Self-switchable polymerization: a smart approach to sequence-controlled degradable copolymers

C Hu, X Pang, X Chen - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the quest for sustainable development, degradable polymers are attractive alternatives to
traditional fossil-based plastics. As monocomponent degradable polymers often suffer from …

One‐pot precision synthesis of AB, ABA and ABC block copolymers via switchable catalysis

Z Yang, C Hu, F Cui, X Pang, Y Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The switchable catalysis using a commercial salenMn catalyst was firstly developed and
applied in the one‐pot selective copolymerization from anhydrides, epoxides, CO2 and ϵ …

Electrochemically controlled switchable copolymerization of lactide, carbon dioxide, and epoxides

Y Huang, C Hu, X Pang, Y Zhou, R Duan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical redox‐control is an emerging strategy for the regulation of polymerization
process without the addition of external oxidants and reductants, which enables the control …

Monomer controlled switchable copolymerization: a feasible route for the functionalization of poly (lactide)

Y Huang, C Hu, Y Zhou, R Duan, Z Sun… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Switchable polymerization is an attractive strategy to enable the sequential selectivity of
multi‐block polyesters. Besides, these well‐defined multi‐block polyesters could enable …

Recent progress in nanocomposites of carbon dioxide fixation derived reproducible biomedical polymers

X Liu, Z Jiang, D **ng, Y Yang, Z Li, Z Sun - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the environmental problems accompanying the extensive application of
biomedical polymer materials produced from fossil fuels have attracted more and more …

Immortal ring-opening copolymerization of epoxide and isocyanate using a commercial manganese catalyst

C Hu, X Chen, M Niu, Q Zhang, R Duan… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Immortal polymerization is a unique strategy for ring-opening copolymerizations (ROCOP)
with epoxide monomers. In conjunction with various chain transfer agents (CTAs), the first …

Comparison of three elements (In, Sn, and Sb) in the same period as catalysts in the ring-opening polymerization of l-lactide: from amorphous to semicrystalline …

OF González-Belman, JOC Jiménez-Halla… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of L-lactide (L-LA) is the main method for
synthesizing poly (L-lactide)(PLLA), in which choosing the catalyst is one of the most …

Precise Synthesis of Sequence-Controlled Oxygen-Rich Multiblock Copolymers via Reversible Carboxylation of a Commercial Salen-Mn (III) Catalyst

Z Yang, C Hu, Z Gao, R Duan, Z Sun, Y Zhou… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The precise synthesis of multiblock copolymers is of great significance in polymer chemistry.
Switchable polymerization catalysis is developed via reversible carboxylation of a …

Ring-opening Copolymerization of ε-Caprolactone and δ-Valerolactone Catalyzed by a 2,6-Bis(amino)phenol Zinc Complex

Q Hu, SY Jie, P Braunstein, BG Li - Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020 - Springer
In combination with methyllithium, a 2, 6-bis (amino) phenol zinc complex 1 was used in the
ring-opening polymerization of δ-valerolactone in the absence or presence of benzyl alcohol …

Electron rich (salen) AlCl catalysts for lactide polymerisation: Investigation of the influence of regioisomers on the rate and initiation efficiency

A Rae, AJ Gaston, Z Greindl, JA Garden - European Polymer Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Aluminium-alkyl complexes are well known as initiators for lactide ring-opening
polymerisation, yet aluminium-chloride complexes remain underexplored despite benefits …