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This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for March:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis 
Andrew B. Lowe  
Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/b9py00216b 

Protecting-group-free synthesis of chain-end multifunctional polymers by combining ATRP with thiol–epoxy ‘click’ chemistry
Ikhlas Gadwal and   Anzar Khan 
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 2440-2444 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00136A 

Self-assembly of core–shell nanoparticles for self-healing materials 
Yulin Chen and Zhibin Guan 
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00078H 

Indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene-based broad bandgap polymers for high efficiency polymer solar cells 
Yun-Xiang Xu, Chu-Chen Chueh, Hin-Lap Yip, Chih-Yu Chang, Po-Wei Liang, Jeremy J. Intemann, Wen-Chang Chen and Alex K.-Y. Jen 
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00121K 

A facile approach for the synthesis of cyclic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) based on an anthracene–thiol click reaction 
Binyuan Liu, Huili Wang, Li Zhang, Guofu Yang, Xiaoxia Liu and Il Kim 
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 2428-2431 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00184A 

Self-healing polymers based on thermally reversible Diels–Alder chemistry 
Ying-Ling Liu and Tsai-Wei Chuo 
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 2194-2205 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20957H 

Benzodifuran-alt-thienothiophene based low band gap copolymers: substituent effects on their molecular energy levels and photovoltaic properties 
Lijun Huo,  Zhaojun Li, Xia Guo, Yue Wu, Maojie Zhang, Long Ye, Shaoqing Zhang  and  Jianhui Hou
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 3047-3056 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00074E 

An effect on the side chain position of D–p–A-type conjugated polymers with sp2-hybridized orbitals for organic photovoltaics
Kwan Wook Song, Ho Jun Song, Tae Ho Lee, Soo Won Heo and Doo Kyung Moon 
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00195D 

pH degradable dendron-functionalized poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) prepared by a cascade “double-click” reaction 
Kristian Kempe,  Sebla Onbulak, Ulrich S. Schubert, Amitav Sanyal and Richard Hoogenboom 
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00258F 

Antitumor efficacy of doxorubicin-loaded electrospun nano-hydroxyapatite–poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) composite nanofibers
Fuyin Zheng, Shige Wang, Mingwu Shen, Meifang Zhu and Xiangyang Shi
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 933-941
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20779F 

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This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for February:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis 
Andrew B. Lowe  
Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/b9py00216b 

Synthesis of biodegradable polymers from renewable resources 
Mathieu J.-L. Tschan ,  Emilie Brulé ,  Pierre Haquette and Christophe M. Thomas
Polym. Chem., 2012,3, 836-851 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00452F 

Healable supramolecular polymers 
Lewis R. Hart ,  Josephine L. Harries ,  Barnaby W. Greenland ,  Howard M. Colquhoun and Wayne Hayes  
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00081H 

Synthesis and characterization of copolymers based on benzotriazoles and different atom-bridged dithiophenes for efficient solar cells 
Zuojia Li ,  Dan Zhou ,  Lixin Li ,  Ying Li ,  Yujiang He ,  Jian Liu and Qiang Peng  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 2496-2505 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY21099E 

Photocontrolled reversible supramolecular assemblies of a diblock azo-copolymer based on ß-cyclodextrin–Azo host–guest inclusion complexation 
Shaohua Wang ,  Qiongxia Shen ,  Mian Hasnain Nawaz and Weian Zhang  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 2151-2157 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY21148G 

Functional block copolymer nanoparticles: toward the next generation of delivery vehicles 
Maxwell J. Robb ,  Luke A. Connal ,  Bongjae F. Lee ,  Nathaniel A. Lynd and Craig J. Hawker  
Polym. Chem., 2012,3, 1618-1628 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20131C 

Synthesis of new n-type isoindigo copolymers 
François Grenier ,  Philippe Berrouard ,  Jean-Rémi Pouliot ,  Hsin-Rong Tseng ,  Alan J. Heeger and Mario Leclerc
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 1836-1841 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20986A 

Double click reaction strategies for polymer conjugation and post-functionalization of polymers 
Hakan Durmaz ,  Amitav Sanyal ,  Gurkan Hizal and Umit Tunca  
Polym. Chem., 2012,3, 825-835 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00471A 

Polymerization of cyclic esters using N-heterocyclic carbene carboxylate catalysts 
Emilie Brulé ,  Vincent Guérineau ,  Philippe Vermaut ,  Frédéric Prima ,  Janos Balogh ,  Laurent Maron ,  Alexandra M. Z. Slawin ,  Steven P. Nolan and Christophe M. Thomas 
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 2414-2423 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00108C 

