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Yang Y, Cho Y, Choi TL. Designing Degradable Polymers from Tricycloalkenes via Complete Cascade Metathesis Polymerization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202400235. [PMID: 38456570 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202400235] [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: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
Abstract
Cascade metathesis polymerization has been developed as a promising method to synthesize complex but well-defined polymers from monomers containing multiple reactive functional groups. However, this approach has been limited to the monomers involving simple alkene/alkyne moieties or produced mainly non-degradable polymers. In this study, we demonstrate a complete cascade ring-opening/ring-closing metathesis polymerization (RORCMP) using various tricycloalkenes and two strategies for the efficient degradation. Through rational design of tricycloalkene monomers, the structure and reactivity relationship was explored. For example, tricycloalkenes with trans configuration in the central ring enabled faster and better selective cascade RORCMP than the corresponding cis isomers. Also, a 4-substituted cyclopentene moiety in the monomers significantly enhanced the overall cascade RORCMP performance, with the maximum turnover number (TON) reaching almost 10,000 and molecular weight up to 170 kg/mol using an amide-containing monomer. Furthermore, we achieved one-shot cascade multiple olefin metathesis polymerization using tricycloalkenes and a diacrylate, to produce new highly A,B-alternating copolymers with full degradability. Lastly, we successfully designed xylose-based tricycloalkenes to give well-defined polymers that underwent ultra-fast and complete degradation under mild conditions.
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- Yongkang Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
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Starvaggi FA, Suslick BA, Xia Y. Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclooctadiene and Cyclooctene with Dihydrofuran: Influence of Ru Fischer Carbene. ACS Macro Lett 2024; 13:296-301. [PMID: 38359364 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Vinyl ethers are commonly used to deactivate Grubbs catalysts and terminate ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) by forming Fischer carbene species with attenuated metathesis reactivity. However, we recently demonstrated that a cyclic enol ether, 2,3-dihydrofuran (DHF), can in fact be homopolymerized or copolymerized with norbornene derivatives. 1,5-Cyclooctadiene (COD) and cyclooctene (COE) consist of an important class of ROMP monomers, and we describe here a study of their copolymerization with DHF. Addition of DHF greatly suppressed the ROMP activity of COD and COE and resulted in significant alkene isomerization of COD. Chloranil was found to be an effective additive to prevent undesired isomerization and promote copolymerization. As a result, high molecular weight COD/COE and DHF copolymers were synthesized. Hydrolysis of the enol ether main chain linkages yields polyalkenamers with alcohol and aldehyde end groups. This study encourages further exploration of the in situ formed Ru Fischer carbene species in ROMP to access degradable polymers.
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- Francesca A Starvaggi
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Sun H, Ibrahim T, Ritacco A, Durkee K. Biomass-Derived Degradable Polymers via Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Exo-Oxanorbornenes and Cyclic Enol Ethers. ACS Macro Lett 2023; 12:1642-1647. [PMID: 37983535 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Degradable polymers made via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) hold tremendous promise as eco-friendly materials. However, most of the ROMP monomers are derived from petroleum resources, which are typically considered less sustainable compared to biomass. Herein, we present a synthetic strategy to degradable polymers by harnessing alternating ROMP of biomass-based cyclic olefin monomers including exo-oxanorbornenes and cyclic enol ethers. A library of well-defined poly(enol ether)s with modular structures, tunable glass transition temperatures, and controlled molecular weights was achieved, demonstrating the versatility of this approach. Most importantly, the resulting copolymers exhibit high degrees of alternation, rendering their backbones fully degradable under acidic conditions.
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- Hao Sun
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Tagliatela College of Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Tagliatela College of Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Tagliatela College of Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Tagliatela College of Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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An T, Ryu H, Choi TL. Living Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization of 2,3-Dihydrofuran to Provide Completely Degradable Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309632. [PMID: 37789610 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309632] [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: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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2,3-Dihydrofuran (DHF) has recently been gaining significant attention as a comonomer in metathesis polymerization, thanks to its ability to provide the resultant polymer backbones with stimuli-responsive degradability. In this report, we present living alternating copolymerization of DHF with less reactive endo-tricyclo[4.2.2.02,5 ]deca-3,9-dienes (TDs) and endo-oxonorbornenes (oxoNBs). By carefully controlling the reactivity of both the Ru initiators and the monomers, we have achieved outstanding A, B-alternation (up to 98 %) under near stoichiometric DHF loading conditions. Notably, we have also found that the use of a more sterically hindered Ru initiator helps to attain polymer backbones with higher DHF incorporation and superior A, B-alternation. While preserving the living characteristics of DHF copolymerization, as evidenced by controlled molecular weights (up to 73.9 kDa), narrow dispersities (down to 1.05), and block copolymer formation, our DHF copolymers could be broken down to a single repeat unit level under acidic conditions. 1 H NMR analysis of the model copolymer revealed that after 24 hours of degradation, up to 80 % of the initial polymer was transformed into a single small molecule product, and after purification, up to 66 % of the degradation product was retrieved. This study provides a versatile approach to improve the alternation and degradability of DHF copolymers.
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- Taeyang An
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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Mandal A, Kilbinger AFM. Catalytic Living ROMP: Synthesis of Degradable Star Polymers. ACS Macro Lett 2023; 12:1372-1378. [PMID: 37748103 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Star polymers have attracted considerable attention over the past few years due to their distinctive physical and chemical attributes that are different from conventional linear polymers. Here, we present a one-pot synthesis of narrowly dispersed and degradable homoarm and miktoarm star polymers exploiting the catalytic living ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) mechanism. Several complex polymeric architectures (such as A3-, A4-, A6-, A2B-, A3B-, and AB2-type star polymers) were synthesized quite straightforwardly by using appropriate vinyl ether chain transfer agents. SEC, 1H NMR, and DOSY NMR spectroscopy were employed to analyze and characterize all of the synthesized polymers. We believe that this sustainable and environmentally friendly synthesis of star polymers could become an important synthetic tool for polymer engineers working on supramolecular, industrial or biomedical applications.
