Properly addressing the global issue of unsustainable plastic waste generation and
accumulation will require a confluence of technological breakthroughs on various fronts …

Lignin, the most abundant aromatic polymer in nature, is one of the most promising
renewable feedstocks for value-added polymer products. However, it is challenging to …

In recent years, there has been a great interest in preparing polymers from bioresources, as
this practice has several advantages over petrobased polymers. Thermoplastic elastomers …

Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), a commercially important category of triblock copolymers,
are employed alone or upon physical modification with a midblock-selective oil (to form TPE …

Self-healing allows increasing the service life of materials by overcoming some issues
caused by mechanical failures. We propose a new concept to impart room-temperature self …

It remains challenging to synthesize supertough thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) since the
stretchability and tensile strength are mutually exclusive. Here, we report a one-pot strategy …

Sustainable elastomers with high strength and unique functions are highly desired yet
challenging. In this work, multiblock copolymer elastomers (MBCPEs) were synthesized by …

The promise of ABC triblock terpolymers for improving the mechanical properties of
thermoplastic elastomers is demonstrated by comparison with symmetric ABA/CBC analogs …

Highly designable architectures of polymers endow the same polymer with different
properties. In principle, diverse architectures should enrich the self-assembly behavior of …

As the need for engineered soft materials continues to grow, block polymers possessing
tailored chain architectures and chemical sequences are being upscaled from the laboratory …