Ciprian Iacob and James Runt
ACS Macro Lett., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable), pp 476–480
Publication Date (Web): March 24, 2016 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00107
Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy is employed to investigate charge transport properties of two polyester ether ionomers in the bulk state and when confined in unidirectional nanoporous membranes (average pore diameter = 7.5 nm). Under nanometric ...
Ping Deng, Bo Wu, Yanlian Lei, Huanyang Cao, and Beng S. Ong
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2541–2548
Publication Date (Web): March 24, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02754
Random and regioregular electron donor–acceptor (D–A) polymers comprising of 3,6-bis(3-octyltridecyl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene donor and 5,6-difluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole acceptor moieties were synthesized to study the effects of both structural ...
Nicola Zanna, Lorenzo Milli, Benedetta Del Secco, and Claudia Tomasini
Org. Lett., 2016, 18 (7), pp 1662–1665
Publication Date (Web): March 23, 2016 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00532
Several parameters have a critical importance for the stabilization of either polyproline I (PPI) or polyproline II (PPII) helices in a hydrophobic environment. Among them, it was found out that the concentration is crucial as polyprolines at 3 mM ...
A. Balamurugan and Hyung-il Lee
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2568–2574
Publication Date (Web): March 23, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00309
A polymeric probe derived from a visible light responsive donor–acceptor Stenhouse adduct (DASA) was designed for the rapid and selective colorimetric detection of nerve agent mimics. Glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and dimethylacrylamide (DMA) were ...
Rong Wang, Dongtao Liu, Xiaohong Li, Jie Zhang, Dongmei Cui, and Xinhua Wan
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2502–2510
Publication Date (Web): March 23, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00325
A novel vinylbiphenyl monomer, 2-methoxy-5-phenylstyrene (MOPS), was designed and efficiently synthesized to investigate the stereospecific polymerization of bulky and polar styrenic derivative. Regardless of its large side group and electron-donating o-...
Keewook Paeng and Laura J. Kaufman
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2876–2885
Publication Date (Web): March 23, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00097
In a polymeric material near its glass transition temperature, segmental dynamics of a given spatial region may differ considerably from that of neighboring regions without apparent structural origin, analogous to the supercooled liquid state of low ...
Rebecca E. Dey, Xia Zhong, Peter J. Youle, Qi Guang Wang, Ian Wimpenny, Sandra Downes, Judith A. Hoyland, David C. Watts, Julie E. Gough, and Peter M. Budd
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2656–2662
Publication Date (Web): March 23, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02594
Poly(vinylphosphonic acid-co-acrylic acid) (PVPA-co-AA) has recently been identified as a possible candidate for use in bone tissue engineering. It is hypothesized that the strong binding of PVPA-co-AA to calcium in natural bone inhibits osteoclast ...
Pengyu Zhuang, Ali Dirani, Karine Glinel, and Alain M. Jonas
Langmuir, 2016, 32 (14), pp 3433–3444
Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00448
The temperature-dependence of the volume and surface hydrophilicity of a series of water-swollen dense polymer brushes is measured by contact angle measurements in the captive bubble configuration, by ellipsometry, and by quartz crystal microbalance with ...
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (6),
Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/mav049i006_808391
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (6),
Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/mav049i006_808392
Hyuncheol Jeong, Kimberly B. Shepard, Geoffrey E. Purdum, Yunlong Guo, Yueh-Lin Loo, Craig B. Arnold, and Rodney D. Priestley
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2860–2867
Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02675
We demonstrated a polymeric thin film fabrication process in which molecular-scale crystallization proceeds with additive film growth, by employing an innovative vapor-assisted deposition process termed matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE). In ...
Atsushi Goto, Shohei Sanada, Lin Lei, and Kenji Hori
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2511–2517
Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00230
The reaction mechanism of living radical polymerization using organic catalysts, a reversible complexation mediated polymerization (RCMP), was studied using both theoretical calculations and experiments. The studied catalysts are tetramethylguanidine (TMG)...
Atsushi Yamamoto, Masayoshi Nishiura, Juzo Oyamada, Hiroyuki Koshino, and Zhaomin Hou
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2458–2466
Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00083
The polymerization of styrene in the presence of various anisole derivatives has been examined by using the half-sandwich scandium diaminobenzyl complex (C5Me4SiMe3)Sc(CH2C6H4NMe2-o)2 with borate [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4]. The syndiospecific chain transfer ...
Macromolecules, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): March 22, 2016 (Perspective)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02579
Block copolymers are known for their intricate morphology. We review the state of the art of block copolymer membranes and discuss perspectives in this field. The main focus is on pore morphology tuning with a short introduction on nonporous membranes. ...
Austin P. Lane, Michael J. Maher, C. Grant Willson, and Christopher J. Ellison
ACS Macro Lett., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable), pp 460–465
Publication Date (Web): March 21, 2016 (Viewpoint)
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00075
Block copolymers are potentially useful materials for large-area 2-D patterning applications due to their spontaneous self-assembly into sub-50 nm domains. However, most thin film engineering applications require patterns of prescribed size, shape, and ...
Sudhanva R. Govindarajan, Ying Xu, John P. Swanson, Tanmay Jain, Yanfeng Lu, Jae-Won Choi, and Abraham Joy
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2429–2437
Publication Date (Web): March 21, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02399
3D printing has enabled the design of biomaterials into intricate and customized scaffolds. However, current 3D printed biomaterial scaffolds have potential drawbacks due to residual monomers, free-radical initiators, solvents, or printing at elevated ...
Kun Geng and Ophelia K. C. Tsui
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2671–2678
Publication Date (Web): March 21, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00108
The glass transition temperature (Tg) of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films supported by silica was studied as a function of film thickness at two molecular weights (MW = 2.5 and ∼50 kg/mol) and two syndiotacticities (s% = 56 and 69 or 79%). We found ...
Fanlong Meng, Robyn H. Pritchard, and Eugene M. Terentjev
Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (7), pp 2843–2852
Publication Date (Web): March 21, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02667
We propose a theoretical framework for dealing with a transient polymer network undergoing small deformations, based on the rate of breaking and reforming of network cross-links and the evolving elastic reference state. In this framework, the ...
Albert J. Markvoort, Huub M. M. ten Eikelder, Peter A. J. Hilbers, and Tom F. A. de Greef
ACS Cent. Sci., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): March 21, 2016 (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00009
The self-assembly of molecular building blocks into one-dimensional supramolecular architectures has opened up new frontiers in materials science. Due to the noncovalent interactions between the monomeric units, these architectures are intrinsically ...
Simulation of supramolecular (co)polymerization elucidates how relatively infrequent fragmentation and coagulation events can increase as well as decrease equilibration kinetics by orders of magnitude.
William B. Chang, Haiyu Fang, Jun Liu, Christopher M. Evans, Boris Russ, Bhooshan C. Popere, Shrayesh N. Patel, Michael L. Chabinyc, and Rachel A. Segalman
ACS Macro Lett., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable), pp 455–459
Publication Date (Web): March 18, 2016 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00054
Conductive polymers such as PEDOT:PSS hold great promise as flexible thermoelectric devices. The thermoelectric power factor of PEDOT:PSS is small relative to inorganic materials because the Seebeck coefficient is small. Ion conducting materials have ...
