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Wang X, Lu J, Shi S, Li S, Guo H, Shi AC, Liu B. Well-Defined Homopolymer Nanoparticles with Uniaxial Molecular Orientation by Synchronized Polymerization and Self-Assembly. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:22661-22674. [PMID: 39099104 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
Abstract
Synthesizing anisotropic polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) with well-defined shapes, dimensions, and molecular orientations is a very challenging task. Herein, we report the synthesis of surprisingly highly uniform shape-anisotropic polymer NPs with uniaxial internal molecular orientation. Keys to our method are synchronized polymerization and self-assembly (SPSA), which can even be realized by regular dispersion polymerization. This is demonstrated using a monomer containing a rigid 4-nitroazobenzene (NAB) side group. The short nucleation period, the completion of microphase separation before molecular motion is frozen, and sufficient low particle/solvent interfacial tension are shown to be the origins of the highly uniform dimensions, single liquid crystal domains, and well-defined anisotropic shape of particles. The liquid crystallization ability of the polymers, control of molecular weight distribution, and the polymerization kinetics are identified as three key factors controlling the NP formation. The uniformity of these NPs facilitates their SA formation into colloidal crystals. The particles exhibit optically anisotropic properties depending on orientations and, in particular, show intriguing photoswitchable LC-glass (order-disorder) transition, which can be used for the detection of ultraviolet (UV) light and allows the fabrication of photoreversible colloidal films.
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- Xiao Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Li X, Zhao W, Jin Y, Huang J, Chen D. Phase Behaviors and Photoresponsive Thin Films of Syndiotactic Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers with High Densely Substituted Azobenzene Mesogens. Chemphyschem 2024:e202400421. [PMID: 38825850 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202400421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Azobenzene-containing polymers (azopolymers) are a kind of fascinating stimuli-responsive materials with broad and versatile applications. In this work, a series of syndiotactic C1 type azopolymers of Pm-Azo-Cn with side-chain azobenzene mesogens of varied length alkoxy tails (n=1, 4, 8, 10) and different length alkyl spacers (m=6, 10) have been prepared via Rh-catalyzed carbene polymerization. The thermal properties and ordered assembly structures of thus synthesized side chain liquid crystalline polymers (SCLCPs) have been systematically investigated with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized optical microscopy (POM) and variable-temperature small/wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) analyses. P10-Azo-C1 and P10-Azo-C4 with shorter alkoxy tails exhibited hierarchical structures SmB/Colob and transformed into SmA/Colob at a higher temperature, while P10-Azo-C8 and P10-Azo-C10 with longer alkoxy tails only displayed side group dominated layered SmB phase and transformed into SmA phase at higher temperatures. For P6-Azo-C4 with a shorter spacer only showed a less ordered SmA phase owing to interference by partly coupling between the side chain azobenzene mesogens and the helical backbone. More importantly, the series high densely substituted syndiotactic C1 azopolymer thin films, exhibited evidently and smoothly reversible photoresponsive properties, which demonstrated promising photoresponsive device applications.
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- Xiao Li
- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology (Ministry of Education), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, China
- School of Information Technology, Suzhou Institute of Trade & Commerce, 215009, Suzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology (Ministry of Education), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology (Ministry of Education), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology (Ministry of Education), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology (Ministry of Education), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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Ma S, Wang L, Zhou Y, Zhang H. Fully Room Temperature Reprogrammable, Recyclable, and Photomobile Soft Actuators from Physically Cross-Linked Main-Chain Azobenzene Liquid Crystalline Polymers. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28104174. [PMID: 37241914 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Fully room temperature three-dimensional (3D) shape-reprogrammable, recyclable, and photomobile azobenzene (azo) polymer actuators hold much promise in many photoactuating applications, but their development is challenging. Herein, we report on the efficient synthesis of a series of main-chain azo liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) with such performances via Michael addition polymerization. They have both ester groups and two kinds of hydrogen bond-forming groups (i.e., amide and secondary amino groups) and different flexible spacer length in the backbones. Such poly(ester-amide-secondary amine)s (PEAsAs) show low glass transition temperatures (Tg ≤ 18.4 °C), highly ordered smectic liquid crystalline phases, and reversible photoresponsivity. Their uniaxially oriented fibers fabricated via the melt spinning method exhibit good mechanical strength and photoinduced reversible bending/unbending and large stress at room temperature, which are largely influenced by the flexible spacer length of the polymers. Importantly, all these fibers can be easily reprogrammed under strain at 25 °C into stable fiber springs capable of showing a totally different photomobile mode (i.e., unwinding/winding), mainly owing to the presence of low Tg and both dynamic hydrogen bonding and stable crystalline domains (induced by the uniaxial drawing during the fiber formation). They can also be recycled from a solution at 25 °C. This work not only presents the first azo LCPs with 3D shape reprogrammability, recyclability, and photomobility at room temperature, but also provides some important knowledge of their structure-property relationship, which is useful for designing more advanced photodeformable azo polymers.
