CO 2-fixation into cyclic and polymeric carbonates: principles and applications

AJ Kamphuis, F Picchioni, PP Pescarmona - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The reaction between carbon dioxide and epoxides is an attractive pathway for CO2-
utilisation as it can lead to the formation of two different, yet valuable, products: cyclic and …

Functional biodegradable polymers via ring-opening polymerization of monomers without protective groups

G Becker, FR Wurm - Chemical society reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable polymers are of current interest and chemical functionality in such materials
is often demanded in advanced biomedical applications. Functional groups often are not …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Functionalization

E Blasco, MB Sims, AS Goldmann, BS Sumerlin… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The translation of small molecule chemistries into efficient methodologies for polymer
functionalization spans several decades, enabling critical advances in soft matter materials …

Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

S Hu, J Zhao, G Zhang, H Schlaad - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In virtue of the rising demand for metal-free polymeric materials, organocatalytic
polymerization has emerged and blossomed unprecedentedly in the past 15 years into an …

Polymers from sugars: cyclic monomer synthesis, ring-opening polymerisation, material properties and applications

GL Gregory, EM López-Vidal, A Buchard - Chemical Communications, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Plastics are ubiquitous in modern society. However, the reliance on fossil fuels and the
environmental persistence of most polymers make them unsustainable. Scientists are facing …

Functional modification of thioether groups in peptides, polypeptides, and proteins

TJ Deming - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recent developments in the modification of methionine and other thioether-containing
residues in peptides, polypeptides, and proteins are reviewed. Properties and potential …

Synthetic upcycling of polyacrylates through organocatalyzed post-polymerization modification

CP Easterling, T Kubo, ZM Orr, GE Fanucci… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The direct transformation of commercially available commodity polyacrylates into value-
added materials was achieved. We demonstrate how 1, 5, 7-triazabicyclo [4.4. 0] dec-5-ene …

Photoinduced proton-transfer polymerization: A practical synthetic tool for soft lithography applications

H Yeo, A Khan - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Proton-transfer photopolymerization through the thiol-epoxy “click” reaction is shown to be a
versatile new method for the fabrication of micro-and nanosized polymeric patterns. In this …

Functional biodegradable nitric oxide donor-containing polycarbonate-based micelles for reduction-triggered drug release and overcoming multidrug resistance

L Gao, B Dong, J Zhang, Y Chen, H Qiao, Z Liu… - ACS Macro …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO), as a bioeffector to improve chemosensitivity by reversing multidrug
resistance (MDR), is highly attractive for develo** combinational delivery systems to deal …

Aliphatic polycarbonate-based hydrogel dressing for wound healing

Q Zong, S Zhou, J Ye, X Peng, H Wu, M Li, X Ye… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
In addition to various functions, hydrogels used to promote wound healing should also have
good biocompatibility, stability and mild degradability. Therefore, we designed and …