Polymer Chemistry Blog

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

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 

Reversible cross-linking of hydrophilic dynamic covalent polymers with radically exchangeable alkoxyamines in aqueous media 
Jing Su, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Masamichi Nishihara, Atsushi Takahara and Hideyuki Otsuka 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2021-2026 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00176k 

Multiresponsive polymers: nano-sized assemblies, stimuli-sensitive gels and smart surfaces 
George Pasparakis and Maria Vamvakaki 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1234-1248 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00176k 

Diels–Alder “click” reactions: recent applications in polymer and material science 
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2133-2145 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00041a 

Modular synthesis of poly(perylene bisimides) using click chemistry: a comparative study 
Andreas S. Lang and Mukundan Thelakkat 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2213-2221 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00191d 

Polymeric vesicles in biomedical applications 
René P. Brinkhuis, Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and Jan C. M. van Hest 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1449-1462 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00061f 

FDA-approved poly(ethylene glycol)–protein conjugate drugs 
Steevens N. S. Alconcel, Arnold S. Baas and Heather D. Maynard 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1442-1448 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00034a 

Controlled polymerizations for the synthesis of semiconducting conjugated polymers 
Ken Okamoto and Christine K. Luscombe 
Polym. Chem., 2011, Advance Article 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00171j 

Temperature and pH responsive hybrid nanoclay grafted with PDMAEMA 
Jukka Niskanen, Mikko Karesoja, Teemu Rossi and Heikki Tenhu 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2027-2036 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00143d 

RAFT-synthesized copolymers and conjugates designed for therapeutic delivery of siRNA 
DeeDee Smith, Andrew C. Holley and Charles L. McCormick 
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1428-1441 
DOI:10.1039/c1py00038a 

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Read the most-read Journal of Materials Chemistry articles of June 2011, listed below:

Diels–Alder “click” reactions: recent applications in polymer and material science
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen
Polym. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00041A

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

Controlled polymerizations for the synthesis of semiconducting conjugated polymers 
Ken Okamoto and Christine K. Luscombe
Polym. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00171J        

Multiresponsive polymers: nano-sized assemblies, stimuli-sensitive gels and smart surfaces
George Pasparakis and Maria Vamvakaki
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1234-1248

Polymer bioconjugates           
Jan van Hest and Brent Sumerlin
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1427-142

Synthesis and characterization of well-defined thermo- and light-responsive diblock copolymers by atom transfer radical polymerization and click chemistry      
Xiangdong Tao, Zhengguo Gao, Toshifumi Satoh, Yuan Cui, Toyoji Kakuchi and Qian Duan
Polym. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00165E7

Recognition of polymer side chains by cyclodextrins 
Akihito Hashidzume and Akira Harada
Polym. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00162K

Facile, modular transformations of RAFT block copolymers via sequential isocyanate and thiol-ene reactions      
Joel D. Flores, Nicolas J. Treat, Adam W. York and Charles L. McCormick
Polym. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00182E

Synthesis of thermo-responsive glycopolymers via copper catalysed azide?alkyne ?click? chemistry for inhibition of ricin: the effect of spacer between polymer backbone and galactose           
Jatin Kumar, Lyndal McDowall, Gaojian Chen and Martina H. Stenzel
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1879-1886

Construction and application of pH-triggered cleavable hyperbranched polyacylhydrazone for drug delivery  
Lijuan Zhu, Chunlai Tu, Bangshang Zhu, Yue Su, Yan Pang, Deyue Yan, Jieli Wu and Xinyuan Zhu
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1761-1768

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Read the most-read Journal of Materials Chemistry articles of May 2011, listed below:

Polymeric vesicles in biomedical applications
René P. Brinkhuis, Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and Jan C. M. van Hest
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1449-1462

Multiresponsive polymers: nano-sized assemblies, stimuli-sensitive gels and smart surfaces
George Pasparakis and Maria Vamvakaki
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1234-1248

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

Synthesis of thermoresponsive oxazolone end-functional polymers for reactions with amines using thiol-Michael addition “click” chemistry
The Hien Ho, Martin Levere, Jean-Claude Soutif, Véronique Montembault, Sagrario Pascual and Laurent Fontaine
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1258-1260

FDA-approved poly(ethylene glycol)–protein conjugate drugs
Steevens N. S. Alconcel, Arnold S. Baas and Heather D. Maynard
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1442-1448

Diels–Alder “click” reactions: recent applications in polymer and material science
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen
Polym. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00041A, Advance Article

Chain-end- and in-chain-functionalized AB diblock copolymers as key building blocks in the synthesis of well-defined architectural polymers
Akira Hirao, Kota Murano, Toshiyuki Oie, Masahiro Uematsu, Raita Goseki and Yuri Matsuo
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1219-1233

Topological polymer chemistry: a cyclic approach toward novel polymer properties and functions
Takuya Yamamoto and Yasuyuki Tezuka
Polym. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00088H, Advance Article

Boron-containing polymers as versatile building blocks for functional nanostructured materials
Fei Cheng and Frieder Jäkle
Polym. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00123J, Advance Article

Functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles with polymers for stealth biomedical applications
Koon Gee Neoh and En Tang Kang
Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 747-759

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