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- Shengkui Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Gan Y, Dai H, Ma Y, Cheng X, Wang Z, Zhang W. Regulating Chiral Helical Structures in Liquid-Crystalline Block Copolymers with Chiroptical Response by Synergistic Asymmetric Effects. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yijing Gan
- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Mu B, Zhang Z, Zhao Y, Hao X, Tian W. Fluorescent Columnar
Liquid‐Crystalline
Polymers: Synthesis, Mesomorphic Behaviors and Tunable Emission Wavelengths
†. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Bin Mu
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710129 China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710129 China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710129 China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710129 China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710129 China
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Guan S, Chen A. Influence of Spacer Lengths on the Morphology of Biphenyl-Containing Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymer Nanoparticles via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Song Guan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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Yatsu A, Yonehara T, Goto H. Induction of Polyacetylene to a Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystal-Chiral Direct Conversion. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12071547. [PMID: 32668734 PMCID: PMC7407238 DOI: 10.3390/polym12071547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The synthesis of polyacetylene-bearing pyrimidine-type three-ringed mesogenic core exhibiting smectic C (SmC) characteristics was conducted. Gas-phase iodine doping of the polymer provided evidence of chemical interaction between the polyene and iodine, which acted as an electron acceptor. The side-chain fluorine atom tilted the mesogen moiety to form SmC as a tilted liquid crystal. The addition of a small amount of chiral inducer yielded SmC* of the polymer as the chiral version of SmC. The liquid crystallinity and electronic properties of the π-conjugated chiral liquid crystal polymer with a helical structure were evaluated.
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Shi D, Chang WY, Ren XK, Yang S, Chen EQ. Structures and properties of side-chain liquid crystalline polynorbornenes containing an amide group: hydrogen bonding interactions and spacer length effects. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00586j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Side-chain liquid crystalline polynorbornenes based on benzanilide mesogens exhibit rich self-organization behaviours and enhanced mechanical properties owing to the lateral hydrogen bond interaction that can be tuned by the spacer length.
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- Dong Shi
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Peking University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Peking University
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Peking University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- College of Chemistry
- Peking University
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Tang J, Tao L, Xie HL, Guo Y, Ni B, Yang SG, Zhang HL, Chen EQ. Main-chain/side-chain liquid crystalline polymer based on “jacketing” effect with different-length tails: Phase structures and spontaneous oriented behavior in film. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.03.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Yin L, Zhao Y, Liu M, Zhou N, Zhang W, Zhu X. Induction of supramolecular chirality by chiral solvation in achiral Azo polymers with different spacer lengths and push–pull electronic substituents: where will chiral induction appear? Polym Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7py00130d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Effects of achiral azobenzene polymers with different spacer lengths and push–pull electronic substituents on supramolecular chirality induced by chiral limonene are reported in detail.
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- Lu Yin
- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
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Yang X, Xiang Z, Chen S, Luo H, Zhang D, Zhang H. Self-organization behaviours of hemiphasmidic side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers with different spacer lengths. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj00991g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The influence of flexible spacers on unusual self-organization behaviours of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers containing biphenyl hemiphasmidic mesogens.
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- Xiwen Yang
- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy
- Central South University
- Changsha
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy
- Central South University
- Changsha
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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Li P, Chen S, Luo H, Zhang D, Zhang H. Influence of main chain on the phase behaviors of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers with triphenylene mesogens of long alkyl tail substituents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.28428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ping Li
- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan Province 411105 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan Province 411105 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy; Central South University; Changsha Hunan 410083 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy; Central South University; Changsha Hunan 410083 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan Province 411105 China
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Xiang Z, Chen S, Luo Y, Li P, Zhang H. Influence of the side-chain structure and molecular weight on the re-entrant behaviors of mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymers. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra13363k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The influence of the alkyl spacer length and the terminal group volume influence on the phase behavior and structure of mesogen-jacketed liquid-crystalline polymers.
