Thermoresponsive hydrogels incorporating phase-change energy storage materials for advanced thermal management
This review summarizes the latest advancements in phase-change hydrogels, covering synthesis, thermal responsiveness regulation, and applications.
Review Article
Basic concepts and tools of artificial intelligence in polymer science
AI-driven polymer science: a structured perspective on integrating machine learning for data analysis, property prediction, and automated research workflows.
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Renewable hydroxymethylfurfural epoxide and cyclic anhydride copolymerization: a green route to functional biobased polyesters
This article presents HMF derived epoxide copolymerization with cyclic anhydrides, adding aldehyde groups into the polyester backbone. Orthogonal post-polymerization modification of poly(CFGE-alt-(exo-NA)) exploits aldehyde and alkene sites.
Facile synthesis and properties of thioamide-containing polymers
A facile and efficient strategy to prepare thioamide-containing polymers in a controlled fashion is developed. The thionation could endow polymers with more pronounced metal-ion-dependent solution behavior and stronger Au/Ag/Hg-coordinating capacity.
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Zwitterionic polymerization of glycolide catalyzed by pyridine
Pyridine is shown to be an effective catalyst for the snthesis of low molar mass cyclic polyglcolides via zwittzerionic polymerization. The cyclic polyglycolides form extended-ring crystals in the mass range below m/z 3000.
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A thiol-functional amine synergist as a co-initiator for DLP 3D printing applications
This article describes a newly synthesized thiol-functional amine synergist and its application as a co-initiator in two-component initiating systems to initiate radical photopolymerization in 3D printing.
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Soft block sulfonated styrene–butadiene–styrene (SBS) triblock copolymer proton exchange membranes
A new synthetic method that generates a middle block sulfonated SEBS proton exchange membrane through partial hydrogenation of polystyrene-b-polybutadiene-b-polystyrene and a subsequent thiol–ene click reaction and oxidation.
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Bio-based poly(1,3-trimethyleneglycol-co-lactide) triblock copolymers: a promising platform for biomedical applications
Bio-based PLA-b-PO3Gn-b-PLA copolymers were synthesized via ROP of L-/rac-lactide using PO3Gn macroinitiators. Their chemical structure, thermal behaviour, and nanoparticle self-assembly into nanoparticles were thoroughly studied.
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Stereogenic-at-silicon hybrid conjugated polymers
Highly stereoregular conjugated polysilanes were synthesized from well-defined diastereomeric building blocks.
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Pulsed laser polymerization to retrieve kinetic parameters for a propagated mid-chain radical in poly(n-butyl acrylate) synthesis: a combined DFT and kinetic Monte Carlo study
Roadmap to obtain acrylate-specific rate coefficients/Arrhenius parametersrr via PLP-SEC.
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Online GPC monitoring for batch and flow polymerisation reactions
Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) is well established as the gold standard for routine molecular weight analysis of polymers giving both mass and mass dispersity information.
High second-order nonlinear optical effect achieved by gradually decreased rotational energy barriers
The second-order nonlinear optical effect was largely enhanced by gradually introducing alkoxy chains, mainly due to the low rotational barriers and moderate isolation effect to facilitate molecular rotations of chromophore moieties.
Increase of spatiotemporal resolution and reproducible layer thicknesses in cationic vat photopolymerization
Pyridines allow a good control of the cationic photopolymerization of epoxies.
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