Marina González-Burgos, Angel Alegría, Arantxa Arbe, Juan Colmenero and José A. Pomposo
            Polym. Chem., 2016,7, 6570-6574
            
            
            DOI:
            10.1039/C6PY01602B,
            Communication
        
        
    We disclose herein a new route towards the straightforward synthesis of aldehyde-decorated ultrafine single-chain nanoparticles based on microwave-assisted decomposition of azide-containing precursors in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) or N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP).