Showing papers in "Progress in Polymer Science in 2020"

TL;DR: Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) as mentioned in this paper is one of the most widely used techniques in polymer synthesis. But it has not yet been widely used in the field of biomedical applications.

TL;DR: The concept of vitrimer is reviewed, their most unique properties are described, and the outlook on outstanding challenges that must be met are presented to realize vitrimers as a next generation solution for recyclable high performance materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, a trend review of the synthesis of cationic polymers for anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) energy conversion devices is presented, along with a description of the typical synthetic methods for the preparation of AAEMs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the synthetic strategies towards aggregation-induced emission (AIE) polymers based on one-, two-and multi-component polymerizations and discussed the structure-property relationship, such as the effect of the skeleton and side-chains on the photophysical property.

TL;DR: This article provided a succinct overview of three major areas: lignin chemistry and polymers, biobased polyolefins, and long-chain aliphatic polycondensates.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of experimental, simulation, and theoretical results that probe multi-scale polymer and nanoparticle dynamics in polymer nanocomposites and navigate the dense parameter space presented by these multicomponent systems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the microphase separation of block copolymer (BCP) in the spherical confinement of evaporating emulsion droplets and the self-assembly of highly asymmetric BCPs under concentrated conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present updates to a swollen polymer network hypothesis with a focus on hydrogel physical properties, including the connections between hydrogels structure, swelling behavior, mechanical properties, and transport properties.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors survey various approaches in designing intrinsically stretchable conjugated polymers, focusing on structure-property relationships from a molecular perspective, such as molecular weight, regioregularity, backbone and side chain modifications.

TL;DR: The research field of supramolecular polymerization has dramatically progressed in the last three decades, and much deeper insights into its new mechanisms, including kinetic and thermodynamic aspects, have become available as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: An overview of the use of CNCs to access reinforced bio-based nanocomposites, with particular focus on bio-available polyester and polysaccharide matrices, is presented in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on achieving low dielectric loss while trying to enhance the intrinsic dielectrics of polymers, which can be divided into two categories: extrinsic and intrinsic.

TL;DR: This review presents recent progress in the development of biomolecule-polymer conjugates with a focus on works that have detailed the use of grafting-from methods employing ATRP, RAFT, or ROMP.

TL;DR: Particle brush materials have attracted interest as model systems to understand the effect of surface modification on the structure and interactions in polymer modified colloidal systems as discussed by the authors, which play a role across fields as diverse as functional coatings, cosmetics, foods or pharmaceuticals.

TL;DR: This review summarizes a selection of structurally defined polymer bioconjugates and their application as building blocks for preparing hierarchical biohybrid materials and discusses and illustrates recent breakthroughs, which portray how the field may potentially develop.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight recent advances in isosorbide production, polymerization, and applications with a focus on new step-and chain-growth strategies to synthesize polymers.

TL;DR: In this article, the shape memory effect (SME) in polymers and its contribution to self-healing is discussed. But the focus of this paper is not on shape memory but on energy storage and release during the damage-repair cycle.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight recent and important progress in the area of supramolecular polymeric systems from structural control to functional assembly, focusing on the controllable architectures and simultaneous covalent and non-covalent polymerization.

TL;DR: An overview of different types of polymer membranes and the separation mechanisms is given in this article, where the well-established fabrication of integral asymmetrically structured membranes by phase inversion methods in different geometries is presented before the more challenging combination of nonsolvent induced phase separation (NIPS) with block copolymer self-assembly is discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, an overview of recent developments in the field of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is presented. But, the authors do not provide a comprehensive source of information and understand of the multifaceted aspects of UHMW PE with specific reference to chemistry, catalysis, processes for manufacturing, and an analysis of catalyst structure-polymer property relationships.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors outline how the synthetic evolution of conjugated polymers has resulted in the aforementioned properties, among others, and how these materials have opened the door for many state-of-theart applications.

TL;DR: This review highlights the recent methodological advances in the field of living CDSA and outlines the fundamental concepts and mechanisms that has been discovered progressively, to encourage the utilization of livingCDSA as a tool to generate advanced functional materials and fuel research efforts towards the application of these fabricated materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes the research regarding this theme and highlights the molecular transformations and ultimate properties of the resultant epoxy thermosets and materials, including epoxy monomers, prepolymers, curing agents, additives, cured thermoset, functional materials and biocomposites.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main design and fabrication strategies of functional polymer nanocomposite mesh scaffolds for flexible electronic devices are summarized in brief and the application of polymer mesh meshes as passive components and active components (such as functional substrates, templates, and carbonized precursors) in various high-performance flexible electronics devices are reviewed in detail.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive overview of polymer reactions being carried out in continuous flow reactors is presented, concluding with the most recent examples on automated polymer synthesis, reactor telescoping and nanoparticle synthesis.

TL;DR: Choo et al. as discussed by the authors used the Stefan-Maxwell diffusion coefficients to predict the velocities of the ions at very early times after an electric field is applied across the electrolyte.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the recent progress in the understanding of the polymorphic crystallization, co-crystallization, and structure-property relationship of synthetic biodegradable and biobased polyesters that has occurred within the past decade.

TL;DR: In this paper, a mini review focusing mainly on the new developments in the field of step-growth polymerizations activated by light induced processes is presented, and the advantages of these particular approaches are also discussed.

TL;DR: This review summarizes the self-assembly of macromolecules such as polymers, dendrimers, molecular nanoparticles, colloids, DNA and proteins, from the aspect of architectural engineering and mainly focus on the periodic and quasi-periodic assembled structures.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the synthesis of amphiphilic block copolymers by ROMP and the methods utilized for their self-assembly into ordered nanostructures in solution can be found in this article.