A New Strategy To Access Polymers with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics

Synthesis and characterization of rare-earth metal guanidinates stabilized by amine-bridged bis(phenolate) ligands and their application in the controlled polymerization of rac-lactide and rac-β-butyrolactone

Eight rare-earth metal guanidinates supported by a versatile family of bridged bis(phenolate) ligands were synthesized, and their application in initiating stereoselective ROP of rac-lactide and rac-β-butyrolactone were investigated and compared.

Neutral lutetium complex/polyamine mediated immortal ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide: facile synthesis of well-defined hydroxyl-end and amide-core stereoregular star polylactide

A facile way to obtain well-defined hydroxyl-end and amide-core stereoregular star polylactide.

Star-shaped PHB–PLA block copolymers: immortal polymerization with dinuclear indium catalysts

The first example of a one-component precursor to star-shaped polyesters, and its utilization in the synthesis of previously unknown star-shaped poly(hydroxybutyrate)–poly(lactic acid) block copolymers, is reported.

Aggregation-induced emission block copolymers based on ring-opening metathesis polymerization

AIE amphiphilic block copolymers were developed from ROMP for the first time. By self-assembly in selective solvents, water soluble fluorescent nano-objects were prepared with varied structures including micelles and vesicles.