Catalyst switch strategy enabled a single polymer with five different crystalline phases

P Zhang, V Ladelta, E Abou-Hamad, AJ Müller… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Well-defined multicrystalline multiblock polymers are essential model polymers for
advancing crystallization physics, phase separation, self-assembly, and improving the …

Amphiphilic olefin block copolymers synthesized by successive coordinative chain transfer and ring-opening polymerizations

F Jamali, D Hassanian-Moghaddam, S Ahmadjo… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introducing polarity is a necessity for widening the application scope of polyolefins
specifically for developing biocompatible products. To this end, we exploit a two-step …

[HTML][HTML] Crystallization, morphology and self-assembly of double, triple and tetra crystalline block polymers

JK Palacios, RM Michell, AJ Müller - Polymer Testing, 2023 - Elsevier
This review compiles a comprehensive analysis of the crystallization behaviour and self-
assembly of block copolymers with up to four potentially crystallizable phases. It covers the …

Synthesis of polyethers from epoxides via a binary organocatalyst system

GG Gu, LY Wang, R Zhang, TJ Yue, BH Ren… - Polymer …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of “metal-free” catalyst systems with high efficiency for the ring-opening
polymerization (ROP) of epoxides, providing polyethers with controlled molecular weights …

Reducing the crystallinity of PCL chains by copolymerization with substituted δ/ε-lactones and its impact on the phase separation of PCL-based block copolymers

F Kayser, G Fleury, S Thongkham, C Navarro… - Polymer …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Various substituted δ/ε-lactones have been copolymerized with ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) with
the aim to inhibit the crystallization of polycaprolactone (PCL). Among the studied co …

A genuine H-bond donor and Lewis base amine cocatalyst in ring-opening polymerizations

Y Zhu, Y Hu, Z Li, B Liu, Y Qu, Z Zhang, T Guo… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen bond donor (HBD) and organic base binary cocatalyst established a gold
standard in organocatalytic ring-opening polymerizations (ROPs). In depth probe of the …

The Effect of the Cooling Rate on the Morphology and Crystallization of Triple Crystalline PE-b-PEO-b-PLLA and PE-b-PCL-b-PLLA Triblock Terpolymers

E Matxinandiarena, A Múgica, M Zubitur… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We study the non-isothermal crystallization and morphology of two triblock terpolymers of
practically perfect linear polyethylene (PE), poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) or poly (ε …