Carbohydrate-based macromolecular biomaterials

L Su, Y Feng, K Wei, X Xu, R Liu, G Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

Aliphatic polycarbonates from cyclic carbonate monomers and their application as biomaterials

W Yu, E Maynard, V Chiaradia, MC Arno… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aliphatic polycarbonates have gained increased attention as biomaterials largely owing to
their biocompatibility and tunable degradation. Moreover, the ability to introduce functional …

100th anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: polymers from lignocellulosic biomass. Current challenges and future opportunities

RM O'Dea, JA Willie, TH Epps III - ACS Macro Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sustainable polymers from lignocellulosic biomass have the potential to reduce the
environmental impact of commercial plastics while also offering significant performance and …

Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

S Hu, J Zhao, G Zhang, H Schlaad - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In virtue of the rising demand for metal-free polymeric materials, organocatalytic
polymerization has emerged and blossomed unprecedentedly in the past 15 years into an …

Elucidation of Substantial Differences in Ring-Opening Polymerization Outcomes from Subtle Variation of Glucose Carbonate-Based Monomer Substitution Patterns …

Y Shen, M Leng, Y Yang, SK Boopathi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The substituents present upon five-membered bicyclic glucose carbonate monomers were
found to greatly affect the reactivities and regioselectivities during ring-opening …

Chemical synthesis of polysaccharides and polysaccharide mimetics

R Xiao, MW Grinstaff - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are ubiquitous in nature, and play many critical roles in biology. As such,
the synthesis of polysaccharides and of polymers mimicking the structure or function of …

Rapid synthesis of chemically recyclable polycarbonates from renewable feedstocks

DJ Saxon, EA Gormong, VM Shah… - ACS Macro …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report the rapid, one-pot synthesis of functional polycarbonates derived from renewable
alcohols (ie, glucose tetraacetate, acetyl isosorbide, lauryl alcohol, and ethanol) and a cyclic …

Controlled Living Cascade Polymerization To Make Fully Degradable Sugar-Based Polymers from d-Glucose and d-Galactose

A Bhaumik, GI Peterson, C Kang… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Monomers derived from glucose and galactose, which contain an endocyclic alkene (in the
sugar ring) and a terminal alkyne, underwent a cascade polymerization to prepare new …

Chemical design of both a glutathione-sensitive dimeric drug guest and a glucose-derived nanocarrier host to achieve enhanced osteosarcoma lung metastatic …

L Su, R Li, S Khan, R Clanton, F Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although nanomedicines have been pursued for nearly 20 years, fundamental chemical
strategies that seek to optimize both the drug and drug carrier together in a concerted effort …

Invoking Side-Chain Functionality for the Mediation of Regioselectivity during Ring-Opening Polymerization of Glucose Carbonates

Y Song, X Yang, Y Shen, M Dong, YN Lin… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The extent of participation of side-chain functionalities during the 1, 5, 7-triazabicyclo [5.4. 0]
dec-5-ene (TBD) organobase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerizations (ROP) of six …