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Biobased Transesterification Vitrimers by Kumar, Ashwani, Connal, Luke A.

“…The rapid increase in the use of plastics and the related sustainability issues, including the depletion of global petroleum reserves, have rightly sparked…”
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Three-Dimensional Printing of pH-Responsive and Functional Polymers on an Affordable Desktop Printer by Nadgorny, Milena, Xiao, Zeyun, Chen, Chao, Connal, Luke A

“…In this work we describe the synthesis, thermal and rheological characterization, hot-melt extrusion, and three-dimensional printing (3DP) of…”
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Tough, Self‐Healing Hydrogels Capable of Ultrafast Shape Changing by Jiang, Zhen, Diggle, Broden, Shackleford, India C. G., Connal, Luke A.

“…Achieving multifunctional shape‐changing hydrogels with synergistic and engineered material properties is highly desirable for their expanding applications,…”
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Strong, Self‐Healable, and Recyclable Visible‐Light‐Responsive Hydrogel Actuators by Jiang, Zhen, Tan, Ming Li, Taheri, Mahdiar, Yan, Qiao, Tsuzuki, Takuya, Gardiner, Michael G., Diggle, Broden, Connal, Luke A.

“…The most pressing challenges for light‐driven hydrogel actuators include reliance on UV light, slow response, poor mechanical properties, and limited…”
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Extrusion 3D Printing of Polymeric Materials with Advanced Properties by Jiang, Zhen, Diggle, Broden, Tan, Ming Li, Viktorova, Jekaterina, Bennett, Christopher W, Connal, Luke A.

“…3D printing is a rapidly growing technology that has an enormous potential to impact a wide range of industries such as engineering, art, education, medicine,…”
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Doubly Dynamic Self‐Healing Materials Based on Oxime Click Chemistry and Boronic Acids by Collins, Joe, Nadgorny, Milena, Xiao, Zeyun, Connal, Luke A.

“…The dynamic covalent characteristics of oxime and boronate ester bonds have been explored. A small excess of a competing aldehyde under acidic conditions…”
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Synthetic Catalysts Inspired by Hydrolytic Enzymes by Nothling, Mitchell D, Xiao, Zeyun, Bhaskaran, Ayana, Blyth, Mitchell T, Bennett, Christopher W, Coote, Michelle L, Connal, Luke A

“…Enzymes, as nature’s catalysts, speed up the very reactions that make life possible. Hydrolytic enzymes are a particularly important enzyme class responsible…”
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A Facile Synthesis of Dynamic, Shape-Changing Polymer Particles by Klinger, Daniel, Wang, Cynthia X., Connal, Luke A., Audus, Debra J., Jang, Se Gyu, Kraemer, Stephan, Killops, Kato L., Fredrickson, Glenn H., Kramer, Edward J., Hawker, Craig J.

“…We herein report a new facile strategy to ellipsoidal block copolymer nanoparticles that exhibit a pH‐triggered anistropic swelling profile. In a first step,…”
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Fine-Tuning Electroauxiliary-Mediated Peptide Modifications Using Second-Generation Electroactive Amino Acids by Karipal Padinjare Veedu, Dhanya, Connal, Luke A., Malins, Lara R.

“…Arylthioether functional groups serve as effective electroauxiliaries for tunable oxidations. Herein, we disclose the synthesis of second-generation glutamine…”
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Tuning the Molecular Weight of the Electron Accepting Polymer in All‐Polymer Solar Cells: Impact on Morphology and Charge Generation by Deshmukh, Kedar D., Matsidik, Rukiya, Prasad, Shyamal K. K., Connal, Luke A., Liu, Amelia C. Y., Gann, Eliot, Thomsen, Lars, Hodgkiss, Justin M., Sommer, Michael, McNeill, Christopher R.