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- Ankita Mandal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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Tashiro K, Akiyama M, Kashiwagi K, Okazoe T. The Fluorocarbene Exploit: Enforcing Alternation in Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:2941-2950. [PMID: 36701256 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Fluoroalkenes are known to be notoriously reluctant substrates for olefin metathesis due to the generation of thermodynamically stable Fischer-type fluorocarbene intermediates, which invariably fail to undergo further reaction. In the present disclosure, we find that fluorine substitution on the sp2 carbon also strictly suppresses homopolymerization of norbornene derivatives (NBEs), and this can be harnessed to achieve alternating ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) with an appropriately electron-rich comonomer. Dihydrofuran (DHF) is thereby shown to undergo alternating ROMP with fluorinated norbornenes, the perfectly alternating structure of the resulting copolymer having been unambiguously elucidated by 1H, 19F, and 13C NMR analyses. Furthermore, we find that the degradability of the resultant copolymers in acidic media via hydrolysis of enol ether moieties in the backbone can be predictably modulated by the number of fluorine atoms present in the NBE comonomer, affording an opportunity to engage with the desirable physical properties of fluorinated polymers while limiting their attendant environmental degradability issues.
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- Kaoru Tashiro
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- AGC Inc., Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.,AGC Inc., Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Mandal A, Mandal I, Kilbinger AFM. Catalytic Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Using Vinyl Ethers as Effective Chain-Transfer Agents. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202211842. [PMID: 36445835 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A catalytic living ring-opening metathesis copolymerization (ROMP) method is described that relies on a degenerative, reversible and regioselective exchange of propagating Fischer-carbenes. All characteristics of a living polymerization such as narrow dispersity, excellent molar mass control and the ability to form block copolymers are achieved by this method. The method allows the use of up to 200 times less ruthenium complex than traditional living ROMP. We demonstrate the synthesis of ROMP-ROMP diblock copolymers, ATRP from a ROMP macro-initiator and living ROMP from a PEG-based macro chain transfer agent. The cost-effective, sustainable and environmentally friendly synthesis of degradable polymers and block copolymers enabled by this strategy will find various applications in biomedicine, materials science, and technology.
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- Ankita Mandal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Leguizamon SC, Lyons K, Monk NT, Hochrein MT, Jones BH, Foster JC. Additive Manufacturing of Degradable Materials via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP). ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:51301-51306. [PMID: 36318511 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c14411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Thermoset materials comprise a significant proportion of high-performance plastics due to their shape permanence and excellent thermal and mechanical properties. However, these properties come at the expense of degradability. Here, we show for the first time that the industrial thermoset polydicyclopentadiene (PDCPD) can be additively manufactured (AM) with degradable 2,3-dihydrofuran (DHF) linkages using a photochemical approach. Treatment of the manufactured objects with acid results in rapid degradation to soluble byproducts. This work highlights the potential of ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) chemistry to create degradable materials amenable to advanced manufacturing processes.
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico87185, United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico87185, United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico87185, United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico87185, United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico87185, United States
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Mandal A, Mandal I, Kilbinger AFM. Catalytic Syntheses of Degradable Polymers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization Using Vinyl Ethers as Chain Transfer Agents. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ankita Mandal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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Pal S, Mandal I, Kilbinger AFM. Controlled Alternating Metathesis Copolymerization of Terminal Alkynes. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:847-853. [PMID: 35736023 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Terminal alkynes display high reactivity toward Ru-carbene metathesis catalysts. However, the formation of a less reactive bulky carbene hinders their homopolymerization. Simultaneously, the higher reactivity of alkynes does not allow efficient cross propagation with sterically less-hindered cycloalkene monomers, resulting in inefficient copolymerization. Nonetheless, terminal alkynes undergo rapid cross-metathesis with vinyl ethers. Therefore, an efficient cross propagation can be achieved with terminal alkynes and cyclic enol ether monomers. Here, we show that terminal alkyne derivatives can be copolymerized in an alternating fashion with 2,3-dihydrofuran using Grubbs' third generation catalyst (G3). A linear relationship of the number-average molecular weight versus monomer to initiator ratio and block copolymer synthesis confirmed a controlled copolymerization. The SEC and NMR analyses of the synthesized copolymers confirmed the excellent control over molecular weight and exclusive alternating nature of the copolymer. The regioselective chain transfer of G3 to vinyl ether and the high reactivity of the Fischer-type Ru carbene toward terminal alkynes was also exploited for polymer conjugation. Finally, the presence of an acid labile backbone functionality in the synthesized alternating copolymers allowed complete degradation of the copolymer within a short time interval which was confirmed by SEC analyses.
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- Subhajit Pal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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Yang F, Zhang Z, Chen M, Zhang H, Zhang J, Sun JZ. Functional polydiynes prepared by metathesis cyclopolymerization of 1,7-dihalogen-1,6-heptadiyne derivatives. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py01145j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The MCP route used for the polymerization of 1,6-heptadiynes was successfully applied to the polymerization of 1,7-dihalogen-1,6-heptadiynes, and the target polymers were obtained in high yield with high molecular weight and unique UCST behavior.
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- Fulin Yang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecules Synthesis of Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecules Synthesis of Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecules Synthesis of Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecules Synthesis of Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Centre for Healthcare Materials, Shaoxing Institute, Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecules Synthesis of Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecules Synthesis of Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Centre for Healthcare Materials, Shaoxing Institute, Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, China
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