A review on recent advances in polymer and peptide hydrogels

S Mondal, S Das, AK Nandi - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive
properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of mechanochromic polymers and composites: From material design strategy to advanced electronics application

Q Guo, X Zhang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The design and fabrication of functional polymers with fascinating mechanochromic
properties are of profound significance to their prospective applications, such as wearable …

Catalyst-free vitrimers from vinyl polymers

JJ Lessard, LF Garcia, CP Easterling, MB Sims… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cross-linked networks feature exceptional chemical and mechanical resilience but
consequently lack recyclability. Vitrimers have emerged as a class of materials that feature …

Oxime-based and catalyst-free dynamic covalent polyurethanes

WX Liu, C Zhang, H Zhang, N Zhao… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polyurethanes (PUs) have many applications resulting from their preeminent properties, but
being commonly used toxic catalysts, and the lack of processability for PU thermosets cause …

Catalyst-free synthesis of lignin vitrimers with tunable mechanical properties: Circular polymers and recoverable adhesives

A Moreno, M Morsali, MH Sipponen - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biobased circular materials are alternatives to fossil-based engineering plastics, but simple
and material-efficient synthetic routes are needed for industrial scalability. Here, a series of …

Biosourced acetal and Diels–Alder adduct concurrent polyurethane covalent adaptable network

Q Li, S Ma, P Li, B Wang, H Feng, N Lu, S Wang… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conventional polyurethane (PU) thermosets are built by nonrenewable petrifaction
resources and are burdensome to be recycled, reprocessed, and reshaped in virtue of their …

Mechanophores with a reversible radical system and freezing‐induced mechanochemistry in polymer solutions and gels

K Imato, A Irie, T Kosuge, T Ohishi… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Visualization and quantitative evaluation of covalent bond scission in polymeric materials
are highly important for understanding failure, fatigue, and deterioration mechanisms and …

Photonic cholesteric liquid-crystal elastomers with reprogrammable helical pitch and handedness

S Hussain, S Park - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
The unique combination of the rubber-like property and the photonic helicoidal structure of
cholesteric liquid-crystal elastomers (CLCEs) results in one-handed circular polarized light …

Synthesis of π-Extended Thiele's and Chichibabin's Hydrocarbons and Effect of the π-Congestion on Conformations and Electronic States

T Nishiuchi, S Aibara, H Sato… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The biradicaloid of Chichibabin's hydrocarbon exits in a unique thermal equilibrium between
closed-shell singlet and open-shell triplet forms. Conceptually, the incorporation of …

Mechanochemical reactions of bis (9-methylphenyl-9-fluorenyl) peroxides and their applications in cross-linked polymers

Y Lu, H Sugita, K Mikami, D Aoki… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The exploration of mechanochemical reactions has brought new opportunities for the design
of functional materials. We synthesized the novel organic peroxide mechanophore bis (9 …