1. INTRODUCTION Detection of chemical and biological agents plays a fundamental role in
biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences 1− 4 as well as in anti bioterrorism …

A living radical polymerization (LRP) is a free radical polymerization that aims at displaying
living character,(ie, does not terminate or transfer and is able to continue polymerization …

Molecular recognition plays an important role in living systems. 1, 2 Representative
molecular recognitions in living organisms are saccharide− protein, protein− protein, and …

This paper provides a second update to the review of reversible deactivation radical
polymerization achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a mechanism of …

Current point-of-care lateral flow immunoassays, such as the home pregnancy test, rely on
proteins as detection units (eg antibodies) to sense for analytes. Glycans play a fundamental …

Telechelic polymers, defined as macromolecules that contain two reactive end groups, are
used as cross-linkers, chain extenders, and important building blocks for various …

Synthetic carbohydrate ligands–also widely known as glycopolymers–are known to undergo
numerous recognition events when interacting with their corresponding lectins. Interactions …

Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is one of the most
extensively studied controlled/living radical polymerization methods that has been used to …

In this work, we investigate the potential of highly sulfated synthetic glycomimetics to act as
inhibitors of viral binding/infection. Our results indicate that both long-chain glycopolymers …

Since its discovery, controlled/living radical polymerization (CLRP) has proven to be a
mature technology for building tailor-made (block) copolymers, functional polymers and …