The mechanochemical synthesis of polymers

A Krusenbaum, S Grätz, GT Tigineh… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry–the utilization of mechanical forces to induce chemical reactions–is a
rarely considered tool for polymer synthesis. It offers numerous advantages such as reduced …

Polymeric delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids

R Kumar, CF Santa Chalarca, MR Bockman… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advent of genome editing has transformed the therapeutic landscape for several
debilitating diseases, and the clinical outlook for gene therapeutics has never been more …

Extrusion 3D printing of polymeric materials with advanced properties

Z Jiang, B Diggle, ML Tan, J Viktorova… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing is a rapidly growing technology that has an enormous potential to
impact a wide range of industries such as engineering, art, education, medicine, and …

Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review

P Makvandi, S Iftekhar, F Pizzetti, A Zarepour… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The inert nature of most commercial polymers and nanomaterials results in limitations of
applications in various industrial fields. This can be solved by surface modifications to …

Photocatalytic direct decarboxylation of carboxylic acids to derivatize or degrade polymers

A Adili, AB Korpusik, D Seidel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Visible light‐mediated direct decarboxylation of carboxylic acids with an acridine
photocatalyst is a convenient and powerful method to generate carbon‐centered radicals in …

Architecture-transformable polymers: Reshaping the future of stimuli-responsive polymers

H Sun, CP Kabb, MB Sims, BS Sumerlin - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The field of stimuli-responsive, or smart polymers, has commanded significant interest over
the past decade. However, most examples of stimuli-responsive polymers have relied on …

Practical and regioselective amination of arenes using alkyl amines

A Ruffoni, F Juliá, TD Svejstrup, AJ McMillan… - Nature Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
The formation of carbon–nitrogen bonds for the preparation of aromatic amines is among the
top five reactions carried out globally for the production of high-value materials, ranging from …

Accessing pluripotent materials through tempering of dynamic covalent polymer networks

NR Boynton, JM Dennis, ND Dolinski, CA Lindberg… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Pluripotency, which is defined as a system not fixed as to its developmental potentialities, is
typically associated with biology and stem cells. Inspired by this concept, we report synthetic …

Functional polymeric materials based on main‐group elements

F Vidal, F Jäkle - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade has witnessed tremendous advances in the synthesis of polymers that
contain elements from the main groups beyond those found in typical organic polymers …

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 …