Photocontrolled RAFT polymerization: past, present, and future

Y Lee, C Boyer, MS Kwon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide a brief history, progress, and applications, and discuss the
remaining challenges of photocontrolled reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer …

Machine learning interatomic potentials and long-range physics

DM Anstine, O Isayev - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
Advances in machine learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs), such as those using neural
networks, have resulted in short-range models that can infer interaction energies with near …

A robust all-organic protective layer towards ultrahigh-rate and large-capacity Li metal anodes

S Li, J Huang, Y Cui, S Liu, Z Chen, W Huang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The low cycling efficiency and uncontrolled dendrite growth resulting from an unstable and
heterogeneous lithium–electrolyte interface have largely hindered the practical application …

Dynamic and reconfigurable materials from reversible network interactions

MJ Webber, MW Tibbitt - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Polymer materials provide solutions to some of the most pressing environmental,
manufacturing and health-care challenges. Traditional thermoplastic and thermoset …

Disulfide-mediated reversible polymerization toward intrinsically dynamic smart materials

Q Zhang, DH Qu, BL Feringa… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of a dynamic chemistry toolbox to endow materials dynamic behavior has
been key to the rational design of future smart materials. The rise of supramolecular and …

Bioinspired underwater adhesives

H Fan, JP Gong - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Underwater adhesives are in high demand in both commercial and industrial sectors.
Compared with adhesives used in dry (air) environments, adhesives used for wet or …

Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (Controlled/living radical polymerization): From discovery to materials design and applications

N Corrigan, K Jung, G Moad, CJ Hawker… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) processes, such as atom transfer
radical polymerization (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) …

Two-dimensional polymers and polymerizations

AM Evans, MJ Strauss, AR Corcos, Z Hirani… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

Carbohydrate-based macromolecular biomaterials

L Su, Y Feng, K Wei, X Xu, R Liu, G Chen - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

Functional supramolecular polymeric networks: the marriage of covalent polymers and macrocycle-based host–guest interactions

D **a, P Wang, X Ji, NM Khashab, JL Sessler… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Covalent polymers connected by non-covalent interactions constitute a fascinating set of
materials known as supramolecular polymer networks (SPNs). A key feature of SPNs is that …