Block copolymers: Synthesis, self-assembly, and applications

H Feng, X Lu, W Wang, NG Kang, JW Mays - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Research on block copolymers (BCPs) has played a critical role in the development of
polymer chemistry, with numerous pivotal contributions that have advanced our ability to …

Recent advances in thermoplastic elastomers from living polymerizations: Macromolecular architectures and supramolecular chemistry

W Wang, W Lu, A Goodwin, H Wang, P Yin… - Progress in polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have found use in a wide range of applications, such as
adhesives, elastomers, coatings, fibers, and in additive manufacturing techniques such as …

Machine learning discovery of high-temperature polymers

L Tao, G Chen, Y Li - Patterns, 2021 - cell.com
To formulate a machine learning (ML) model to establish the polymer's structure-property
correlation for glass transition temperature T g, we collect a diverse set of nearly 13,000 real …

Bicontinuous structured liquids with sub-micrometre domains using nanoparticle surfactants

C Huang, J Forth, W Wang, K Hong, GS Smith… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Bicontinuous jammed emulsions (or bijels) are tortuous, interconnected structures of two
immiscible liquids, kinetically trapped by colloidal particles that are irreversibly bound to the …

One‐Step Synthesis of Lignin‐Based Triblock Copolymers as High‐Temperature and UV‐Blocking Thermoplastic Elastomers

Y Wan, J He, Y Zhang, EYX Chen - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This work utilizes frustrated Lewis pairs consisting of tethered bis‐organophosphorus
superbases and a bulky organoaluminum to furnish the highly efficient synthesis of well …

Elastomeric polyethylenes accessible via ethylene homo-polymerization using an unsymmetrical α-diimino-nickel catalyst

X Wang, L Fan, Y Ma, CY Guo, GA Solan, Y Sun… - Polymer …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Five types of unsymmetrical bis (arylimino) acenaphthenes, 1-[2, 4, 6-(CHPh2) 3C6H2N]-2-
(ArN) C2C10H6 (Ar= 2, 6-Me2Ph L1, 2, 6-Et2Ph L2, 2, 6-i-Pr2Ph L3, 2, 4, 6-Me3Ph L4 and 2 …

Quo Vadis carbanionic polymerization?

K Ntetsikas, V Ladelta, S Bhaumik… - ACS Polymers …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Living anionic polymerization will soon celebrate 70 years of existence. This living
polymerization is considered the mother of all living and controlled/living polymerizations …

The Microscopic Structure–Property Relationship of Metal–Organic Polyhedron Nanocomposites

M Zhang, Y Lai, M Li, T Hong, W Wang… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Monodispersed hairy nanocomposites with typical 2 nm (isophthalic acid) 24Cu24 metal–
organic polyhedra (MOP) as a core protected by 24 polymer chains with controlled narrow …

Access to polyethylene elastomers via ethylene homo-polymerization using N, N′-nickel (II) catalysts appended with electron withdrawing difluorobenzhydryl group

Y Wang, A Vignesh, M Qu, Z Wang, Y Sun… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
A library of five hither-to-unknown unsymmetrical N, N′-diiminoacenaphthylenes, 1-[2, 4, 6-
{(4-FC 6 H 4) 2 CH} 3 C 6 H 4 N]-2-(ArN) C 2 C 10 H 6 (Ar= 2, 6-Me 2 Ph L1, 2, 6-Et 2 Ph L2 …

Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of N-(tolylsulfonyl)azetidines To Produce Linear Poly(trimethylenimine) and Closed-System Block Copolymers

L Reisman, EA Rowe, EM Jackson… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The anionic ring-opening copolymerization of N-(p-tolylsulfonyl) azetidine (p TsAzet) and N-
(o-tolylsulfonyl) azetidine (o TsAzet) produces poly (p TsAzet-co-o TsAzet) as a statistical …