One‐Pot Construction of Sulfur‐Rich Thermoplastic Elastomers Enabled by Metal‐Free Self‐Switchable Catalysis and Air‐Assisted Coupling

A Lewis Pair as Organocatalyst for One-Pot Synthesis of Block Copolymers from a Mixture of Epoxide, Anhydride, and CO2

(2021) Jinbo Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Precisely Alternating Copolymerization of Episulfides and Isothiocyanates: A Practical Route to Construct Sulfur-Rich Polymers

(2021) Xiao-Feng Zhu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Sulfur Conversion to Multifunctional Poly(O-thiocarbamate)s through Multicomponent Polymerizations of Sulfur, Diols, and Diisocyanides

(2021) Jie Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Smart Access to Sequentially and Architecturally Controlled Block Polymers via a Simple Catalytic Polymerization System

(2021) Xiaochao Xia et al.   ACS Catalysis

Sequence Control from Mixtures: Switchable Polymerization Catalysis and Future Materials Applications

(2021) Arron C. Deacy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anionic Polymerization of Terpene Monomers: New Options for Bio-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers

(2021) Christian Wahlen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Chemoselective Polymerizations

(2021) Ning Zhu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Switchable Polymerization Triggered by Fast and Quantitative Insertion of Carbon Monoxide into Cobalt-Oxygen Bonds

(2020) Yong Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Switchable Catalysis Improves the Properties of CO2-Derived Polymers: Poly(cyclohexene carbonate-b-ε-decalactone-b-cyclohexene carbonate) Adhesives, Elastomers, and Toughened Plastics

(2020) Gregory S. Sulley et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: High Refractive Index Polymers from Elemental Sulfur for Infrared Thermal Imaging and Optics

(2020) Tristan S. Kleine et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Scalable Bifunctional Organoboron Catalysts for Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxides with Unprecedented Efficiency

(2020) Guan-Wen Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thioacyl-Transfer Ring-Expansion Polymerization of Thiiranes Based on a Cyclic Dithiocarbamate Initiator

(2020) Akira Takahashi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

All-Polycarbonate Thermoplastic Elastomers Based on Triblock Copolymers Derived from Triethylborane-Mediated Sequential Copolymerization of CO2 with Various Epoxides

(2020) Mingchen Jia et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Living Ring-Expansion Polymerization of Thiirane with Cyclic Monocarbamothioates

(2020) Hiroto Kudo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Rhodanine-based Knoevenagel reaction and ring-opening polymerization for efficiently constructing multicyclic polymers

(2020) Ze Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

A One‐Pot Strategy to Synthesize Block Copolyesters from Monomer Mixtures Using a Hydroxy‐Functionized Ionic Liquid

(2020) Pengfei Song et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

CO 2 ‐Based Dual‐Tone Resists for Electron Beam Lithography

(2020) Xin‐Yu Lu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Well‐defined poly(ester amide)‐based homo‐ and block copolymers by one‐pot organocatalytic anionic ring‐opening copolymerization of N‐sulfonyl aziridines and cyclic anhydrides

(2020) Nikos Hadjichristidis et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Randomly Distributed Sulfur Atoms in the Main Chains of CO 2 ‐Based Polycarbonates: Enhanced Optical Properties

(2020) Tian‐Jun Yue et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Metal-Free Approach for a One-Pot Construction of Biodegradable Block Copolymers from Epoxides, Phthalic Anhydride, and CO2

(2020) Shuxian Ye et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Polyolefin thermoplastic elastomers from polymerization catalysis: Advantages, pitfalls and future challenges

(2020) Giorgia Zanchin et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

One-Pot Synthesis of Diblock Polyesters by Catalytic Terpolymerization of Lactide, Epoxides, and Anhydrides

(2019) Yanchuan Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Easy access to oxygenated block polymers via switchable catalysis

(2019) Tim Stößer et al.   Nature Communications

One-Step Approach to Polyester–Polyether Block Copolymers Using Highly Tunable Bicomponent Catalyst

(2019) Heng Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Recent advances in thermoplastic elastomers from living polymerizations: Macromolecular architectures and supramolecular chemistry

(2019) Weiyu Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Terpolymerization of β-Butyrolactone, Epoxides, and CO2: Chemoselective CO2-Switch and Its Impact on Kinetics and Material Properties

(2019) Sebastian Kernbichl et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Economic Sulfur Conversion to Functional Polythioamides through Catalyst-Free Multicomponent Polymerizations of Sulfur, Acids, and Amines

(2019) Wenxia Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective Polymerization Catalysis from Monomer Mixtures: Using a Commercial Cr-Salen Catalyst To Access ABA Block Polyesters

(2018) Tim Stößer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Polyester elastomers for soft tissue engineering

(2018) Hongye Ye et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Amine Induced Retardation of the Radical-Mediated Thiol–Ene Reaction via the Formation of Metastable Disulfide Radical Anions

