The current goal in functional polymeric material research is the preparation of polymers with high-fidelity nanoscale self-assembled structures and advanced functionality. Thus, recent research efforts have focused on linking chemistry for the development of tailor-made polymers with desired properties. The design of alpha- or omega-functionalized...
Published in Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry
When polymer mixtures become increasingly complex, the conventional analysis techniques become insufficient for complete characterization. Mass spectrometric techniques can satisfy this increasing demand for detailed sample characterization. Even though isobaric polymers are indistinguishable using simple mass spectrometry (MS) analyses, more advan...
A large variety of nanoparticles have already been prepared via the PISA methodology from methacrylic block copolymers. Here we report the very first example of polypeptide decorated nanoparticles prepared using RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization. This work explores the original combination of PISA with functional polypeptides. A short polypept...
Poly(2-oxazoline)s (in literature abbreviated as PAOx, POx, or POZ, herein referred to as PAOx) represent an emerging class of biocompatible polymers outperforming polyethylene glycol (PEG) in many aspects, including their high synthetic versatility and structural modularity. In this review, we provide a brief introduction to PAOx chemistry and bio...
Published in Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Polymer characterizations are often performed using mass spectrometry (MS). Aside from MS and different tandem MS (MS/MS) techniques, ion mobility–mass spectrometry (IM-MS) has been recently added to the inventory of characterization technique. However, only few studies have focused on the reproducibility and robustness of polymer IM-MS analyses. H...
The synthesis of high-conductivity solid-state electrolyte materials with eliminated polarization loss is a great challenge. Here we show a promising potential of single-ion block copolymers with crystalline protogenic channels as efficient proton conductors. Through the self-organization of zwitterion, imidazole, and polystyrene sulfonate with con...
© Copyright 2018 American Chemical Society. Conjugated diblock copolymers can exhibit very promising properties, often based on microphase separation. However, both blocks can influence each other's aggregation behavior, which might lead to a suboptimal aggregation behavior of the consecutive blocks. Herein, we investigate whether the introduction ...
Partially biobased poly(1,2,3-triazolium)s are synthesized by reversible additionfragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of tailor-made 1,2,3-triazole-functionalized (meth)acrylate monomers derived from levulinic acid, followed by N-alkylation of the 1,2,3-triazole moieties by methyl iodide (CH3I) and subsequent anion exchange with lithi...
The one-pot syntheses of two pentadeca-(15)-block methacrylate-based amphiphilic copolymers, specifically a bipolymer (AB)7A and a quintopolymer (ABCDE)3, are being reported using a fast and easy to scale up procedure that does not require any intermediate purification steps. Both syntheses were carried out using sequential group transfer polymeris...
Metal-elastomer interfacial systems, often encountered in stretchable electronics, demonstrate remarkably high interface fracture toughness values. Evidently, a large gap exists between the rather small adhesion energy levels at the microscopic scale (intrinsic adhesion') and the large measured macroscopic work-of-separation. This energy gap is clo...
