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View article: A robust platform for functional microgels via thiol–ene chemistry with reactive polyether-based nanoparticles
A robust platform for functional microgels via thiol–ene chemistry with reactive polyether-based nanoparticles Open
Network functionalization of reactive precursor nanoparticles enables the facile preparation of degradable microgels that are responsive to different triggers but equal in morphology.
View article: Hierarchically Ordered Nanopatterns for Spatial Control of Biomolecules
Hierarchically Ordered Nanopatterns for Spatial Control of Biomolecules Open
The development and study of a benchtop, high-throughput, and inexpensive fabrication strategy to obtain hierarchical patterns of biomolecules with sub-50 nm resolution is presented. A diblock copolymer of polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide…
View article: Cover Picture: A Facile Synthesis of Dynamic, Shape‐Changing Polymer Particles (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 27/2014)
Cover Picture: A Facile Synthesis of Dynamic, Shape‐Changing Polymer Particles (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 27/2014) Open
Shape-changing particles with spatial control over the internal morphology, shape anisotropy, and stimuli-responsiveness can now be realized in a single colloidal system. C. J. Hawker et al. describe in their Communication on page 7018 ff.…
View article: A Facile Synthesis of Dynamic, Shape‐Changing Polymer Particles
A Facile Synthesis of Dynamic, Shape‐Changing Polymer Particles Open
We herein report a new facile strategy to ellipsoidal block copolymer nanoparticles that exhibit a pH‐triggered anistropic swelling profile. In a first step, elongated particles with an axially stacked lamellae structure are selectively pr…
View article: Improved Performance of Protected Catecholic Polysiloxanes for Bioinspired Wet Adhesion to Surface Oxides
Improved Performance of Protected Catecholic Polysiloxanes for Bioinspired Wet Adhesion to Surface Oxides Open
A facile synthetic strategy for introducing catecholic moieties into polymeric materials based on a readily available precursor (eugenol) and efficient chemistries [tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane-catalyzed silation and thiol-ene coupling] i…
View article: Enhanced Bioactivity of Internally Functionalized Cationic Dendrimers with PEG Cores
Enhanced Bioactivity of Internally Functionalized Cationic Dendrimers with PEG Cores Open
Hybrid dendritic-linear block copolymers based on a 4-arm poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) core were synthesized using an accelerated AB2/CD2 dendritic growth approach through orthogonal amine/epoxy and thiol-yne chemistries. The biological act…
View article: Fraction of organic carbon predicts labile desorption rates of chlorinated organic pollutants in laboratory-spiked geosorbents
Fraction of organic carbon predicts labile desorption rates of chlorinated organic pollutants in laboratory-spiked geosorbents Open
The resuspension of large volumes of sediments that are contaminated with chlorinated pollutants continues to threaten environmental quality and human health. Whereas kinetic models are more accurate for estimating the environmental impact…
View article: Facile Preparation of Nanoparticles by Intramolecular Cross-Linking of Isocyanate Functionalized Copolymers
Facile Preparation of Nanoparticles by Intramolecular Cross-Linking of Isocyanate Functionalized Copolymers Open
A new synthetic approach to the preparation of intramolecularly collapsed nanoparticles under mild, room temperature conditions has been developed from commercially available vinyl monomers. Reaction of isocyanate functionalized linear cop…
View article: Development of thermal and photochemical strategies for thiol-ene click polymer functionalization
Development of thermal and photochemical strategies for thiol-ene click polymer functionalization Open
A series of alkene-functional polymers were synthesized by controlled polymerization techniques in order to investigate and compare the efficiency and orthogonality of both photochemically and thermally initiated thiol−ene click coupling r…