“…Molecular weight is an important factor determining the morphology and performance of all‐polymer solar cells. Through the application of direct arylation…”
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Synthesis of Functionally and Stereochemically Diverse Polymers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Derivatives of the Biomass-Derived Platform Molecule Levoglucosenone Produced at Industrial Scale by Banwell, Martin G, Liu, Xin, Connal, Luke A, Gardiner, Michael G

“…The commercially available, abundant and homochiral cellulose pyrolysis product levoglucosenone (LGO) together with the readily derived isolevoglucosenone…”
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Manipulation of Molecular Weight Distribution Shape as a New Strategy to Control Processing Parameters by Nadgorny, Milena, Gentekos, Dillon T., Xiao, Zeyun, Singleton, S. Parker, Fors, Brett P., Connal, Luke A.

“…Molecular weight and dispersity (Ð) influence physical and rheological properties of polymers, which are of significant importance in polymer processing…”
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Microreactor with Thousands of Subcompartments: Enzyme-Loaded Liposomes within Polymer Capsules by Städler, Brigitte, Chandrawati, Rona, Price, Andrew D, Chong, Siow-Feng, Breheney, Kerry, Postma, Almar, Connal, Luke A, Zelikin, Alexander N, Caruso, Frank

“…Fully loaded: Noncovalent anchoring of liposomes into polymer multilayered films with cholesterol-modified polymers allows the preparation of…”
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Effects of Tailored Dispersity on the Self-Assembly of Dimethylsiloxane–Methyl Methacrylate Block Co-Oligomers by Oschmann, Bernd, Lawrence, Jimmy, Schulze, Morgan W, Ren, Jing M, Anastasaki, Athina, Luo, Yingdong, Nothling, Mitchell D, Pester, Christian W, Delaney, Kris T, Connal, Luke A, McGrath, Alaina J, Clark, Paul G, Bates, Christopher M, Hawker, Craig J

“…The effect of dispersity on block polymer self-assembly was studied in the monodisperse limit using a combination of synthetic chemistry, matrix-assisted laser…”
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Precise Synthesis of Molecularly Defined Oligomers and Polymers by Orthogonal Iterative Divergent/Convergent Approaches by Binauld, Sandra, Damiron, Denis, Connal, Luke A., Hawker, Craig J., Drockenmuller, Eric

“…The synthesis of perfectly defined (macro)molecules has been a constant challenge for polymer and organic chemists. This paper highlights the main applications…”
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Versatile Synthesis of Amino Acid Functional Polymers without Protection Group Chemistry by Brisson, Emma R. L, Xiao, Zeyun, Franks, George V, Connal, Luke A

“…The copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NiPAm) with aldehyde functional monomers facilitates postpolymerization functionalization with amino acids via…”
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Stabilization and Functionalization of Polymer Multilayers and Capsules via Thiol−Ene Click Chemistry by Connal, Luke A, Kinnane, Cameron R, Zelikin, Alexander N, Caruso, Frank

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Impact of Acceptor Fluorination on the Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells by Deshmukh, Kedar D, Matsidik, Rukiya, Prasad, Shyamal K. K, Chandrasekaran, Naresh, Welford, Adam, Connal, Luke A, Liu, Amelia C. Y, Gann, Eliot, Thomsen, Lars, Kabra, Dinesh, Hodgkiss, Justin M, Sommer, Michael, McNeill, Christopher R

“…Here, we systematically study the effect of fluorination on the performance of all-polymer solar cells by employing a naphthalene diimide (NDI)-based polymer…”
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pH-Responsive Poly(acrylic acid) Core Cross-Linked Star Polymers: Morphology Transitions in Solution and Multilayer Thin Films by Connal, Luke A, Li, Qi, Quinn, John F, Tjipto, Elvira, Caruso, Frank, Qiao, Greg G

“…Star polymers show great promise for a range of applications, including drug delivery and advanced coatings. Their unique solution properties and high…”
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Dramatic Morphology Control in the Fabrication of Porous Polymer Films by Connal, Luke A., Vestberg, Robert, Hawker, Craig J., Qiao, Greg G.

“…Highly ordered, porous honeycomb films are prepared by the breath‐figure (BF) technique using dendron‐functionalized star polymers as precursors. By changing…”
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