Supramolecular chiroptical switches

L Zhang, HX Wang, S Li, M Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chiroptical switches, whose chiral optical signals such as optical rotatory dispersion (ORD),
circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) are reversibly …

Recent advances in asymmetric organocatalysis based on helical polymers

L Zhou, K He, N Liu, ZQ Wu - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Helical polymers have attracted increasing attention in recent years because of their
extensive applications in many fields including chiral recognition and separation …

Photoswitchable Enantioselective and Helix‐Sense Controlled Living Polymerization

L Zhou, K He, SM Kang, XY Zhou, H Zou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A pair of enantiomeric photoswitchable PdII catalysts, alkyne‐PdII/LR− azo and alkyne‐
PdII/LS− azo, were prepared via the coordination of alkyne‐PdII and azobenzene‐modified …

Selective Synthesis of Single‐Handed Helical Polymers from Achiral Monomer and a Mechanism Study on Helix‐Sense‐Selective Polymerization

L Zhou, XH Xu, ZQ Jiang, L Xu, BF Chu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the exquisite helices in Nature, fabrication of helical materials with controlled
handedness has attracted considerable attention. Herein, we report on precis synthesis of …

Helical polymer self-assembly and chiral nanostructure formation

RA Scanga, JF Reuther - Polymer Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the pioneering efforts of Nolte, Okamoto and Green, the field of chiral helical polymers
has made significant inroads. Here, we review recent advances made in the design …

Fast living polymerization and helix-sense-selective polymerization of diazoacetates using air-stable palladium (II) catalysts

JH Chu, XH Xu, SM Kang, N Liu… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this work, air-stable palladium (II) catalysts bearing bidentate phosphine ligands were
designed and prepared, which could initiate fast and living polymerizations of various …

Polycarbodiimide for textile dye removal from contaminated water

MD Lord, G Neve, M Keating… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water pollution has been a significant challenge for the environment and human health.
Dyes in water resources cause severe water pollution and block sunlight penetration …

Facile synthesis of hybrid silica nanoparticles grafted with helical poly (phenyl isocyanide) s and their enantioselective crystallization ability

L Yang, Y Tang, N Liu, CH Liu, Y Ding, ZQ Wu - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this contribution, we report on the facile synthesis of hybrid silica nanoparticles grafted
with helical poly (phenyl isocyanide) s via both “grafting from” and “grafting to” strategies …

Significant improvement on enantioselectivity and diastereoselectivity of organocatalyzed asymmetric aldol reaction using helical polyisocyanides bearing proline …

L Zhou, BF Chu, XY Xu, L Xu, N Liu, ZQ Wu - ACS Macro Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
A novel enantiopure phenyl isocyanide (1) carrying l-proline derivative was designed and
synthesized. Living polymerization of 1 using a alkyne-Pd (II) catalyst affording a series of …

Combination of RAFT and Pd (II)-initiated isocyanide polymerizations: A versatile method for facile synthesis of helical poly (phenyl isocyanide) block and star …

ZQ Jiang, SQ Zhao, YX Su, N Liu, ZQ Wu - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report a new method for facile synthesis of block and star copolymers composed of
helical poly (phenyl isocyanide) and polyacrylate segments via combination of Pd (II) …