Ultrasonics in polymer science: applications and challenges

ARSS Kumar, A Padmakumar, U Kalita… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic waves in a liquid media generate both chemical and mechanistic effects that are
actively used to perform chemical reactions, polymer synthesis, nanoparticle synthesis …

Recent progress on chemical modification of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) and its application in nanocomposite films and membranes-A comprehensive review

C Gomri, M Cretin, M Semsarilar - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) has recently gained much attention due to its unique properties
such as abundancy, biodegradability, high strength, large surface area, functional ability …

A critical appraisal of RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly

SL Canning, GN Smith, SP Armes - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recently, polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has become widely recognized as a
robust and efficient route to produce block copolymer nanoparticles of controlled size …

Photoinduced electron transfer reactions for macromolecular syntheses

S Dadashi-Silab, S Doran, Y Yagci - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Photochemical reactions, particularly those involving photoinduced electron transfer
processes, establish a substantial contribution to the modern synthetic chemistry, and the …

Emerging functional porous polymeric and carbonaceous materials for environmental treatment and energy storage

B Zheng, X Lin, X Zhang, D Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for practical and cost‐effective environmental treatment and energy storage
materials is exploding. Porous polymeric and carbonaceous materials have attracted …

A robust and versatile photoinduced living polymerization of conjugated and unconjugated monomers and its oxygen tolerance

J Xu, K Jung, A Atme, S Shanmugam… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Controlled/living radical polymerization techniques have transformed polymer chemistry in
the last few decades, affording the production of polymers with precise control over both …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Functional Nanoparticles from the Solution Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers

U Tritschler, S Pearce, J Gwyther, GR Whittell… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This Perspective outlines recent advances concerning the formation and potential uses of
block copolymer micelles, a class of soft-matter-based nanoparticles of growing importance …

Exploiting metalloporphyrins for selective living radical polymerization tunable over visible wavelengths

S Shanmugam, J Xu, C Boyer - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The use of metalloporphyrins has been gaining popularity particularly in the area of
medicine concerning sensitizers for the treatment of cancer and dermatological diseases …

Antiviral polymers: past approaches and future possibilities

RH Bianculli, JD Mase, MD Schulz - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Treating a viral disease is no simple feat. Drug resistance, latent reservoirs in the body,
emerging novel viruses, and a frequent lack of specific treatments all complicate antiviral …

Antimicrobial polymeric nanoparticles

SJ Lam, EHH Wong, C Boyer, GG Qiao - Progress in polymer science, 2018 - Elsevier
Currently, infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria have reached critical levels.
Thus, various approaches are being explored for the development of new and effective …