Copolymerization involving sulfur-containing monomers

TJ Yue, WM Ren, XB Lu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Incorporating sulfur (S) atoms into polymer main chains endows these materials with many
attractive features, including a high refractive index, mechanical properties, electrochemical …

Sulfur chemistry in polymer and materials science

H Mutlu, EB Ceper, X Li, J Yang… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur and its functional groups are major players in an area of exciting research taking
place in modern polymer and materials science, both in academia and industry. In fact …

Precise cooperative sulfur placement leads to semi-crystallinity and selective depolymerisability in CS2/oxetane copolymers

C Fornacon-Wood, BR Manjunatha, MR Stühler… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
CS2 promises easy access to degradable sulfur-rich polymers and insights into how main-
group derivatisation affects polymer formation and properties, though its ring-opening …

Recent advances in the polymerization of elemental sulphur, inverse vulcanization and methods to obtain functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers …

Y Zhang, RS Glass, K Char, J Pyun - Polymer Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent developments in the polymerization of elemental sulfur and the preparation of
functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) are reviewed. CHIPs …

Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: A novel route to high sulfur content polymers for sustainability, energy and defense

JJ Griebel, RS Glass, K Char, J Pyun - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent developments in the polymerizations of elemental sulfur (S 8) to prepare high sulfur
content polymers are reviewed. While the homopolymerization of S 8 via ring-opening …

4-Hydroxyproline-derived sustainable polythioesters: controlled ring-opening polymerization, complete recyclability, and facile functionalization

J Yuan, W Xiong, X Zhou, Y Zhang, D Shi… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The sustainable production of chemically recyclable polymers presents a significant
opportunity to polymer scientists to tackle the growing environmental and energy problems …

Renewable plant-derived lignin for electrochemical energy systems

R Jia, C He, Q Li, SY Liu, G Liao - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Lignin, as one of the most abundant natural polymers, has been proved to be a promising
material for the construction of high-performance electrochemical energy systems, including …

Functional group divergence and the structural basis of acridine photocatalysis revealed by direct decarboxysulfonylation

VT Nguyen, GC Haug, VD Nguyen, NTH Vuong… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactivity of the sulfonyl group varies dramatically from nucleophilic sulfinates through
chemically robust sulfones to electrophilic sulfonyl halides—a feature that has been used …

Sulfur‐containing polymer cathode materials: From energy storage mechanism to energy density

R Zou, W Liu, F Ran - InfoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Besides lithium‐ion batteries, it is imperative to develop new battery energy storage system
with high energy density. In conjunction with the development of Li‐S batteries, emerging …

Covalent fixing of sulfur in metal–sulfur batteries

R Fang, J Xu, DW Wang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With its earth abundance and two-electron-transfer reaction mechanism, sulfur has been
driving the rapid growth of metal–sulfur batteries. The practical performance of metal–sulfur …