Atom transfer radical polymerization of hydrophilic monomers and its applications 
Weiwei He ,  Hongjuan Jiang ,  Lifen Zhang ,  Zhenping Cheng and Xiulin Zhu  
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00122A 

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Below are the ten most-read Polymer Chemistry articles of 2012 that were published in 2012:

1.) Synthesis of biodegradable polymers from renewable resources
Mathieu J.-L. Tschan, Emilie Brulé, Pierre Haquette and Christophe M. Thomas
Review Article. Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 836-851, DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00452F

2.) Cationic methacrylate polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties: controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization
Sonu Kumar, Saswati Ghosh Roy and Priyadarsi De
Paper, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1239-1248, DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00607C

3.) Self-assembled amino acids and dipeptides as noncovalent hydrogels for tissue engineering
Derek M. Ryan and Bradley L. Nilsson
Review Article, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 18-33, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00335F

4.) Double click reaction strategies for polymer conjugation and post-functionalization of polymers
Hakan Durmaz, Amitav Sanyal, Gurkan Hizal and Umit Tunca
Review Article, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 825-835, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00471A

5.) An isoindigo and dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]silole copolymer for polymer solar cells
Romain Stalder, Caroline Grand, Jegadesan Subbiah, Franky So and John R. Reynolds
Communication, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 89-92, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00402F

6.) Terminal functional glycopolymers via a combination of catalytic chain transfer polymerisation (CCTP) followed by three consecutive click reactions
Qiang Zhang, Stacy Slavin, Mathew W. Jones, Alice J. Haddleton and David M. Haddleton
Paper, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1016-1023, DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20013A

7.) Grignard metathesis (GRIM) polymerization for the synthesis of conjugated block copolymers containing regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene)
Mihaela C. Stefan, Mahesh P. Bhatt, Prakash Sista and Harsha D. Magurudeniya
Review Article, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1693-1701, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00453K

8.) Functional block copolymer nanoparticles: toward the next generation of delivery vehicles
Maxwell J. Robb, Luke A. Connal, Bongjae F. Lee, Nathaniel A. Lynd and Craig J. Hawker
Paper, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1618-1628, DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20131C

9.) Functional conjugated microporous polymers: from 1,3,5-benzene to 1,3,5-triazine
Shijie Ren, Robert Dawson, Andrea Laybourn , Jia-xing Jiang, Yaroslav Khimyak,  Dave J. Adams and Andrew I. Cooper
Paper, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 928-934, DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00585A

10.) Naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene-based conjugated polymer as a new electron donor for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells
Pranabesh Dutta,  Hanok Park, Woo-Hyung Lee, Kyuri Kim, In Nam Kang and Soo-Hyoung Lee
Communication, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 601-604,DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00424K

This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for January:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis 
Andrew B. Lowe  
Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/b9py00216b 

Highly permeable polymers for gas separation membranes 
Peter M. Budd and Neil B. McKeown  
Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 63-68 
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00319C 

Reversible photoisomerization of azobenzene-containing polymeric systems driven by visible light 
Ruijiao Dong ,  Bangshang Zhu ,  Yongfeng Zhou ,  Deyue Yan and Xinyuan Zhu  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 912-915 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY21060F 

Self-healing polymers based on thermally reversible Diels–Alder chemistry 
Ying-Ling Liu and Tsai-Wei Chuo  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 2194-2205 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20957H 

Making polymeric nanoparticles stimuli-responsive with dynamic covalent bonds 
Alexander W. Jackson and David A. Fulton  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 31-45 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20727C 

Synthesis of thiophene-containing conjugated polymers from 2,5-thiophenebis(boronic ester)s by Suzuki polycondensation 
Meifang Liu ,  Yulan Chen ,  Chi Zhang ,  Cuihong Li ,  Weiwei Li and Zhishan Bo  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 895-899 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY21070C 

Living lamellar crystal initiating polymerization and brittleness mechanism investigations based on crystallization during the ring-opening of cyclic butylene terephthalate oligomers
Jianqiang Zhang ,  Zongbao Wang ,  Bingjie Wang ,  Quting Gou ,  Junwu Zhang ,  Jian Zhou ,  Ya Li ,  Peng Chen and Qun Gu  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 1648-1656 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20847D 

Synthesis of new n-type isoindigo copolymers 
François Grenier ,  Philippe Berrouard ,  Jean-Rémi Pouliot ,  Hsin-Rong Tseng ,  Alan J. Heeger and Mario Leclerc  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 1836-1841 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20986A 

Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of novel 3,4-ethylenedithiathiophene-based copolymers for organic solar cells 
Xiuxuan Sun ,  Weichao Chen ,  Zhengkun Du ,  Xichang Bao ,  Guannan Song ,  Kangquan Guo ,  Ning Wang and Renqiang Yang  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 1317-1322 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20995K 

