Advances in living anionic polymerization: from functional monomers, polymerization systems, to macromolecular architectures

A Hirao, R Goseki, T Ishizone - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
This Perspective presents the development in living anionic polymerization since 1990. The
main subjects involve the following concerns of living anionic polymerization: functional …

Smart triblock dendritic unimolecular micelles as pioneering nanomaterials: Advancement pertaining to architecture and biomedical applications

P Tambe, P Kumar, KM Paknikar, V Gajbhiye - Journal of controlled release, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent interest in triblock dendritic unimolecular micelles has opened a new spectrum for its
ubiquitous application in biomedical sciences specially drug delivery. Unimolecular …

Influence of topological structure on mechanical property of recyclable bio-based hyperbranched epoxy/carbon fiber fabric composites

N Liang, X Liu, J Hu, Y Wu, M Peng, Y Ma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainability and high-performance of lightweight epoxy resin/carbon fiber composites are
simultaneous challenges for future application in aerospace and wind power. The key to …

Distribution of ionizable groups in polyampholyte microgels controls interactions with captured proteins: From blockade and “levitation” to accelerated release

W Xu, AA Rudov, R Schroeder, IV Portnov… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A striking discovery in our work is that the distribution of ionizable groups in polyampholyte
microgels (random and core–shell) controls the interactions with the captured proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Complex polymer topologies in blends: shear and elongational rheology of linear/pom-pom polystyrene blends

V Hirschberg, S Lyu, MG Schußmann - Journal of Rheology, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The shear and elongational rheology of linear and pom-pom shaped polystyrene (PS)
blends was investigated experimentally and modeled using constitutive models such as the …

Recent Research Progress on Polyamidoamine-Engineered Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

L Liu, Z Li, B Yang, X Jia, S Wang - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are three-dimensional crosslinked functional materials with water-absorbing and
swelling properties. Many hydrogels can store a variety of small functional molecules to …

Polymer precursor strategy toward the precise synthesis of uniform hairy carbon dots with tunable sizes and size effects over their fluorescence

C Huang, M Feng, X Zhu, Q Zhou, S Zeng… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A polymeric precursor strategy was developed toward precise synthesis of uniform and size-
tunable hairy fluorescent carbon dots (C-dots, CDs). The strategy was achieved by (i) the …

Comb and branch‐on‐branch model polystyrenes with exceptionally high strain hardening factor SHF> 1000 and their impact on physical foaming

L Faust, MC Röpert, MK Esfahani… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of topology on the strain hardening in uniaxial elongation is investigated using
monodisperse comb and dendrigraft model polystyrenes (PS) synthesized via living anionic …

Predicting maximum strain hardening factor in elongational flow of branched pom-pom polymers from polymer architecture

MG Schußmann, M Wilhelm, V Hirschberg - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
We present a model-driven predictive scheme for the uniaxial extensional viscosity and
strain hardening of branched polymer melts, specifically for the pom-pom architecture, using …

How does the branching effect of macromonomer influence the polymerization, structural features, and solution properties of long-subchain hyperbranched polymers?

N Hao, X Duan, H Yang, A Umair, M Zhu… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
This work aims to elucidate how the branching effect of macromonomer influences the
polymerization, structural features, and solution properties of AB n long-subchain …