Stimuli-cleavable moiety enabled vinyl polymer degradation and emerging applications

J Zheng, ZM Png, XCN Quek, XJ Loh, Z Li - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vinyl polymers have become ubiquitous products in our modern world, thanks to their
exceptional strength, durability, and resistance to chemicals, all of which result from their …

Synthetic approaches for multiblock copolymers

VP Beyer, J Kim, CR Becer - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiblock copolymers (MBCs) are an emerging class of synthetic polymers that exhibit
different macromolecular architectures and behaviours to those of homopolymers or …

Recent development in halogen-bonding-catalyzed living radical polymerization

CG Wang, AML Chong, HM Pan, J Sarkar, XT Tay… - Polymer …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Halogen bonding (XB) has been used to catalyze organic reactions and polymerizations,
which is an emerging research area. Reversible complexation mediated polymerization …

Polymer dispersity control by organocatalyzed living radical polymerization

X Liu, CG Wang, A Goto - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular weight distribution of polymers, termed dispersity (Đ), is a fundamental parameter
for determining polymer material properties. This paper reports a novel approach for …

Reversible complexation mediated polymerization: an emerging type of organocatalytically controlled radical polymerization

ZH Chen, XY Wang, Y Tang - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
As a newly developed approach of controlled radical polymerization (CRP), reversible
complexation mediated polymerization (RCMP) was established in 2011 by Goto et al …

Lithium Salt-Induced In Situ Living Radical Polymerizations Enable Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

L Yu, Y Zhang, J Wang, H Gan, S Li, X **e… - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein, polymer electrolytes (PEs) were designed and fabricated through lithium salt-
induced in situ living radical copolymerization of poly (ethylene glycol) methacrylate …

Modulating polymer dispersity with light: cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers using photochromic initiators

D Liu, AD Sponza, D Yang, M Chiu - Angewandte Chemie, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Deterministic methods for tuning polymer dispersity are rare, especially for nonradical
polymerizations. Reported here is the first example of photomodulating dispersity in …

Recyclable solid-supported catalysts for quaternary ammonium iodide-catalyzed living radical polymerization

CG Wang, JJ Chang, EYJ Foo, H Niino… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Quaternary ammonium iodide (R4N+ I–) catalysts immobilized on silica particles, Fe3O4
magnetic particles, and organic resin particles were developed for organocatalyzed living …

Preparation of semifluorinated poly (meth) acrylates by improved photo-controlled radical polymerization without the use of a fluorinated RAFT agent: facilitating …

Q Quan, H Gong, M Chen - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorinated polymers have attracted increasing attention in a broad range of areas, and
access to such polymers with low-cost agents and simple conditions would offer improved …

Well-defined amine-reactive polymethacrylates through organocatalyzed controlled radical polymerization

V Montembault, S Pascual, L Fontaine, D Gigmes… - Polymer …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel alkyl iodide bearing an azlactone group was synthesized and used as a reversible
complex-mediated polymerization (RCMP) initiator for the organocatalyzed RCMP of methyl …