Polymerization of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and other alkylene oxides: synthesis, novel polymer architectures, and bioconjugation

J Herzberger, K Niederer, H Pohlit, J Seiwert… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The review summarizes current trends and developments in the polymerization of alkylene
oxides in the last two decades since 1995, with a particular focus on the most important …

Photoinduced electron transfer reactions for macromolecular syntheses

S Dadashi-Silab, S Doran, Y Yagci - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Photochemical reactions, particularly those involving photoinduced electron transfer
processes, establish a substantial contribution to the modern synthetic chemistry, and the …

Design of polymeric zwitterionic solid electrolytes with superionic lithium transport

SD Jones, H Nguyen, PM Richardson… - ACS Central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Progress toward durable and energy-dense lithium-ion batteries has been hindered by
instabilities at electrolyte–electrode interfaces, leading to poor cycling stability, and by safety …

Polyelectrolyte complex coacervation across a broad range of charge densities

AE Neitzel, YN Fang, B Yu, AM Rumyantsev… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyelectrolyte complex coacervates of homologous (co) polyelectrolytes with a near-ideally
random distribution of a charged and neutral ethylene oxide comonomer were synthesized …

Tailored self-assembled photocatalytic nanofibres for visible-light-driven hydrogen production

J Tian, Y Zhang, L Du, Y He, XH **, S Pearce… - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
The creation of efficient artificial systems that mimic natural photosynthesis represents a key
current challenge. Here, we describe a high-performance recyclable photocatalytic core …

Polyether synthesis: From activated or metal-free anionic ring-opening polymerization of epoxides to functionalization

AL Brocas, C Mantzaridis, D Tunc, S Carlotti - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Epoxide derivatives constitute a broad family of monomers which are able to be polymerized
by anionic or related nucleophilic ring-opening mechanism. The main synthetic strategies …

Dual-responsive hydrogels for direct-write 3D printing

M Zhang, A Vora, W Han, RJ Wojtecki, H Maune… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Direct-write 3D printing enables the fabrication of three-dimensional objects via the
extrusion from a nozzle. Stimuli responsive materials that shear-thin are well-suited as inks …

The role of backbone polarity on aggregation and conduction of ions in polymer electrolytes

NS Schauser, DJ Grzetic, T Tabassum… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The usual understanding in polymer electrolyte design is that an increase in the polymer
dielectric constant results in reduced ion aggregation and therefore increased ionic …

Visible light photocatalytic thiol–ene reaction: an elegant approach for fast polymer postfunctionalization and step-growth polymerization

J Xu, C Boyer - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
An elegant approach for fast polymer postfunctionalization and step-growth polymerization
(via addition reaction) under aerobic condition was developed from visible light …

Polyether/polythioether synthesis via ring-opening polymerization of epoxides and episulfides catalyzed by alkali metal carboxylates

T Gao, X **a, K Tajima, T Yamamoto, T Isono… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alkali metal carboxylates were evaluated as simple and green catalysts for the ring-opening
polymerization (ROP) of various epoxides (eg, alkyl-substituted epoxides and glycidyl …