The well-controlled NIPAM polymerization was realized in water with narrow MWDs and varied MWs via a facile one-pot and one-step Cu(0)-mediated RDRP. Sufficient CuI at the very beginning is the key for kicking off the Cu(0)-mediated NIPAM RDRPs, and adequate deactivation strength during the polymerization process is the key to achieve a well-controlled chain growth.

This work reported an AIE fluorescent probe for tumor imaging based on the pH induced self-assembly strategy. Under acidic tumor microenvironment, the transition of AIE molecules from dispersed state to aggregated state will lead to an obvious increase in fluorescence intensity.

Studying the effect of hexylthio chain content on poly (3-hexylthio)thiophene crystallization, aggregation, and optoelectronic performance of OFET devices by modulating the content of thiohexyl chains on the main chain.

Two new polymers based on based on thiophene-flanked thiazoloisoindigo (Th-TzII) were synthesized by simply copolymerizing it with bisthiophene and bisthiazole, and the charge carrier polarity can be adjusted between unipolar hole transport and bipolar transport, which provides an effective molecular design strategy for further optimization of polymer OFET performance.

The highly efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of NHC·VOCl3 containing unsymmetrical N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands, which show high catalytic activity and good copolymerization ability toward ethylene/propylene copolymerization.

Novel ethylene-bridged ansa-(3-R-cyclopentadienyl)(fluorenyl) zirconocene and hafnocene complexes have been synthesized and characterized. Among them zirconocene complexes showed high catalytic activities toward the polymerization of ethylene at high temperatures. By adopting low Al/Zr ratios such as 125, polyethylenes with ultra-high molecular weights up to 2.86×10⁶ g/mol were obtained.

The synthesized Ti(IV) complexes with aliphatic phenoxyimine ligands in the presence of Al/Mg activators initiate the synthesis of disentangled UHMWPE with high productivity. The polymer is suitable for solventless processing into oriented high-strength films. In ethylene/octene-1 copolymerization, fluorine-containing systems provide greater activity and higher comonomer content.

A multi-functional epoxy coating was prepared by using protocatechinic acid (PCA) as raw material in this paper, reacting with ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EGDE) by one-step method and curing with isophorone diamine (IPDA). It demonstrated outstanding adhesion and antibacterial activity, the highest adhesion was 13.60 MPa, and the highest antibacterial rate was 100%.

A new monomer (FCN) containing furan and Schiff base structure was designed to formulate recyclable and high-performance epoxy resins with high density of hydrogen bonding, while the resin performance was further examined in carbon-fiber composites.

Thermoplastic polycarbonate polyurethanes (PCUs) with symmetric CEs, i.e., 1,4-butanediol and ethanediol demonstrate good phasing and tensile strength. PCUs with asymmetric CE, aminoethanol demonstrate less phasing but the bidentate H-bonding compensate for the asymmetry. At large strains, the PCU with MEA showed morphology of higher orientation.

A highly crystalline porous "shish-kebab" structure with a high degree of crystallinity can be prepared by the treatment of the oriented UHMWPE films using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). The particularity of the prepared porous shish-kebab is the absence of the amorphous phase between kebab crystals. Controlling the conditions for the crystallization of the UHMWPE macromolecules using supercritical CO2 gives the possibility to control the size of both lamellar disks and pores formed.

Authors developed a scalable (1 kg/h) protocol to produce a wearable temperature sensor material with defined composition, without structural transition from solution to solid states, using two-roll milling. X-ray scattering was employed to study its temperature sensing mechanism. The prepared material and device possess good detection capability for body temperature changes.

The combination of various SSNMR techniques quantified the multiscale dynamics heterogeneity of the plasticized Poly(vinyl butyral) (PVB) system: (1) the mesoscale dynamics heterogeneity where the plasticizer rich and poor domains coexist; (2) the chain dynamics heterogeneity of VB units with different stereogeometries; (3) the local mobility gradient for VB unit.

Chaperone-accompanied polymer translocation through an nanopore are theoretical studied by calculating free energy landscape and translocation time. The translocation dynamics can be controlled by tuning chaperone concentration and chaperone-polymer interaction. The chaperone-assisted, chaperone-independent, and chaperone-hindered translocation events are observed at different chaperone conditions.