Polysarcosine-containing copolymers: Synthesis, characterization, self-assembly, and applications

A Birke, J Ling, M Barz - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Although the first polysarcosine (pSar) synthesis by Wesseley et al. was reported almost a
century ago, it was only recently that pSar gained broader attention and is considered a …

The second spacer cation assisted growth of a 2D perovskite film with oriented large grain for highly efficient and stable solar cells

X Lian, J Chen, M Qin, Y Zhang, S Tian… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication of high‐quality film with large grains oriented along the direction of film
thickness is important for 2D Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite‐based solar cells (PVSCs) …

An inspection into multifarious ways to synthesize poly (amino acid) s

B Zheng, T Bai, X Tao, J Ling - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (α‐amino acid) s (PAAs) attract growing attention due to their essential role in the
application as biomaterials. To synthesize PAAs with desired structures and properties …

Ring-Opening Polymerization of CO2-Based Disubstituted δ-Valerolactone toward Sustainable Functional Polyesters

S Yue, T Bai, S Xu, T Shen, J Ling, X Ni - ACS Macro Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
3-Ethylidene-6-vinyltetrahydro-2 H-pyran-2-one (EVL) is a disubstituent δ-lactone derived
from CO2 and 1, 3-butadiene. In this contribution, we report the ring-opening polymerization …

Single chromophore-based white-light-emitting hydrogel with tunable fluorescence and patternability

CN Zhu, T Bai, H Wang, W Bai, J Ling… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bioluminescence is widespread in nature such as the jellyfish, which inspires scientists to
design polymer hydrogels with tunable fluorescence. However, it remains a big challenge to …

Aroylacetylene-based amino-yne click polymerization toward nitrogen-containing polymers

X Chen, T Bai, R Hu, B Song, L Lu, J Ling, A Qin… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of nitrogen-containing polymers has always been a hot research topic for their
broad applications as functional materials. In this work, we established new, spontaneous …

Understanding Acid-Promoted Polymerization of the N-Substituted Glycine N-Thiocarboxyanhydride in Polar Solvents

B Zheng, S Xu, X Ni, J Ling - Biomacromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymerization of N-substituted glycine N-thiocarboxyanhydrides (NNTAs) is a promising
pathway to prepare functional polypeptoids benefiting from their tolerance to nucleophilic …

Research Progress in Polypeptoids Prepared by Controlled Ring‐Opening Polymerizations

A Ma, X Yu, M Liao, W Liu, S Xuan… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polypeptoids, structural mimics of polypeptides, have attracted considerable attention due to
their biocompatibility, proteolytic stability, thermal processability, good solubility, synthetic …

[HTML][HTML] Organocatalyzed chemoselective ring-opening polymerizations

N Zhu, Y Liu, J Liu, J Ling, X Hu, W Huang, W Feng… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
A novel metal-free and protecting-group-free synthesis method to prepare telechelic thiol-
functionalized polyesters is developed by employing organocatalysis. A scope of Brønsted …

Identifying the Hydrolysis of Carbonyl Sulfide as a Side Reaction Impeding the Polymerization of N-Substituted Glycine N-Thiocarboxyanhydride

B Zheng, T Bai, X Tao, H Schlaad, J Ling - Biomacromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polypeptoids are noticeable biological materials due to their versatile properties and various
applications in drug delivery, surface modification, self-assembly, etc. N-Substituted glycine …