Crystallization assisted self-assembly of semicrystalline block copolymers

WN He, JT Xu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
The self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) in the presence of crystallization as the
second driving force is reviewed, for BCPs in the bulk, thin films, single crystals and micelles …

Crystallization and morphology of biodegradable or biostable single and double crystalline block copolymers

RV Castillo, AJ Müller - Progress in Polymer Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Biodegradable block copolymers have been obtained as promising biomaterials because
their hydrophilicity, mechanical and physical properties can be manipulated by combining …

Phase-transformable metal-organic polyhedra for membrane processing and switchable gas separation

PC Han, CH Chuang, SW Lin, X Xiang, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The capability of materials to interconvert between different phases provides more
possibilities for controlling materials' properties without additional chemical modification …

Stress-free two-way shape memory effect of poly (ethylene glycol)/poly (ε-caprolactone) semicrystalline networks

N Inverardi, M Toselli, G Scalet, M Messori… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)/poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) semicrystalline
networks were prepared by photo-cross-linking of methacrylated macromonomers with …

Bio-based poly (butylene 2, 5-furandicarboxylate)-b-poly (ethylene glycol) copolymers with adjustable degradation rate and mechanical properties: Synthesis and …

H Hu, R Zhang, A Sousa, Y Long, WB Ying… - European Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bio-based poly (butylene furandicarboxylate)-b-poly (ethylene glycol) copolymers are
successfully synthesized through transesterification and melt polycondensation. The …

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 …

A comprehensive review on polymer single crystals—From fundamental concepts to applications

S Agbolaghi, S Abbaspoor, F Abbasi - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer single crystals and correlated crystalline structures are reviewed by emphasizing
the last 10–20 years of research on fundamental concepts, single crystal engineering, and …

Melt electrospinning of poly‐(ethylene glycol‐block‐ϵ‐caprolactone)

PD Dalton, J Lleixà Calvet, A Mourran… - Biotechnology …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Various block copolymers of poly (ethylene glycol) and poly (ϵ‐caprolactone)(PEG‐b‐PCL)
with molecular weights between 7000 and 26 900 g/mol were synthesized, and melt …

A versatile monomer for preparing well-defined functional polycarbonates and poly (ester− carbonates)

J Xu, F Prifti, J Song - Macromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
Despite the increasing demands for functional degradable biomaterials, strategies for
generating materials with modular compositions and well-defined functionalities from …

Well‐defined copolymers based on poly (vinylidene fluoride): From preparation and phase separation to application

VSD Voet, G ten Brinke, K Loos - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) has reached the second largest production
volume of fluoropolymers in recent years, and its popularity can be ascribed to high thermal …