Easy Access to Diverse Multiblock Copolymers with On‐Demand Blocks via Thioester‐Relayed In‐Chain Cascade Copolymerization

One-Step Synthesis of Sequence-Controlled Polyester-block-Poly(ester-alt-thioester) by Chemoselective Multicomponent Polymerization

(2022) Xiao-Lu Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tacticity Control of Cyclic Poly(3‐Thiobutyrate) Prepared by Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Racemic β‐Thiobutyrolactone

(2022) Hui Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Poly(thioester sulfonamide)s via the Ring‐Opening Copolymerization of Cyclic Thioanhydride with N ‐Sulfonyl Aziridine Using Mild Phosphazene Base

(2022) Peng‐Duo Song et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Thioesters provide a plausible prebiotic path to proto-peptides

(2022) Moran Frenkel-Pinter et al.   Nature Communications

Polythioesters Prepared by Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Thioesters and Related Monomers

(2022) Hui Li et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Controlling polymer dispersity using switchable RAFT agents: Unravelling the effect of the organic content and degree of polymerization

(2022) Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Cleavable Comonomers for Chemically Recyclable Polystyrene: A General Approach to Vinyl Polymer Circularity

(2022) Gavin R. Kiel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Modulating Polymerization Thermodynamics of Thiolactones Through Substituent and Heteroatom Incorporation

(2022) Kellie A. Stellmach et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Multidimensional Control of Repeating Unit/Sequence/Topology for One-Step Synthesis of Block Polymers from Monomer Mixtures

(2022) Xiaochao Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

S‐Carboxyanhydrides: Ultrafast and Selective Ring‐opening Polymerizations Towards Well‐defined Functionalized Polythioesters

(2021) Yanchao Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

O‐to‐S Substitution Enables Dovetailing Conflicting Cyclizability, Polymerizability, and Recyclability: Dithiolactone vs. Dilactone

(2021) Yanchao Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Heterocycle/Heteroallene Ring Opening Copolymerisation: Selective Catalysis Delivering Alternating Copolymers

(2021) Charlotte Katherine Williams et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanistic Investigation of ε-Thiono-Caprolactone Radical Polymerization: An Interesting Tool to Insert Weak Bonds into Poly(vinyl esters)

(2021) Christopher M. Plummer et al.   ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Concurrent control over sequence and dispersity in multiblock copolymers

(2021) Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou et al.   Nature Chemistry

Rapid and Scalable Access to Sequence‐Controlled DHDM Multiblock Copolymers by FLP Polymerization

(2020) Yun Bai et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Intramolecularly Cooperative Catalysis for Copolymerization of Cyclic Thioanhydrides and Epoxides: A Dual Activation Strategy to Well-Defined Polythioesters

(2020) Li-Yang Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Dual Stimuli Switching: Interconverting Cationic and Radical Polymerizations with Electricity and Light

(2020) Michael J. Supej et al.   Chem

Alternating copolymerization of γ-selenobutyrolactone with episulfides for high refractive index selenium-containing polythioesters

(2020) Cheng-Jian Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

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

(2020) Ze Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Geminal Dimethyl Substitution Enables Controlled Polymerization of Penicillamine-Derived β-Thiolactones and Reversed Depolymerization

(2020) Wei Xiong et al.   Chem

High-performance pan-tactic polythioesters with intrinsic crystallinity and chemical recyclability

(2020) Changxia Shi et al.   Science Advances

Radical Approach to Thioester-Containing Polymers

(2019) Ronald A. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Semiaromatic Poly(thioester) from the Copolymerization of Phthalic Thioanhydride and Epoxide: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties

(2019) Li-Yang Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

4-Hydroxyproline-Derived Sustainable Polythioesters: Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization, Complete Recyclability, and Facile Functionalization

(2019) Jingsong Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biased Lewis Pairs: A General Catalytic Approach to Ether-Ester Block Copolymers with Unlimited Ordering of Sequences

(2019) Shan Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Block Copolymer Micelles in Nanomedicine Applications

(2018) Horacio Cabral et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis and Use of Thioesters: Recent Developments

(2018) Vera Hirschbeck et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis of polymers with on-demand sequence structures via dually switchable and interconvertible polymerizations

(2018) Ze Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

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

Dynamic and Responsive DNA-like Polymers

(2018) Sudheendran Mavila et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymers with Complex Architectures

(2017) George Polymeropoulos et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dual Switching in Both RAFT and ROP for Generation of Asymmetric A2A1B1B2 Type Tetrablock Quaterpolymers

(2017) He Dong et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Designing Block Copolymer Architectures toward Tough Bioplastics from Natural Rosin

(2017) Md Anisur Rahman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Combining polyethylene and polypropylene: Enhanced performance with PE/iPP multiblock polymers

(2017) James M. Eagan et al.   SCIENCE

Sequence-controlled methacrylic multiblock copolymers via sulfur-free RAFT emulsion polymerization

(2016) Nikolaos G. Engelis et al.   Nature Chemistry

Polymerization-induced self-assembly of block copolymer nanoparticles via RAFT non-aqueous dispersion polymerization

(2016) Matthew J. Derry et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

From precision polymers to complex materials and systems

(2016) Jean-François Lutz et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Block copolymer self-assembly for nanophotonics

(2015) Morgan Stefik et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Poly(thioester) by Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2015) Timothy J. Bannin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Interconvertible Living Radical and Cationic Polymerization through Reversible Activation of Dormant Species with Dual Activity

(2014) Hiroshi Aoshima et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Robust and Versatile Photoinduced Living Polymerization of Conjugated and Unconjugated Monomers and Its Oxygen Tolerance

(2014) Jiangtao Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and Melt Processing of Sustainable Poly(ε-decalactone)-block-Poly(lactide) Multiblock Thermoplastic Elastomers

(2014) Mark T. Martello et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Development of New Thioester Equivalents for Protein Chemical Synthesis

(2013) Ji-Shen Zheng et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Rapid and quantitative one-pot synthesis of sequence-controlled polymers by radical polymerization

(2013) Guillaume Gody et al.   Nature Communications

Multiblock Polymers: Panacea or Pandora's Box?

(2012) F. S. Bates et al.   SCIENCE

High-Order Multiblock Copolymers via Iterative Cu(0)-Mediated Radical Polymerizations (SET-LRP): Toward Biological Precision

(2011) Alexander H. Soeriyadi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Elastomeric Multiblock Terpolymers Containing Glassy, Rubbery, and Semicrystalline Blocks

(2011) Feng Zuo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Controlled Insertion Reaction of Thiirane into Carbamothioate: Novel Synthesis of Well-Defined Polysulfide

(2010) Hiroto Kudo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of Well-Defined (AB)nMultiblock Copolymers Composed of Polystyrene and Poly(methyl methacrylate) Segments Using Specially Designed Living AB Diblock Copolymer Anion

(2010) Kenji Sugiyama et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Block Copolymer Based Nanostructures: Materials, Processes, and Applications to Electronics

(2009) Ho-Cheol Kim et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Universal (Switchable) RAFT Agents

(2009) Massimo Benaglia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY