Click chemistry strategies for the accelerated synthesis of functional macromolecules

Z Geng, JJ Shin, Y Xi, CJ Hawker - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …

Anthracene-containing polymers toward high-end applications

J Van Damme, F Du Prez - Progress in polymer science, 2018 - Elsevier
Anthracene, with its unique properties originating from the linearly fused benzene ring
structure, has a long history in polymer science in numerous application areas. The most …

Research advances in UV-curable self-healing coatings

Z Guo - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-healing is the ability of a material to recover from physical damage. Because self-
healing is crucial to environmental protection and sustainable development, several …

C1 polymerization: a unique tool towards polyethylene-based complex macromolecular architectures

D Wang, Z Zhang, N Hadjichristidis - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent developments in organoborane initiated C1 polymerization (chain grows by one
atom at a time) of ylides open unique horizons towards well-defined/perfectly linear …

Polymer crystallization enabled excimer emission in anthracene-appended poly (ʟ-lactide) s

G Virat, M Salim, JP Thomas, EB Gowd - European Polymer Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The design and development of solid-state excimer-emitters bear great potential for attaining
efficient solid-state luminescent materials. In this study, we have synthesized anthracene …

Synthesis of well-defined polyethylene-based 3-miktoarm star copolymers and terpolymers

Z Zhang, M Altaher, H Zhang, D Wang… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Novel polyethylene (PE)-based 3-miktoarm star copolymers A2B,(AB) 2B and terpolymers
(AC) 2 (BC)[A: PE; B, C: polystyrene (PS) or poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA)] were …

An efficient and general strategy toward the synthesis of polyethylene-based cyclic polymers

Y Jiang, Z Zhang, D Wang, N Hadjichristidis - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
A novel strategy toward well-defined polyethylene-based cyclic homo/copolymers is
presented. Tris (3-(anthracen-9-ylmethoxy) propyl) borane, prepared by hydroboration of 9 …

Polymethylene-based eight-shaped cyclic block copolymers

Y Jiang, N Hadjichristidis - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
A new strategy was developed for the synthesis of well-defined eight-shaped polymethylene
(PM, equivalent to polyethylene)-based cyclic block copolymers,[c-(PM-b-PCL)] 2, according …

Synthesis and Morphology of High‐Molecular‐Weight Polyisobutylene–Polystyrene Block Copolymers Containing Dynamic Covalent Bonds

KD Mehringer, BJ Davis, LK Kemp, G Ma… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating dynamic covalent bonds into block copolymers provides useful molecular level
information during mechanical testing, but it is currently unknown how the incorporation of …

Complex star architectures of well-defined polyethylene-based Co/terpolymers

K Ntetsikas, G Zapsas, P Bilalis, Y Gnanou… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Well-defined polyethylene (PE)-based 3-miktoarm star copolymers (PI) 2PE-OH, PI2 (PI′-b-
PE)-OH and terpolymer PI2 (PS-b-PE)-OH (PI: polyisoprene, PS: polystyrene), bearing a …