Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

JC Worch, H Prydderch, S Jimaja, P Bexis… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The importance of stereochemistry to the function of molecules is generally well understood.
However, to date, control over stereochemistry and its potential to influence properties of the …

Biosynthetic polymers as functional materials

AS Carlini, L Adamiak, NC Gianneschi - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of functional polymers encoded with biomolecules has been an extensive
area of research for decades. As such, a diverse toolbox of polymerization techniques and …

Isospecific, chain shuttling polymerization of propylene oxide using a bimetallic chromium catalyst: a new route to semicrystalline polyols

MI Childers, AK Vitek, LS Morris… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hydroxy-telechelic poly (propylene oxide)(PPO) is widely used industrially as a midsegment
in polyurethane synthesis. These atactic polymers are produced from racemic propylene …

Chiral diboranes as catalysts for the stereoselective organopolymerization of epoxides

A Sirin-Sariaslan, S Naumann - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
It is demonstrated that stereoselective polymerization of epoxides, long a domain of metal-
based compounds, can also be achieved via the application of organocatalysts. A simple …

Recent progress in block copolymer crystallization

RM Van Horn, MR Steffen… - Polymer Crystallization, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Block copolymers (BCPs) are important for technological advances in numerous industries,
including but not limited to, electronics, biomedical, optics, environmental, and infrastructure …

Bimetallic chromium catalysts with chain transfer agents: a route to isotactic poly (propylene oxide) s with narrow dispersities

LS Morris, MI Childers, GW Coates - Angewandte Chemie, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bimetallic chromium catalysts are investigated for the enantioselective polymerization of
propylene oxide. The catalyst is composed of two salen chromium species linked by an alkyl …

A guide to modern methods for poly (thio) ether synthesis using Earth-abundant metals

RC Ferrier, G Kumbhar, S Crum-Dacon… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyethers and polythioethers have a long and storied history dating back to the start of
polymer science as a distinct field. As such, these materials have been utilized in a wide …

Compositionally controlled polyether membranes via mono (μ-alkoxo) bis (alkylaluminum)-initiated chain-growth network epoxide polymerization: synthesis and …

CG Rodriguez, M Chwatko, J Park, CL Bentley… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The addition of a diglycidyl-ether to a mono (μ-alkoxo) bis (alkylaluminum)-initiated epoxide
polymerization presents a strategy for amorphous polyether-based membrane synthesis. In …

Fully amorphous atactic and isotactic block copolymers and their self-assembly into nano-and microscopic vesicles

R Wehr, EC Dos Santos, MS Muthwill, V Chimisso… - Polymer …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The introduction of chirality into aqueous self-assemblies by employing isotactic block
copolymers (BCPs) is an emerging field of interest as it promises special membrane …

Manganese (iii) salophen supported on a silica containing triazine dendrimer: An efficient catalyst for epoxidation of alkenes with sodium periodate

MA Fardjahromi, M Moghadam, S Tangestaninejad… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, Mn (III) salophen supported on a nanosilica triazine dendrimer was
synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, UV-vis spectroscopic methods, SEM, TEM, TGA …