Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties

X Zhao, X Chen, H Yuk, S Lin, X Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

1, 2, 3-Triazole and its analogues: new surrogates for diazo compounds

M Akter, K Rupa, P Anbarasan - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Readily accessible and shelf-stable 1, 2, 3-triazole and its analogues such as pyridotriazole,
triazoloindole, benzotriazole, and thiadiazole exist in equilibrium with their ring-opened …

Cu (I)-catalyzed click chemistry in glycoscience and their diverse applications

AK Agrahari, P Bose, MK Jaiswal, S Rajkhowa… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Copper (I)-catalyzed 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition between organic azides and terminal
alkynes, commonly known as CuAAC or click chemistry, has been identified as one of the …

Chemically modified biopolymers for the formation of biomedical hydrogels

VG Muir, JA Burdick - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biopolymers are natural polymers sourced from plants and animals, which include a variety
of polysaccharides and polypeptides. The inclusion of biopolymers into biomedical …

Radiochemistry for positron emission tomography

J Rong, A Haider, TE Jeppesen, L Josephson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) constitutes a functional imaging technique that is
harnessed to probe biological processes in vivo. PET imaging has been used to diagnose …

A hitchhiker's guide to click-chemistry with nucleic acids

NZ Fantoni, AH El-Sagheer, T Brown - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Click chemistry is an immensely powerful technique for the fast and efficient covalent
conjugation of molecular entities. Its broad scope has positively impacted on multiple …

Click and bioorthogonal chemistry: the future of active targeting of nanoparticles for nanomedicines?

L Taiariol, C Chaix, C Farre, E Moreau - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the years, click and bioorthogonal reactions have been the subject of considerable
research efforts. These high-performance chemical reactions have been developed to meet …

The Huisgen reaction: milestones of the 1, 3‐dipolar cycloaddition

M Breugst, HU Reissig - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The concept of 1, 3‐dipolar cycloadditions was presented by Rolf Huisgen 60 years
ago. Previously unknown reactive intermediates, for example azomethine ylides, were …

Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

Click chemistry strategies for the accelerated synthesis of functional macromolecules

Z Geng, JJ Shin, Y Xi, CJ Hawker - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …