High-pressure solid-phase polymerization directly converts a dinuclear gold complex into a gold-backboned polymer with each chain containing over 100 gold atoms, whose one-dimensional Au backbone enables efficient electron delocalization and broad phosphorescence.

This review highlights nano-sensitizers that overcome TME barriers, such as hypoxia, acidity, and dense matrix, to enhance chemoradiotherapy (CRT) efficacy, and discusses responsive strategies and clinical translation progress.

From macroscopic electrolyte failure to microscopic identification of HF/PF₅-triggered degradation, mechanism-oriented and DFT-guided multifunctional additive design enables safer and longer-lasting lithium-ion battery electrolytes.

Metal-backboned polymers with a polymerization degree of up to 169 were achieved by optimizing one-pot synthesis. They exhibit typical polymer behavior, pronounced electron delocalization along the backbone, and efficient room-temperature phosphorescence.

A carbazole-based fluid plasticizer boosts F8BT film stretchability (fracture strain 18%→44%) and maintains electroluminescence efficiency under strain for flexible electronics.

High-molecular-weight conjugated polymer blends form entangled fibrillar networks in intrinsically stretchable organic photodetectors. The mechanically percolated fibrils dissipate strain and suppress cracking while maintaining continuous charge transport, thus enabling high toughness, about 80% fracture strain, and stable detectivity (about 10¹² Jones) under large deformations for optical communication and imaging.

Nickel-catalyzed living chain-growth polymerization via C―S bond cleavage was developed using aryl sulfides as monomers. This strategy enabled the controlled synthesis of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) with M_n up to 12.1 kDa and regioregularity up to 96%.

A simple strategy was developed for the fabrication of curved cylindrical hydrogels with oriented porous structures that enabled autonomous rolling under constant light irradiation via directional freezing assembly-assisted in situ photopolymerization.

Microgel deswelling is controlled by two coupled factors: the nanoparticle concentration and solvent molecular mass. A higher nanoparticle concentration strengthens osmotic compression, whereas a larger solvent molecular mass reduces network penetration, thereby promoting a transition from swollen to compact particle bulk states, leading to a more fragile soft colloidal glass.

Thermoplastic liquid crystal elastomers are developed based on ABA-type PS-b-MCLCP-b-PS triblock copolymers, where polystyrene domains serve as physical crosslinking sites to enable reversible thermo-actuation and sustainable dissolution-reprocessing properties.

Polyurethane elastomer waste was depolymerized using itaconic acid in a glycol-free system to obtain hydroxyl-functional oligomers. The reaction parameters governed the chemical functionalities. The recycled oligomers were directly utilized for coating formulations, demonstrating an efficient, simplified route for polyurethane (PU) waste valorization.

The polydopamine-modified collagen sponge was prepared by immersing the collagen sponge in a polydopamine solution. It exhibits excellent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects and can promote tissue repair at wound sites.

Seven-membered cyclic oxalate (POx) is made from cheap dimethyl oxalate and bio-based 1,3-propanediol. The ring-opening polymerization of POx yields high-molecular-weight PPOx, which features rapid environmental degradation and recyclability.

A new kind of rod-coil amphiphilic block copolymer (PENG) was synthesized to use as both a macromolecular surfactant and a polymer matrix to encapsulate hydrophobic quantum dots via soft-confinement self-assembly, yielding surfactant-free QD@PENG water-dispersible nanoparticles with 121 °C-stable fluorescence and good biocompatibility for bio-imaging application.

Lithium hydroxide catalyses the partial ring-opening of imide groups in waste polyimide (PI) films, yielding a soluble poly(amic acid) (PAA)-PI precursor, and electrospun into separators, enabling high value application of recycled PI films.

Bottlebrush block copolymers are rapidly synthesized from low-cost endo/exo macromonomer mixtures in ethyl acetate at 60 °C, enabling complete conversion in 15 min and producing structurally colored eco-friendly photonic pigments.

Using DPD simulations, we revealed a kinetic-control mechanism governing the inversion of the dominant internal block in AB/BC co-assemblies under external stimuli. The occurrence and kinetics of inversion are controlled by adjusting key interaction parameters that influence the mobility of the hydrophilic blocks and the barrier effect of the hydrophobic layer.

This study introduces a hyperbranched polylysine, HPL2, which exerts its selective antifungal effect through membrane disruption via electrostatic interactions, shows excellent biocompatibility and minimal effects on the host gut microbiota.

Conductive gratings were constructed in polyurethane foam via a 3D-printed mold-assisted region-selective silver plating process to achieve nondestructive EMI shielding switches with reversible EMI SE values from 3.53 dB to 34.04 dB.

The three-in-one dynamic covalent polyurethane seamlessly couples shape memory, self-healing and photochromism to achieve high performance.

By replacing traditional diluents with bio-based reactive diluents and compounding them with acrylate-terminated polyurethane, a UV-curable adhesive suitable for smart wearable devices is obtained.

This study proposes a three-component strategy for fabricating flexible RTP thin films. The core innovation is to achieve time gating and multi-level information encryption through an adjustable lifetime and color evolution.

A fluorine-free azo-copolymer smart fabric shows reversible photoswitchable wettability from hydrophobic to superhydrophilic, with robust chemical and mechanical stability, enabling diverse, rewritable wettability patterns via selective light exposure.

Partial replacement of antimony trioxide with zinc ferrite synergistically enhanced the flame retardancy of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), while nitrile butadiene rubber improved impact strength without compromising flame retardancy.

A flexible polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based composite solid electrolyte with 1D halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) and porous high-entropy zeolitic imidazolate framework (HE-ZIF) was prepared, achieving high ionic conductivity, Li⁺ transference number and dendrite suppression.

By employing in situ synchrotron microfocus X-ray scattering on a single polybutene-1 (PB-1) spherulite, this study provides spatially resolved evidence that stress-induced cavitation occurs in the equatorial region and is primarily governed by the mechanical fragmentation of lamellae parallel to the stretching axis.

Organic polysilazane (PSZ) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) form a molecular interpenetrating network, yielding a polymer-derived SiCNO/C hybrid anode with high capacity, excellent cycling stability, and robust structure.

A flexible and robust electromagnetic-absorbing fiber is successfully fabricated via wet spinning techniques, which integrates multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), polyaniline (PANI), and aramid nanofibers (ANFs). The resulting fibers presents excellent electromagnetic wave absorption performance, mechanical properties and electrical stability.

Copolymers of sulfur and thioctic acid are employed to regulate exchange kinetics in vulcanization networks. Increasing the thioctic acid content lowers the apparent activation energy for network rearrangement.

This work employs a custom-built Operando single-sided NMR hyphenated instrument to track the spatiotemporal evolution of latex film formation, revealing how environmental factors drive the competition between capillary-driven fast water diffusion and the formation of a premature skin-core structure that inhibits particle coalescence.

Photo-induced multicomponent reaction-diffusion systems provide a valuable theoretical framework for exploring nonequilibrium self-organization under external energy input. Illumination can induce tunable nonequilibrium periodic structures whose characteristic length scale satisfies ${\mathrm{ln}} \xi\sim \dfrac{s \Delta E}{k_{\mathrm{B}} T_b} $. Furthermore, distinct spatial morphologies can also be observed under local illumination and a theoretical phase diagram for pattern formation is constructed.

The structure of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) plasticized with dicarboxylic acid diesters (dibutoxyethyl glutarate, dibutoxyethyl adipate, octyl butoxyethyl adipate, dibutoxyethyl azelate, and dibutoxyethyl sebacate) was studied using molecular dynamics simulations. A transition from a plasticization mechanism associated with Cl···O interactions, which is characteristic of short-chain diesters, to a mechanism of volumetric dispersive distribution of PVC chains for long-chain esters was identified.

Ultra-low-loading 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-aminophenyl) porphyrin (TAPP) crosslinks polyimide (PI) and provides deep traps, boosting 200 °C energy density with high efficiency.