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 …

Bioapplications of hyperbranched polymers

D Wang, T Zhao, X Zhu, D Yan, W Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs), an important subclass of dendritic macromolecules, are
highly branched, three-dimensional globular nanopolymeric architectures. Attractive …

X‐yne click polymerization

X Fu, A Qin, BZ Tang - Aggregate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alkyne‐based click polymerizations have been nurtured into a powerful synthetic technique
for the preparation of new polymers with advanced structures and versatile properties …

“Click”-inspired chemistry in macromolecular science: matching recent progress and user expectations

P Espeel, FE Du Prez - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
This year, it has been a decade that the concept of “click” chemistry was pioneered in
polymer and material science by the exploration of the synthetic scope of copper-catalyzed …

Branched and dendritic polymer architectures: Functional nanomaterials for therapeutic delivery

AB Cook, S Perrier - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Barriers to therapeutic transport in biological systems can prevent accumulation of drugs at
the intended site, thus limiting the therapeutic effect against various diseases. Advances in …

Recent advances in alkyne-based click polymerizations

D Huang, Y Liu, A Qin, BZ Tang - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Click chemistry, with remarkable advantages such as high efficiency, atom economy, mild
reaction conditions, very high yield, regio-and/or stereoselectivity, and good functionality …

End-functionalized polymers by controlled/living radical polymerizations: synthesis and applications

D Zhou, LW Zhu, BH Wu, ZK Xu, LS Wan - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The precise design of polymers with well-defined end functionality has received great
interest for synthesizing polymeric materials with advanced or distinctive properties. In the …

Janus cyclic peptide–polymer nanotubes

M Danial, C My-Nhi Tran, PG Young, S Perrier… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Self-assembled nanotubular structures have numerous potential applications but these are
limited by a lack of control over size and functionality. Controlling these features at the …

High performance graded rainbow holograms via two-stage sequential orthogonal thiol–click chemistry

H Peng, DP Nair, BA Kowalski, W Xi, T Gong… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Orthogonal, sequential “click” reactions were implemented to yield novel polymeric
substrates with the ability to record holographic data. The base-catalyzed thiol–acrylate …

Protected thiol strategies in macromolecular design

F Goethals, D Frank, F Du Prez - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Reactions involving thiols have been extensively applied in numerous polymeric systems
thanks to the reactive nature of the mercapto group, causing these reactions to be efficient …