(2018) Dillon M. Love et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Construction of Autonomic Self-Healing CO2-Based Polycarbonates via One-Pot Tandem Synthetic Strategy

(2018) Guan-Wen Yang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A Bifunctional β-Diiminate Zinc Catalyst with CO2/Epoxides Copolymerization and RAFT Polymerization Capacities for Versatile Block Copolymers Construction

(2018) Yao-Yao Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Making Various Degradable Polymers from Epoxides Using a Versatile Dinuclear Chromium Catalyst

(2018) Ye Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

One-Step Block Copolymer Synthesis versus Sequential Monomer Addition: A Fundamental Study Reveals That One Methyl Group Makes a Difference

(2018) Eduard Grune et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multiblock Polyesters Demonstrating High Elasticity and Shape Memory Effects

(2018) Yunqing Zhu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of Chiral Sulfur-Containing Polymers: Asymmetric Copolymerization of meso -Epoxides and Carbonyl Sulfide

(2018) Tian-Jun Yue et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

One-Step Access to Sequence-Controlled Block Copolymers by Self-Switchable Organocatalytic Multicomponent Polymerization

(2018) He-Yuan Ji et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Precise Synthesis of Poly(thioester)s with Diverse Structures by Copolymerization of Cyclic Thioanhydrides and Episulfides Mediated by Organic Ammonium Salts

(2018) Tian-Jun Yue et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Isoprene/Styrene Tapered Multiblock Copolymers with up to Ten Blocks: Synthesis, Phase Behavior, Order, and Mechanical Properties

(2018) Marvin Steube et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Sequence-Selective Terpolymerization from Monomer Mixtures Using a Simple Organocatalyst

(2018) Heng Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

High-Efficiency Construction of CO2-Based Healable Thermoplastic Elastomers via a Tandem Synthetic Strategy

(2018) Guan-Wen Yang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

CO2-Controlled One-Pot Synthesis of AB, ABA Block, and Statistical Terpolymers from β-Butyrolactone, Epoxides, and CO2

(2017) Sebastian Kernbichl et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

CO2-Tuned Sequential Synthesis of Stereoblock Copolymers Comprising a Stereoregularity-Adjustable Polyester Block and an Atactic CO2-Based Polycarbonate Block

(2017) Bing Han et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Protected thiol strategies in macromolecular design

(2017) Fabienne Goethals et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Switchable catalytic processes involving the copolymerization of epoxides and carbon dioxide for the preparation of block polymers

(2017) Donald J. Darensbourg   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Poly(monothiocarbonate)s from the Alternating and Regioselective Copolymerization of Carbonyl Sulfide with Epoxides

(2016) Ming Luo et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Crystalline and Elastomeric Poly(monothiocarbonate)s Prepared from Copolymerization of COS and Achiral Epoxide

(2016) Wei-Min Ren et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Aliphatic Polyester Block Polymer Design

(2016) Deborah K. Schneiderman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Recent Approaches for the Direct Use of Elemental Sulfur in the Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Materials

(2015) Jeewoo Lim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Selective Polymerization Catalysis: Controlling the Metal Chain End Group to Prepare Block Copolyesters

(2015) Yunqing Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Aliphatic Polyester Block Polymers: Renewable, Degradable, and Sustainable

(2014) Marc A. Hillmyer et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Copolymerization and terpolymerization of carbon dioxide/propylene oxide/phthalic anhydride using a (salen)Co(III) complex tethering four quaternary ammonium salts

(2014) Jong Yeob Jeon et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Manganese-Corrole Complexes as Versatile Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Homo- and Co-Polymerization of Epoxide

(2014) Carine Robert et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers from Terpene-Derived Monomers

(2014) Justin M. Bolton et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Kinetic Studies of the Alternating Copolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides and Epoxides, and the Terpolymerization of Cyclic Acid Anhydrides, Epoxides, and CO2 Catalyzed by (salen)CrIIICl

(2012) Donald J. Darensbourg et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multiphase design of autonomic self-healing thermoplastic elastomers

(2012) Yulin Chen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Ring-Opening Co- and Terpolymerization of an Alicyclic Oxirane with Carboxylic Acid Anhydrides and CO2in the Presence of Chromium Porphyrinato and Salen Catalysts

(2011) Saskia Huijser et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polylactide–Poly(6-methyl-ε-caprolactone)–Polylactide Thermoplastic Elastomers

(2011) Mark T. Martello et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis, preparation, in vitro degradation, and application of novel degradable bioelastomers—A review

(2011) Quanyong Liu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Binuclear Initiators for the Telechelic Synthesis of Elastomeric Polyolefins

(2010) Robert C. Coffin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pre-Rate-Determining Selectivity in the Terpolymerization of Epoxides, Cyclic Anhydrides, and CO2: A One-Step Route to Diblock Copolymers

(2008) Ryan C. Jeske et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION