Recent progress on controlled polymerizations for functional metallopolymers

X Liu, F Liu, T Abdiryim, R Jamal - Polymer Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Metallopolymers with precise structures and particular properties have emerged as
promising functional materials. The applications of metallopolymers depend on the unique …

Heterometallic macromolecules: Synthesis, properties and multiple nanomaterial applications

F Liu, X Liu, T Abdiryim, H Gu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Metallomacromolecules allow develo** advanced materials with various characteristic
properties including inter alia optoelectronics, conductivity, magnetism, self-healing …

Polyferrocenylsilane block copolymer spherulites in dilute solution

J Jiang, E Nikbin, G Hicks, S Song, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of block copolymers (BCP) into uniform 3D structures in solution is an
extremely rare phenomenon. Furthermore, the investigation of general prerequisites for …

Block copolymer self-assembly: Polydisperse corona-forming blocks leading to uniform morphologies

S Song, H Zhou, I Manners, MA Winnik - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Bottom-up block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly involving crystallization of the core-forming
block can lead, via a multistep protocol, to a range of uniform structures. One normally works …

Experimental validation on average conformation of a comblike polystyrene library in dilute solutions: universal scaling laws and abnormal SEC elution behavior

X Pan, M Ding, L Li - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, a sample library of well-defined comblike polystyrenes (PS) has been prepared
for the study of average conformation in dilute solutions. The dependences of radius of …

Spherulite‐like micelles

S Song, H Zhou, S Ye, J Tam, JY Howe… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract One‐dimensional (1D) and 2D structures by crystallization‐driven self‐assembly of
block copolymers (BCPs) can form fascinating hierarchical structures through secondary self …

An amphiphilic corona-forming block promotes formation of a variety of 2D platelets via crystallization-driven block copolymer self-assembly

S Song, H Zhou, G Hicks, J Jiang, Y Zhang… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We describe the crystallization-driven self-assembly of a poly (ferrocenyldimethylsilane)(
PFS) block copolymer [PFS50-bP (EG-E) MA48] with amphiphilic pendant groups in the …

Crystallization-dictated assembly of block copolymers and nanoparticles under three-dimensional confinement

D Hu, X Ji, J Zhu, J Xu - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystallization-dictated self-assembly of crystalline block copolymers (BCPs) in solution has
been utilized to produce many impressive nanostructures. However, when the assembly of …

Single crystals and two‐dimensional crystalline assemblies of block copolymers

C Yang, ZX Li, JT Xu - Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymer single crystals (BCPSCs) have attracted widespread attentions due to their
unique two‐dimensional (2D) structure, good controllability, and great potential applications …

Creation of Segmented Platelets with Diverse Crystalline Cores Using Double Crystalline Triblock Copolymers

Z Gao, X Zhang, B Zheng, J Gu… - Journal of the American …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) platelet structures with uniform dimensions and spatially defined
diverse cores are highly sought but are still challenging to access. Living crystallization …