic.
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Self-crosslinking smart hydrogels through direct complexation between benzoxaborole derivatives and diols from hyaluronic acid

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00308E, Paper
Tamiris Figueiredo, Yu Ogawa, Jing Jing, Vanina Cosenza, Isabelle Jeacomine, Johan D. M. Olsson, Thibaud Gerfaud, Jean-Guy Boiteau, Craig Harris, Rachel Auzély-Velty
By tailoring the structure of benzoxaborole (BOR), self-crosslinking hydrogels based on hyaluronic acid (HA) modified with BOR derivatives are obtained for the first time through the direct BOR-HA diol complexation at physiological pH.
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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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Poly(hydroxy acids) derived from the self-condensation of hydroxy acids: from polymerization to end-of-life options

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00088D, Review Article
Elena Gabirondo, Ainara Sangroniz, Agustin Etxeberria, Sergio Torres-Giner, Haritz Sardon
Poly(hydroxy acids) derived from the self-condensation of hydroxy acid are biodegradable and can be fully recycled in a Circular Economy approach.
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Miniemulsion polymerization of styrene using carboxylated graphene quantum dots as surfactant

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00404A, Paper
Le N. M. Dinh, Lakshmi N. Ramana, Vipul Agarwal, Per B. Zetterlund
Carboxylated graphene quantum dots (cGQDs) were synthesized from dextrose and sulfuric acid via a hydrothermal process, and subsequently used as sole surfactant in miniemulsion polymerization of styrene.
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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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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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Pillar[5]arene-based self-assembled linear supramolecular polymer driven by guest halogen–halogen interactions in solid and solution states

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00327A, Paper
Talal F. Al-Azemi, Mickey Vinodh
A pillar[5]arene-based linear supramolecular polymer mediated by guest halogen–halogen interactions (C–Br⋯Br–C) was studied in both the solution and solid states.
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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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Simple improvements to Gilch synthesis and molecular weight modulation of MEH-PPV

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2831-2837
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00072H, Paper
Riley O'shea, Wallace W. H. Wong
The solvent and temperature used in the Gilch synthesis of poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) were varied to achieve an improved set of reaction conditions.
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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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Self-supported rhodium catalysts based on a microporous metal–organic framework for polymerization of phenylacetylene and its derivatives

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2904-2913
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00170H, Paper
Li Zhang, Qingbin Cao, Fei Gao, Yuping Dong, Xiaofang Li
Highly efficient, cis-selective, stable, recyclable and reusable heterogeneous single-site MOF-supported rhodium catalysts polymerize PA and its derivatives, producing cis-transoidal PPAs and their functional derivatives having a helical configuration or AIE properties.
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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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Well-controlled polymerization of tri-vinyl dynamic covalent boroxine monomer: one dynamic covalent boroxine moiety toward a tunable penta-responsive polymer

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2914-2922
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00401D, Paper
Shun-Shun Li, Xin-Hu Lv, Xiao-Li Sun, Wen-Ming Wan, Hongli Bao
Attributed to dynamic characteristics of dynamic covalent boroxine, well-controlled polymerization of tri-vinyl monomer and molecular design of penta-responsive polymer with only one functional moiety are achieved.
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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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Tuning polymer properties of non-covalent crosslinked PDMS by varying supramolecular interaction strength

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2847-2854
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00139B, Paper
Open Access
Brigitte A. G. Lamers, Marcin L. Ślęczkowski, Fabian Wouters, Tom A. P. Engels, E. W. Meijer, Anja R. A. Palmans
Linear polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is crosslinked by supramolecular grafts to obtain materials with strikingly different mechanical properties by tuning the strength of the non-covalent interactions.
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Mechanical activation of polymers containing two adjacent mechanophores

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2864-2868
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00279H, Paper
Richard Stevenson, Min Zhang, Guillaume De Bo
Polymers containing two adjacent mechanophores cleave at the same as a single-mechanophore chains.
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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
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Bingjie Hao, Wei Li, Sen Zhang, Ying Zhu, Yongjun Li, Aishun Ding, Xiaoyu Huang
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Biosignal-responsive polymer nanorods that specifically recognize hydrogen polysulfide (H2Sn) from reactive sulfur species

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2781-2785
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00360C, Communication
Xi Liu, Wei Sang, Kunbing Ouyang, Qiang Yan
We report a new block copolymer bearing p-fluoronitrobenzoate (FNB) pendants that is capable of responding to the H2Sn biosignal in an extraordinarily selective and sensitive manner.
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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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Alternating ring-opening copolymerization of epoxides with saturated and unsaturated cyclic anhydrides: reduced viscosity poly(propylene fumarate) oligomers for use in cDLP 3D printing

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00453G, Paper
Yongjun Shin, Matthew L. Becker
A ring-opening copolymerization of propylene oxide with saturated and unsaturated anhydrides using Mg(BHT)2(THF)2 catalyst followed by an isomerization yields poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) oligomers with improved properties for 3D printing.
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Sequential and alternating RAFT single unit monomer insertion: model trimers as the guide for discrete oligomer synthesis

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00390E, Paper
Ruizhe Liu, Lei Zhang, Zixuan Huang, Jiangtao Xu
A complete set of model trimers and their synthetic kinetics are established to guide the synthesis of diverse sequence-defined polymers.
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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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Comprehensive theoretical and experimental study of near infrared absorbing copolymers based on dithienosilole

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00330A, Paper
Katarzyna Brymora, Wissem Khelifi, Sylvie Blanc, Lionel Hirsch, Antoine Bousquet, Christine Lartigau-Dagron, Frederic Castet
In recent contributions [Eur. Polym. J. 2013, 49, 4176; Macromolecules 2019, 52, 13, 4820], we reported a series of low band gap copolymers with the objective of shifting the absorption...
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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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Fluorescent chemosensors based on conjugated polymers with N-heterocyclic moieties: two decades of progress

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00336K, Review Article
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Taisheng Wang, Na Zhang, Wei Bai, Yinyin Bao
A brief summary of representative fluorescent chemosensors based on conjugated polymers with N-heterocyclic moieties, followed by a discussion on the limitations and challenges of current systems, as well as possible future research directions.
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Room Temperature Synthesis of Block Copolymer Nano-Objects with Different Morphologies via Ultrasound Initiated RAFT Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (Sono-RAFT-PISA)

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00461H, Paper
Jing Wan, Bo Fan, Yiyi Liu, Tina Hsia, Kaiyuan Qin, Tanja Junkers, Boon M. Teo, San Thang
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA), which allows scalable synthesis of nano-objects, has drawn significant research attention in the past decade. However, the initiation methods in most of the current reported PISA are...
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Dibenzothiophene-S,S-Dioxide-Bispyridinium-Fluorene-Based Polyelectrolytes for Cathode Buffer Layers of Polymer Solar Cells

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00416B, Paper
Guiting Chen, Dan Cheng, Wenyan Zou, Ziyan Cai, Yufeng Xie, Yaqi Chen, Baitian He, Hong-Qing Hao, Wei Yang, Yong Cao
Herein, a novel electron-deficient conjugated water/alcohol-soluble polyelectrolyte (WSPE) named as PFSOPyCl-E, consisting of dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide, bispyridinium salts and fluorene with ethylene oxide side chains, was presented. Previously we have synthesized another...
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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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Synthesis of conjugated polymers via cyclopentannulation reaction: promising materials for iodine adsorption

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3066-3074
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00286K, Paper
Open Access
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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