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 …

Synthesis of polycaprolactone: a review

M Labet, W Thielemans - Chemical society reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is an important polymer due to its mechanical properties, miscibility
with a large range of other polymers and biodegradability. Two main pathways to produce …

Mechanistic transformations involving living and controlled/living polymerization methods

Y Yagci, MA Tasdelen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2006 - Elsevier
This review is prepared on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the historic discovery of
living anionic polymerization by Michael Szwarc. This process enabled preparation, with …

Synthesis and characterization of naphthoxazine functional poly (ε-caprolactone)

B Kiskan, Y Yagci - Polymer, 2005 - Elsevier
A novel naphthoxazine ring-containing poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) was synthesized and
characterized. For this purpose, first hydroxyl functional naphthoxazine, namely 2-(1H …

Fluorescent bioassay for SARS-CoV-2 detection using polypyrene-g-poly (ε-caprolactone) prepared by simultaneous photoinduced step-growth and ring-opening …

T Celiker, F Ghorbanizamani, H Moulahoum… - Microchimica Acta, 2022 - Springer
The construction of a rapid and easy immunofluorescence bioassay for SARS-CoV-2
detection is described. We report for the first time a novel one-pot synthetic approach for …

Photoinitiated cationic polymerization of unconventional monomers

Y Yagci - Macromolecular symposia, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Photoinitiated cationic polymerization of unconventional monomers namely, benzoxazines,
monothiocarbonates and macromonomers of poly (ε‐caprolactone) and poly (ethylene …

3, 4-Ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) End-Group Functionalized Poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL): self-assembly in organic solvents and its coincidentally observed peculiar …

AD Bendrea, L Cianga, GL Ailiesei, EL Ursu… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
End-group functionalization of homopolymers is a valuable way to produce high-fidelity
nanostructured and functional soft materials when the structures obtained have the capacity …

Photoinitiated Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane

ZG Coban, HC Kiliclar, Y Yagci - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photochemical techniques have recently been revitalized as they can readily be adapted to
different polymerization modes to yield a wide range of complex macromolecular structures …

Efficient ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone catalysed by isomeric pyridyl β-diketonate iron (III) complexes

SL Lee, FL Hu, XJ Shang, YX Shi, AL Tan… - New Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of Fe (III) complexes of β-diketonate ligands, 1-(2-pyridyl)-3-(3-pyridyl)-1, 3-
propanedione (L1), 1-(2-pyridyl)-3-(2-pyridyl)-1, 3-propanedione (L2), 1-(2-pyridyl)-3-(4 …

Tailor-made ultra-crystalline, high molecular weight poly (ε-caprolactone) films with improved oxygen gas barrier and optical properties: a facile and scalable …

P Bhagabati, D Hazarika, V Katiyar - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The work presents a facile and scalable approach for fabricating tailor-made ultra-
crystalline, high molecular weight biodegradable polymer poly (ε-caprolactone)[PCL] …