Rudy J. Wojtecki

TL;DR: The emergence of a new trend in the design of adaptive materials that involves the use of reversible chemistry to programme a response that originates at the most fundamental (molecular) level is described.

TL;DR: A synthetic approach to polycatenanes in which tens of rings are consecutively interlinked via efficient ring closing of rationally designed metallosupramolecular polymers is reported, which is reported to be one of the highest concentrations of topological bonds.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize dual stimuli-responsive polymers that respond to both shear forces and temperature for direct-write 3D printing, and demonstrate that these polymers can form hydrogels in water.

TL;DR: A convenient, quantitative, and robust one-step transformation of polycarbonates into high-value poly(aryl ether sulfone)s in the presence of a carbonate salt and bis(aryl fluorides), which has important implications for the repurposing of plastic waste into value-added materials by the use of carefully controlled depolymerization conditions.

TL;DR: It is shown that this combination of dynamic covalent and supramolecular chemistry can be used to prepare organogels comprising distinct networks, and these materials have potential applications as elastomeric components in printable materials, cargo carriers and adhesives.