Polybenzoxazines: a sustainable platform for the design of fast responsive and catalyst-free vitrimers based on trans-esterification exchanges

Polym. Chem., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00324K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Antoine Adjaoud, Acerina Trejo-Machin, Laura Puchot, Pierre VergeThis work explores a new strategy, aiming for the synthesis of catalyst-free vitrimers by taking advantage of the abundant...

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Synthesis and characterization of β,β’-dimethylated dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]pyrroles and their corresponding regioregular conducting electropolymers

Polym. Chem., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00479D, PaperPeter Baeuerle, Sebastian Foertsch, Elena Mena-Osteritzβ,β’-Dimethyl-substituted dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]pyrroles (Me-DTP) 2-7 represent novel electron-rich building blocks, which were converted to corresponding conducting polymers p(Me-DTP) and to functional dyes for organic electronic...

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Hybrid silica micro-particles with light-responsive surface properties and Janus-like character

Polym. Chem., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00459J, PaperAngelo Romano, Marco Sangermano, Elisabeth Rossegger, Inge Mühlbacher, Thomas Griesser, Michael Giebler, Gianluca Palmara, Francesca Frascella, Ignazio Roppolo, Sandra SchlöglThe present work highlights the synthesis and post-modification of silica-based micro-particles containing...

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Homo- and co-polymerisation of di(propylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate – a new monomer

Polym. Chem., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00444A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Anna Constantinou, Georgios Patias, Birsen Somuncuoğlu, Toby Brock, Daniel W. Lester, David Haddleton, Theoni K GeorgiouIn this study, a new methacrylate monomer with two propylene glycol...

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Precise synthesis of linear polysiloxanes with a polar side-chain structure by organocatalytic controlled/living ring-opening polymerization of (3-cyanopropyl)pentamethylcyclotrisiloxane

Polym. Chem., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00391G, PaperKeita Fuchise, Kazuhiko Sato, Masayasu IgarashiThe organocatalytic controlled/living ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of (3-cyanopropyl)pentamethylcyclotrisiloxane (CNPD2) using water or a silanol as the initiator, 1,3-trimethylene-2-methylguanidine (TMMG) as the catalyst, and organochlorosilanes...

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A mussel-bioinspired multi-functional hyperbranched polymeric coating with the integrating antibacterial and anti-fouling activities for implant interface modification

Polym. Chem., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00246E, PaperHuilin Xu, Yusong Cai, Xing Chu, Hetao Chu, Jianshu Li, Dongyue ZhangIn recent years, the infection-associated implant failures caused by bacteria intrusion and biofilm formation have become one of severe threats to human health. To effectively solve these problems, the functional...The...

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Limonene as a renewable unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent for living anionic polymerization of β-myrcene

Polym. Chem., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00570G, CommunicationAkhil Dev, Alexander Rösler, Helmut SchlaadThe acyclic monoterpene β-myrcene is polymerized by anionic polymerization at room temperature using sec-butyllithium as the initiator and the cyclic monoterpene DL-limonene as an unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent. The polymerization...

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Synthesis and properties of helically-folded poly(arylenediethynylene)s

Polym. Chem., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00144B, PaperMichihisa Toya, Hideto Ito, Kenichiro ItamiThree arylenediethnylene-based helical foldamers having pyridine, naphthaleneimide and pyrene cores show unique conformational changes and photophysical properties in various organic solvents.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned,...

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Photo-directing chemoepitaxy: the versatility of poly(aryl methacrylate) films in tuning block copolymer wetting

Polym. Chem., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00501D, PaperJiacheng Zhao, Francis J. McCallum, Ye Yu, Changkui Fu, Joshua A. Kaitz, James F. Cameron, Peter Trefonas, Idriss Blakey, Hui Peng, Andrew K. WhittakerUV irradiated poly(aryl methacrylate) films can induce a change in the orientation of the domains of an overlayer of PS-b-PMMA from parallel...

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Compartmentalized polymerization in aqueous and organic media to low-entangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

Polym. Chem., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1PY00394A, PaperFlorian P. Wimmer, Viktoria Ebel, Felix Schmidt, Stefan MeckingCatalytic polymerization in compartmentalized aqueous or non-aqueous media, respectively, with functional-group tolerant Ni(II) catalysts yields low-entangled UHMWPE.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use...

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