Sequence-controlled polymers

JF Lutz, M Ouchi, DR Liu, M Sawamoto - Science, 2013‏ - science.org
Background During the last few decades, progress has been made in manipulating the
architecture of synthetic polymer materials. However, the primary structure—that is, the …

Peptoids and polypeptoids at the frontier of supra-and macromolecular engineering

N Gangloff, J Ulbricht, T Lorson, H Schlaad… - Chemical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
In most general terms, polymers and their supramolecular assemblies have been defining
life on this planet since its conception. Polymers of nucleic acids carry the code of life and …

Peptoid polymers: a highly designable bioinspired material

J Sun, RN Zuckermann - ACS nano, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Bioinspired polymeric materials are attracting increasing attention due to significant
advantages over their natural counterparts: the ability to precisely tune their structures over a …

Sequence programmable peptoid polymers for diverse materials applications

AS Knight, EY Zhou, MB Francis… - Advanced …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Polymer sequence programmability is required for the diverse structures and complex
properties that are achieved by native biological polymers, but efforts towards controlling the …

Molecular level studies on interfacial hydration of zwitterionic and other antifouling polymers in situ

C Leng, S Sun, K Zhang, S Jiang, Z Chen - Acta biomaterialia, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Antifouling polymers have wide applications in biomedical engineering and marine industry.
Recently, zwitterionic materials have been reported as promising candidates for antifouling …

Sequence-and stereo-defined macromolecules: Properties and emerging functionalities

R Szweda - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Natural macromolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, display various complex
functionalities in biological systems. These functionalities depend on the macromolecular …

A close look at molecular self-assembly with the transmission electron microscope

A Rizvi, JT Mulvey, BP Carpenter, R Talosig… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly is pervasive in the formation of living and synthetic materials.
Knowledge gained from research into the principles of molecular self-assembly drives …

Click and click‐inspired chemistry for the design of sequence‐controlled polymers

S Martens, JO Holloway… - Sequence‐Controlled …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the previous decade,“click” chemistry and similarly efficient click‐inspired reactions along
with sequence‐defined and sequence‐controlled structures were introduced into the field of …

Machine learning models and dimensionality reduction for prediction of polymer properties

JA Mysona, PF Nealey, JJ de Pablo - Macromolecules, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Accurate prediction of block polymer properties as a function of monomer sequence is
necessary for better material development. The number of permutations of chemistry and …

Polypeptoids: a model system to study the effect of monomer sequence on polymer properties and self-assembly

AM Rosales, RA Segalman, RN Zuckermann - Soft Matter, 2013‏ - pubs.rsc.org
As the ability to control the monomer sequence of synthetic polymers increases, new
relationships between sequence, polymer structure, and functional properties are being …