Biological utility of fluorinated compounds: from materials design to molecular imaging, therapeutics and environmental remediation

C Zhang, K Yan, C Fu, H Peng, CJ Hawker… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The applications of fluorinated molecules in bioengineering and nanotechnology are
expanding rapidly with the controlled introduction of fluorine being broadly studied due to …

Engineering precise sequence-defined polymers for advanced functions

Q Shi, Z Deng, M Hou, X Hu, S Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike natural macromolecules (eg, nucleic acids and proteins) possessing precisely
defined molar mass, chain sequence, chirality, and topology, synthetic polymers are typically …

Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes

X Wang, C Zhang, M Sawczyk, J Sun, Q Yuan… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Rechargeable batteries paired with sodium metal anodes are considered to be one of the
most promising high-energy and low-cost energy-storage systems. However, the use of …

Properties and applications of precision oligomer materials; where organic and polymer chemistry join forces

B van Genabeek, BAG Lamers… - Journal of Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Precise oligomeric materials constitute a growing area of research with implications for
various applications as well as fundamental studies. Notably, this field of science which can …

Fluorine in medicinal chemistry: in perspective to COVID-19

C Zhang - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over two years into the outbreak of COVID-19, the quest for effective and economical drugs
has become starkly clear to reduce the risk of progression of coronavirus disease. A number …

Topologically Precise and Discrete Bottlebrush Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Structure–Property Relationships

ND Ogbonna, M Dearman, CT Cho, B Bharti, AJ Peters… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
As the complexity of polymer structure grows, so do the challenges for developing an
accurate understanding of their structure–property relationships. Here, the synthesis of …

High F-Content Perfluoropolyether-Based Nanoparticles for Targeted Detection of Breast Cancer by 19F Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging

C Zhang, SS Moonshi, W Wang, HT Ta, Y Han… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two important challenges in the field of 19F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the
maintenance of high fluorine content without compromising imaging performance, and …

Comprehensive understanding of polyester stereocomplexation

ZQ Wan, JM Longo, LX Liang, HY Chen… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report a comprehensive understanding of the stereoselective interaction between two
opposite enantiomeric polyesters prepared from the regioselective copolymerization of …

Emergence of hexagonally close-packed spheres in linear block copolymer melts

C Zhang, DL Vigil, D Sun, MW Bates… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The hexagonally close-packed (HCP) sphere phase is predicted to be stable across a
narrow region of linear block copolymer phase space, but the small free energy difference …

Sequence-defined synthetic polymers for new-generation functional biomaterials

Z Deng, Q Shi, J Tan, J Hu, S Liu - ACS Materials Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Synthetic polymers have been extensively exploited for biomedical and pharmacological
applications, spanning from surgical devices, diagnostics, tissue engineering, regenerative …