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Surfactant-free synthesis of layered double hydroxide-armored latex particles

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00140F, Paper
Open Access
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X. G. Qiao, P.-Y. Dugas, V. Prevot, E. Bourgeat-Lami
MgAl-layered double hydroxide (LDH)-armored latexes were produced by Pickering emulsion polymerization of styrene using 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) as auxiliary comonomers.
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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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Synthesis of acrylamide-based block-copolymer brushes under flow: monitoring real-time growth and surface restructuring upon drying

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00219D, Paper
Open Access
Joydeb Mandal, Andrea Arcifa, Nicholas D. Spencer
Block-copolymer brushes of water-soluble acrylamides have been synthesised by SI-ATRP under continuous flow and their growth monitored in situ by means of a quartz-crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D).
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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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Highly active bimetallic nickel catalysts for alternating copolymerization of carbon dioxide with epoxides

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00174K, Paper
Yu-Chia Su, Chih-Hsiang Tsui, Chen-Yen Tsai, Bao-Tsan Ko
Catalyst 1 was reported for the first time to be effective for nickel-catalyzed CO2/CHO copolymerization at 1 atm CO2 pressure.
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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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b

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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Polymerization of dopamine accompanying its coupling to induce self-assembly of block copolymer and application in drug delivery

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,2811-2821
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00085J, Paper
Yudian Qiu, Zongyuan Zhu, Yalei Miao, Panke Zhang, Xu Jia, Zhongyi Liu, Xubo Zhao
The polymerization of dopamine and its coupling occur in succession, which synergistically induces the self-assembly of block copolymer to yield ordered structures, including micelles and vesicles.
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b

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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b

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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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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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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b

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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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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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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Aromatic thioketone-mediated radical polymerization of methacrylates and the preparation of amphiphilic quasi-block copolymers

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00322K, Paper
Haoyu Yu, Jianwei Shao, Dong Chen, Li Wang, Wantai Yang
TfXT exhibits strong ability to control radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate and has been used in preparing amphiphilic quasi-block copolymer.
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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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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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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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From isoselectivity to syndioselectivity: Lewis base regulates stereochemistry in 2-vinylpyridine polymerization

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00320D, Paper
Yu Wang, Jiang-Bing Duan, Zhao-Xuan Liu, Tie-Qi Xu
We have developed an effective synthesis of syndiotactic poly(2-vinylpyridine) by a novel catalytic system. Switching from isoselective to syndioselective polymerization was achieved by adding Lewis base.
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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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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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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
Open Access
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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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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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b

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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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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b

Secondary structure drives self-assembly in weakly segregated globular protein–rod block copolymers

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11,3032-3045
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01680E, Paper
Helen Yao, Kai Sheng, Jialing Sun, Shupeng Yan, Yingqin Hou, Hua Lu, Bradley D. Olsen
Imparting secondary structure to the polymer block can drive self-assembly in globular protein–helix block copolymers, increasing the effective segregation strength between blocks with weak or no repulsion.
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b

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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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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