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Rapid production of block copolymer nano-objects via continuous-flow ultrafast RAFT dispersion polymerisation

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00276C, Paper
Open Access
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Sam Parkinson, Stephen T. Knox, Richard A. Bourne, Nicholas J. Warren
Continuous-flow reactors are exploited for conducting ultrafast RAFT dispersion polymerisation for the preparation of diblock copolymer nanoparticles.
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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
Open Access
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Selesha I. Subnaik, Christopher E. Hobbs
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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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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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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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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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Synthesis, thermoresponsivity and multi-tunable hierarchical self-assembly of multi-responsive (AB)mC miktobrush-coil terpolymers

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3003-3017
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00245C, Paper
Xiaomin Zhu, Jian Zhang, Cheng Miao, Siyu Li, Youliang Zhao
Stimuli-responsive miktobrush-coil terpolymers can exhibit unique physical properties and hierarchical self-assembly behaviors dependent on composition, concentration and external stimuli.
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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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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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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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Alicyclic Polyesters from a Bicyclic 1,3-Dioxane-4-one

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00448K, Paper
Yuechao Xu, Theona Șucu, Mitchell Perry, Michael Patrick Shaver
Alicyclic polymers with in-chain aliphatic rings promote improved thermal and optical performance due to backbone rigidity but remain limited in their functional diversity. In this paper we report the first...
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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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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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Ring-opening copolymerization of cyclic epoxide and anhydride using a five-coordinate chromium complex with a sterically demanding amino triphenolate ligand

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00155D, Paper
Ho Kyun Ryu, Dae Young Bae, Hyeongi Lim, Eunsung Lee, Kyung-sun Son
An alternating ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides (cyclohexene oxide, limonene oxide) and anhydrides (phthalic anhydride, naphthalic anhydride and maleic anhydride) was performed using a chromium complex containing a sterically demanding...
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Highly conductive mechanically robust high Mw polyfluorene anion exchange membrane for alkaline fuel cell and water electrolysis application

Polym. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00334D, Paper
Shoji Miyanishi, Takeo Yamaguchi
New, high molecular weight poly-(fluorene-alt-tetrafluorophenylene) anion exchange membranes were synthesized by a Pd-catalyzed C–H activation method. The synthesized membranes exhibited high OH− conductivity over 100 mS/cm, and membrane swelling could...
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Instant Pot Cookbook For Dummies


 

Over 100 Quick and Easy Recipes  

Wondering how get the most out of your Instant Pot or your favorite multi-cooker? This one-of a kind guide will walk you through what you need to know to start cooking with your Instant Pot today. It covers what you can cook to setting functions to keeping your pot looking (and smelling!) like new, plus what will happen step-by-step through the cooking process. You will also get over 100 tasty, family-friendly recipes



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ProSystem fx Practice Management

Join us for a free online demonstration of ProSystem fx Practice Management.

ProSystem fx Practice Management goes beyond meeting your firms basic needs, offering you a full-featured software program designed to manage every aspect of your business. You will be introduced to this exciting practice management system in an interactive, 1 hour web-based presentation that shows you how to take advantage of the programs many modules. Using the latest .Net technology, this powerful program includes:

  • Time and expense entry
  • Billing and AR
  • Standard reporting and custom report capabilities
  • Contact management that gives your marketing a boost with the ability to generate mass emails, labels, and letters

    ProSystem fx Practice Management's flexibility and customization capabilities make the program an excellent choice for any size accounting firm.

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    December 11, 2014 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST
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    Income Splitting: Opportunities and Pitfalls

    In this webinar, the tax lawyers of Minden Gross LLP will provide a practical overview of income splitting strategies available today. This webinar will review in detail the various attribution rules devised to thwart income planning, and guide participants to strategies still available for safe and effective income splitting.

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    May 12, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST




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    Démonstration CCH Scan

    La démonstration de CCH Scan vous permettra de réaliser comment celui-ci peut être bénéfique pour votre cabinet.

    Voici quelques avantages d'avoir CCH Scan. Il vous permettra :

    • d'accroître l'efficacité de votre processus de préparation de déclarations de revenus des particuliers;
    • de déléguer des tâches de préparation au support administratif;
    • d'accélérer la saisie de données;
    • de réduire vos besoins en matière de stockage de fichiers;
    • de vous permettre d'accéder plus rapidement à vos fichiers;
    • de simplifier l'organisation et la gestion des documents sources de vos clients;
    • d'intégrer les données directement dans les formulaires Taxprep (T1);
    • d'augmenter la productivité;
    • d'améliorer le service à la clientèle;
    • de diminuer les risques d'erreurs.

    Available Sessions for this Seminar:

    December 10, 2014 10h30 à 11h30 EST
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    Foreign Affiliates - What Advisors to Owner/Manager Clients Need to Know

    Join the tax lawyers of Dentons Canada LLP for an instructive overview and update of the tax rules in respect of foreign affiliates. Cross border holdings and debt require special consideration in tax filing, and Canada’s foreign affiliate tax regime has undergone some significant changes in the past couple of years. This webinar will examine the basics of Canada’s foreign affiliate taxation regime - as it applies to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – who already carry an international presence, or are considering expansion abroad.

    Available Sessions for this Seminar:

    January 21, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST




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    CCH Scan Webinar

    CCH Scan is a paperless software solution that effortlessly and electronically takes all of the disorganized and unsorted client information, determines what each item is, and outputs the organized documents to a single, organized, and bookmarked PDF file.

    This webinar will provide an overview on the use of the product and illustrate how it:

    • Delegates the work required to organize T1 source documents to an admin person
    • Improves the tax preparation workflow by automatically retrieving the PDF related to the return.
    • Speeds up the data entry and review process
    • Reduces the risk of errors
    • Reduces office space required to store paper documents.
    • Reduces time required to retrieve work papers (eg. CRA’s EFILE requests in the summer).
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    • Can be used for all source document scanning (front-end scanning)

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    December 11, 2014 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EST
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    January 07, 2015 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
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    Cantax T1 for New Users with EFILE Webinar 2014

    In this 90-minute webinar, we will show you how to get around in the software and what functions are available to make you more productive. Includes an in depth look at Family Coupling, File attachments and the Pathfinder, what they are and how to use them to improve your productivity. This session is intended for those who are new to the Cantax software and those who would like a refresher of all the menu items and their function.

    Available Sessions for this Seminar:

    December 17, 2014 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST
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    Cantax Productivity Seminars - Fall 2014

    Experience the productivity-boosting power of this full-day seminar! These interactive, information-packed sessions are an excellent opportunity for both new and experienced Cantax users to brush up on their "Cantax know-how" and get valuable information they need to prepare T1 personal and T2 corporate returns efficiently.

    Available Sessions for this Seminar:

    December 10, 2014 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST
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