Top 10 most-read Polymer Chemistry articles – Q1 2016

This month sees the following articles in Polymer Chemistry that are in the top 10 most accessed from January – March 2016:

Lignocellulosic biomass: a sustainable platform for the production of bio-based chemicals and polymers
Furkan H. Isikgor and C. Remzi Becer
Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 4497-4559
DOI: 10.1039/C5PY00263J

Flame retardancy of polylactide: an overview
Serge Bourbigot and Gaëlle Fontaine
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 1413-1422
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00106F

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

A rapid crosslinking injectable hydrogel for stem cell delivery, from multifunctional hyperbranched polymers via RAFT homopolymerization of PEGDA
Yixiao Dong, Yue Qin, Marie Dubaa, John Killion, Yongsheng Gao, Tianyu Zhao, Dezhong Zhou, Dominik Duscher, Luke Geever, Geoffrey C. Gurtner and Wenxin Wang
Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 6182-6192
DOI: 10.1039/C5PY00678C

Thiol–ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis: a first update
Andrew B. Lowe
Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 4820-4870
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY00339J

Investigation into thiol-(meth)acrylate Michael addition reactions using amine and phosphine catalysts
Guang-Zhao Li, Rajan K. Randev, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Gregory Rees, Cyrille Boyer, Zhen Tong, Thomas P. Davis, C. Remzi Becer and David M. Haddleton
Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 1196-1204
DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00100G

Cu(0)-mediated living radical polymerization: recent highlights and applications; a perspective
Athina Anastasaki, Vasiliki Nikolaou and David M. Haddleton
Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 1002-1026
DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01916H

Toughening of photo-curable polymer networks: a review
Samuel Clark Ligon-Auer, Martin Schwentenwein, Christian Gorsche, Jürgen Stampfl and Robert Liska
Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 257-286
DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01631B

Synthesis of polymeric janus nanoparticles and their application in surfactant-free emulsion polymerizations
Binh T. T. Pham, Chris H. Such and Brian S. Hawkett
Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 426-435
DOI: 10.1039/C4PY01125B

Design of thiol- and light-sensitive degradable hydrogels using Michael-type addition reactions
Prathamesh M. Kharkar, Kristi L. Kiick and April M. Kloxin
Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 5565-5574
DOI: 10.1039/C5PY00750J

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