Polymeric Photoacids allow the localized production of protons while the polymerization is straight forward and avoids the use of protecting groups and extra steps in the synthesis.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
What is happening in Polymer Science?
Each year, the editors of Wiley’s Macromolecular Journals select the best content published in the journals to be featured in a special collection, the Best of Macromolecular Journals.
Artificial Muscle is Light-Triggered, Redox-Actuated
A photoinduced redox reaction is used to cause the contraction of an artificial hydrogel muscle, leading to macroscale actuation and measurable work.
Dynamic Conformation Control
Prof. Lei Fang reviews how co-planar conformation in π-conjugated systems can be locked by using dynamic noncovalent bonds.
Synthetic Macromolecular Machines
A special issue in Macromolecular Rapid Communications guest-edited by David Bléger and Rafal Klajn highlights the diverse ways by which molecular switches can be incorporated into macromolecular architectures.
Polymer Research at Sichuan University
A Macromolecular Rapid Communications special issue, Polymer Materials and Engineering Research at Sichuan University, highlights recent research developments in novel polymer processing technologies; polymer nanocomposites; multicomponent polymer systems and solution thermodynamics; macromolecular synthetic methodology; and functional polymers for energy, sustainability, the environment, and biomedical applications.
Increasing the Lifetime of Self-Healing Materials
Lower healing temperatures lead to longer lifetimes in self-healing materials.
Tiny Caterpillar-Inspired Robot Inches Closer to Human-Friendly Light Robotics
Researchers develop a liquid crystalline elastomer robot fueled completely by visible light. The robot is capable of biomimetic locomotion resembling a caterpillar and can be operated directly on human skin.
Metal-Coordination Polymers from Controlled Radical Polymerization
Metal-coordination polymers are fabricated via reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization in a direct fashion.
Well-Defined fluorinated copolymers via organometallic mediated radical polymerization
The synthesis of fluorinated copolymers via organometallic mediated radical polymerization is reported in a new Communication published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications.
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