Water-soluble supramolecular hyperbranched polymers based on host-enhanced p–p interaction 
Ruochen Fang ,  Yiliu Liu ,  Zhiqiang Wang and Xi Zhang  
Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 900-903 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY21037A 

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This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for September :

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis 
Andrew B. Lowe  
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/b9py00216b 

Recent advances in RAFT dispersion polymerization for preparation of block copolymer aggregates 
Jiao-Tong Sun ,  Chun-Yan Hong and Cai-Yuan Pan  
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20612a 

Thiol–epoxy ‘click’ polymerization: efficient construction of reactive and functional polymers 
Andreas Brändle and Anzar Khan  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20591b 

Waterborne polymer nanogels non-covalently crosslinked by multiple hydrogen bond arrays 
Yunhua Chen ,  Nicholas Ballard and Stefan A. F. Bon 
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20615c 

Synthesis of block polymer miktobrushes 
Adam O. Moughton ,  Takanori Sagawa ,  William M. Gramlich ,  Myungeun Seo ,  Timothy P. Lodge and Marc A. Hillmyer  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20656k 

Linear–dendritic biodegradable block copolymers: from synthesis to application in bionanotechnology 
Chang-Ming Dong and Gang Liu  
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20441j 

Progress on multi-compartment polymeric capsules 
Xin Huang and Brigitte Voit  
Polym. Chem., 2013, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20636f 

Novel polythiophene derivatives functionalized with conjugated side-chain pendants comprising triphenylamine/carbazole moieties for photovoltaic cell applications 
Hsing-Ju Wang ,  Jiann-Yu Tzeng ,  Chen-Wei Chou ,  Chien-Yi Huang ,  Rong-Ho Lee and Ru-Jong Jeng  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20477k 

Effect of TiO₂ nanoparticle surface functionalization on protein adsorption, cellular uptake and cytotoxicity: the attachment of PEG comb polymers using catalytic chain transfer and thiol–ene chemistry 
Roslyn Tedja ,  Alexander H. Soeriyadi ,  Michael R. Whittaker ,  May Lim ,  Christopher Marquis ,  Cyrille Boyer ,  Thomas P. Davis and Rose Amal  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 2743-2751 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20450a 

Synthesis of block copolymers via the combination of RAFT and a macromolecular azo coupling reaction 
Yaning He ,  Wei He ,  Dan Liu ,  Tonghan Gu ,  Renbo Wei and Xiaogong Wang  
Polym. Chem., 2012, Advance Article 
DOI: 10.1039/c2py20653f 

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This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed for April:

Thiol-ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis 
Andrew B. Lowe  
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 17-36 
DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00216B  
 
Diels-Alder “Click” Reactions: Recent Applications in Polymer and Material Science 
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen  
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2133-2145 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00041A  

Functional block copolymer nanoparticles: toward the next generation of delivery vehicles 
Maxwell J. Robb, Luke A. Connal, Bongjae F. Lee, Nathaniel A. Lynd and Craig J. Hawker  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1618-1628 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20131C  

Conjugated polymer nanostructures for organic solar cell applications 
Jiun-Tai Chen and Chain-Shu Hsu 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2707-2722 
DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00275A  
 
Heteronucleobase-functionalized benzoxazine: synthesis, thermal properties, and self-assembled structure formed through multiple hydrogen bonding interactions 
Wei-Hsun Hu, Kai-Wei Huang and Shiao-Wei Kuo 
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1546-1554 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20090B  

Biological surface modification by ‘thiol-ene’ addition of polymers synthesised by catalytic chain transfer polymerisation (CCTP) 
Stacy Slavin, Ezat Khoshdel and David M. Haddleton  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1461-1466 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20040F  

Cationic methacrylate polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties: controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization 
Sonu Kumar, Saswati Ghosh Roy and Priyadarsi De  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1239-1248 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00607C  

Molecular design, synthesis and characterization of aromatic polythioester and polydithioester 
Daisuke Abe and Yuji Sasanuma  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1576-1587 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20118F  

A new polyfluorene bearing pyridine moieties: a sensitive fluorescent chemosensor for metal ions and cyanide 
Xiaoding Lou, Yi Zhang, Shuang Li, Daxin Ou, Zhaomin Wan, Jingui Qin and Zhen Li  
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1446-1452 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20022H  

Thiol-Michael coupling chemistry: facile access to a library of functional exo-7-oxanorbornenes and their ring-opening metathesis (co)polymerization 
Meina Liu, Johannes van Hensbergen, Robert P. Burford and Andrew B. Lowe 
Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1647-1658 
DOI: 10.1039/C2PY20155K 

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