Structure code for advanced polymer electrolyte in lithium‐ion batteries

J Wang, S Li, Q Zhao, C Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely applied in consumer
electronics and electric vehicles. Polymer electrolytes (PEs) play an essential role in LIBs …

Where biology and traditional polymers meet: the potential of associating sequence-Defined polymers for materials science

AJ DeStefano, RA Segalman, EC Davidson - Jacs Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymers with precisely defined monomeric sequences present an exquisite tool for
controlling material properties by harnessing both the robustness of synthetic polymers and …

Polypeptoids: a model system to study the effect of monomer sequence on polymer properties and self-assembly

AM Rosales, RA Segalman, RN Zuckermann - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
As the ability to control the monomer sequence of synthetic polymers increases, new
relationships between sequence, polymer structure, and functional properties are being …

Sequential Polymerization from Complex Monomer Mixtures: Access to Multiblock Copolymers with Adjustable Sequence, Topology, and Gradient Strength

X Xia, T Gao, F Li, R Suzuki, T Isono, T Satoh - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Switchable polymerization shows considerable potential for simulating the molecular
precision of natural biopolymers, such as nucleic acids or proteins, to synthesize highly …

Adsorption and diffusion of methane and carbon dioxide in amorphous regions of cross-linked polyethylene: a molecular simulation study

Y Yang, AK Narayanan Nair, S Sun - Industrial & Engineering …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We perform Monte Carlo (MC) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the
adsorption and diffusion properties of methane and CO2 in cross-linked polyethylene in the …

Asymmetric copolymers: synthesis, properties, and applications of gradient and other partially segregated copolymers

J Zhang, B Farias‐Mancilla, M Destarac… - Macromolecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Asymmetric copolymers are a class of materials with intriguing properties. They can be
defined by a distribution of monomers within the polymer chain that is neither strictly …

Competitive copolymerization: access to aziridine copolymers with adjustable gradient strengths

T Gleede, JC Markwart, N Huber, E Rieger… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Competitive copolymerization gives access to gradient copolymers with simple one-step and
one-pot strategies. Due to the living nature of the sulfonyl-aziridine polymerization, gradient …

Sequence effects on block copolymer self-assembly through tuning chain conformation and segregation strength utilizing sequence-defined polypeptoids

AL Patterson, SPO Danielsen, B Yu… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers with sequence control offer the possibility of tuning segregation strength with
comonomer sequence instead of chemical identity. Here, we have synthesized polystyrene …

Monomer sequence effects on interfacial width and mixing in self-assembled diblock copolymers

AL Patterson, B Yu, SPO Danielsen… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Monomer sequence is shown to directly control interfacial and in-domain mixing in lamellar
polystyrene-b-polypeptoid diblock copolymers, where the polypeptoid block is composed of …

Biodegradable polymeric nanostructures in therapeutic applications: opportunities and challenges

SK Shukla, SK Shukla, PP Govender, NG Giri - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable polymeric nanostructures (BPNs) have shown great promise in different
therapeutic applications such as diagnosis, imaging, drug delivery, cosmetics, organ …