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- Zheng Xiang
- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
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Mehravar E, Iturrospe A, Arbe A, Asua JM, Leiza JR. Phase behavior of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers containing biphenyl mesogens with different spacer lengths synthesized via miniemulsion polymerization. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6py00791k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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High molar mass SCLCPs were synthesized by miniemulsion polymerization, and the phase behavior of the polymers was investigated by a combination of DSC, PLM, SAXS and WAXS.
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- Ehsan Mehravar
- POLYMAT and Kimika Aplikatua Saila
- Kimika Zientzien Fakultatea
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta Zentroa
- Donostia-San Sebastian 20018
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM) (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics Center (MPC)
- E-20018 San Sebastian
- Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM) (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics Center (MPC)
- E-20018 San Sebastian
- Spain
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- POLYMAT and Kimika Aplikatua Saila
- Kimika Zientzien Fakultatea
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta Zentroa
- Donostia-San Sebastian 20018
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- POLYMAT and Kimika Aplikatua Saila
- Kimika Zientzien Fakultatea
- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
- Joxe Mari Korta Zentroa
- Donostia-San Sebastian 20018
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Xu YS, Shi D, Gu J, Lei Z, Xie HL, Zhao TP, Yang S, Chen EQ. Synthesis and self-organization of azobenzene containing hemiphasmidic side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers with different spacer lengths. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py01508a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hemiphasmidic side-chain liquid-crystal polymers form different columnar phases depending on the spacer lengthnand temperatureT.
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- Yan-Shuang Xu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Polymer Materials of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
- Xiangtan 411105
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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Deng LL, Guo LX, Lin BP, Zhang XQ, Sun Y, Yang H. An entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerization approach towards main-chain liquid crystalline polymers. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6py01165a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In this manuscript, an entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ED-ROMP) approach is applied for the first time in producing main-chain liquid crystalline polymers by polymerizing a macrocyclic olefin monomer.
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- Lin-Lin Deng
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research
- Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory
- Southeast University
- Nanjing
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research
- Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory
- Southeast University
- Nanjing
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research
- Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory
- Southeast University
- Nanjing
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research
- Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory
- Southeast University
- Nanjing
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research
- Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory
- Southeast University
- Nanjing
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research
- Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Laboratory
- Southeast University
- Nanjing
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Liu D, Yuan Q, Ling Y, Tang H. Synthesis and Properties of Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polypeptides Bearing Various Alkyl Spacers and Oligo-Ethylene-Glycol Tails. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Dan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province; Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province; College of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province; Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province; College of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province; Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province; College of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 China
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- Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province; Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province; College of Chemistry; Xiangtan University; Xiangtan Hunan 411105 China
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Koshimizu N, Aizawa Y, Sakajiri K, Shikinaka K, Shigehara K, Kang S, Tokita M. Thermotropic Behavior of Syndiotactic Polymethylenes with ω-[4-(trans-4-Pentylcyclohexyl)phenoxy]alkyloxycarbonyl Side Chains. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Noboru Koshimizu
- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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Zhou F, Li Y, Jiang G, Zhang Z, Tu Y, Chen X, Zhou N, Zhu X. Biomacrocyclic side-chain liquid crystalline polymers bearing cholesterol mesogens: facile synthesis and topological effect study. Polym Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py01003a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Biomacrocyclic side-chain liquid crystalline polymers bearing cholesterol mesogens with three different length methylene spacers were prepared. Meanwhile, the liquid crystalline phase behaviors were investigated systematically.
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- Feng Zhou
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California
- San Diego
- La Jolla
- USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
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Xie HL, Ni B, Liu Q, Wang J, Yang S, Zhang HL, Chen EQ. Self organization of main-chain/side-chain liquid crystalline polymer based on “jacketing” effect with different lengths of spacer: from smectic to hierarchically ordered structure. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra21257j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
A series of combined main-chain/side-chain liquid crystalline polymers based on the “jacketing” effect, with different alkyl spacer lengths (n = 2–10), have been successfully synthesized and their self-organization behavior has been investigated.
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- He-lou Xie
- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Polymer Materials of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- Key Lab of Environment-friendly Chemistry and Application in Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Polymer Materials of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- Key Lab of Environment-friendly Chemistry and Application in Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Polymer Materials of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- Key Lab of Environment-friendly Chemistry and Application in Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional Polymer Materials of Hunan Province
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Materials of Colleges and Universities of Hunan Province
- Key Lab of Environment-friendly Chemistry and Application in Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Xiangtan University
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering
- Peking University
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