Up in the air: oxygen tolerance in controlled/living radical polymerisation

J Yeow, R Chapman, AJ Gormley… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The requirement for deoxygenation in controlled/living radical polymerisation (CLRP) places
significant limitations on its widespread implementation by necessitating the use of large …

Enzymes as green catalysts for precision macromolecular synthesis

S Shoda, H Uyama, J Kadokawa, S Kimura… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The present article comprehensively reviews the macromolecular synthesis using enzymes
as catalysts. Among the six main classes of enzymes, the three classes, oxidoreductases …

The pathway to intelligence: using stimuli‐responsive materials as building blocks for constructing smart and functional systems

X Zhang, L Chen, KH Lim, S Gonuguntla… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Systems that are intelligent have the ability to sense their surroundings, analyze,
and respond accordingly. In nature, many biological systems are considered intelligent (eg …

Multi-responsive hydrogel structures from patterned droplet networks

FG Downs, DJ Lunn, MJ Booth, JB Sauer… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Responsive hydrogels that undergo controlled shape changes in response to a range of
stimuli are of interest for microscale soft robotic and biomedical devices. However, these …

Highly controlled open vessel RAFT polymerizations by enzyme degassing

R Chapman, AJ Gormley, KL Herpoldt… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Intolerance to oxygen is a key limitation in many reactions and particularly in controlled
radical polymerizations. Here we introduce the use of enzymes such as glucose oxidase …

Strategies for achieving oxygen tolerance in reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization

G Ng, SW Prescott, A Postma, G Moad… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) is a popular
method for the synthesis of well‐defined macromolecules, but its sensitivity to oxygen is a …

Polymer conjugation of proteins as a synthetic post-translational modification to impact their stability and activity

TA Wright, RC Page, D Konkolewicz - Polymer chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
For more than 40 years, protein–polymer conjugates have been widely used for many
applications, industrially and biomedically. These bioconjugates have been shown to …

Radical polymerization reactions for amplified biodetection signals

S Kim, HD Sikes - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions that provide amplified biodetection signals are essential in point-of-care
diagnostics, a category of portable biosensors that should detect nanomolar to attomolar …

Cascade catalysis-initiated radical polymerization amplified impedimetric immunosensor for ultrasensitive detection of carbohydrate antigen 15-3

C Zhang, D Zhang, Z Ma, H Han - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Efficient signal amplification strategies are crucial for ultrasensitive detection of tumor
markers. Herein, a new signal amplification strategy by coupling cascade catalysis-initiated …

Fenton‐chemistry‐mediated radical polymerization

A Reyhani, TG McKenzie, Q Fu… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, the power of a classical chemical reaction, the Fenton reaction for initiating
radical polymerizations, is demonstrated. The reaction between the Fenton reagents (ie …