{"title":"Vanillin Oxime-Enabled Castor-Oil-Based Waterborne Polyurethane with Tunable Mechanical, Self-Healing, and Fluorescent Properties","authors":"Ruotong Du, Guowen Zhou, Xiaohui Wang","doi":"10.1002/macp.202400493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202400493","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It is highly desirable yet challenging to develop sustainable bio-based polyurethane with excellent mechanical properties, self-healing, and reprocessing abilities. In this study, a rigid bio-based diol (VO) containing oxime group is synthesized via the condensation reaction of lignin-derived vanillin and hydroxylamine. Subsequently, VO is introduced into a castor oil-based WPU (CWPU) system to prepare CWPU-VOs with high biobased content. The presence of dynamic oxime-carbamate bonds endowed CWPU-VOs with excellent self-healing (self-healing efficiency>95%, at 80 °C for 1 h,) and reprocessing properties. By adjusting the ratio of VO and castor oil, the mechanical properties of CWPU-VOs (tensile strength of 11.0–24.3 MPa, elongation at break of 642.2–312.0%) can be effectively tuned. In addition, due to the photolysis behavior of oxime-urethane moieties, CWPU-VOs show outstanding fluorescence anti-counterfeiting potential. This work provides a new idea for the development of high-performance waterborne polyurethane with adjustable mechanical properties, self-healing ability, and fluorescent properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bo Cai, Zihao Liu, Zhijia Zhang, Songsong Zhang, Qiang Wang, Teng Ma, Lin Wang, Xiaoji Liu, Guojun Wang, Hao Wei, Lei Wang
{"title":"Poison Dart Frogs Inspired Marine Antifouling Coating Based on Phase Separation","authors":"Bo Cai, Zihao Liu, Zhijia Zhang, Songsong Zhang, Qiang Wang, Teng Ma, Lin Wang, Xiaoji Liu, Guojun Wang, Hao Wei, Lei Wang","doi":"10.1002/macp.202400454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202400454","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Inspired by the process of poison transport from in vivo to the skin of poison dart frogs, a novel polyurethane marine antifouling coating PU-xA is prepared, in which the antifouling agent N-(2,3,4-trihydroxy-5-acrylamide methylbenzyl)acrylamide (AMTHBA) would enrich at the surface of the coating due to phase separation. The surface morphology and properties of the composite coating are investigated through the transmittance and haze tester, the atomic force microscope (AFM), and the water contact angle. With the addition of AMTHBA, the water contact angle of the coating gradually decreases from 94.1°± 0.5° to 72.6°± 0.5°, and the surface energy increases from 30.8 to 42.1 J m<sup>−</sup><sup>2</sup>. After being immersed in seawater for 28 days, the tensile strength and the elongation at break of PU-25A still kept 3.0 MPa and 136.3%, respectively. The antibacterial performance of the coating increases with the increase of storage time, and the antibacterial rate of PU-25A against <i>Escherichia coli</i> increases from 63.3% to 97.2% after 30 days of storage, and the antibacterial rate against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> increases from 59% to 80.1% after 30 days of storage. The outstanding resistance of seawater, antibacterial, and anti-algae adhesion of the PU-25A indicate that PU-25A has potential applications in the field of marine antifouling.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yidan Yang, Zhihao Lu, Yizhuo Ma, Haoran Cheng, Yamin Pan, Bo Wang, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen, Xianhu Liu
{"title":"Research Progress of Fabrics for Personal Thermal Management","authors":"Yidan Yang, Zhihao Lu, Yizhuo Ma, Haoran Cheng, Yamin Pan, Bo Wang, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen, Xianhu Liu","doi":"10.1002/macp.202400479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202400479","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The regulation of body temperature in dynamic environments is greatly significant for maintaining human thermal comfort. As the second skin of the body, clothing performs a vital role in personal thermal management. However, conventional textiles are unable to effectively regulate the temperature of the human body in extreme environments. Therefore, functional and personalized clothing materials are gradually entering human horizons. In this review, the modulation principles, materials, and the latest research progress of several categories of thermoregulation textiles, i.e., cooling, warming, and bidirectional mode textiles, are systematically summarized. Furthermore, development direction and application prospects are prospected in the concluding part, aiming to provide a reference for the research on fabrics for personal thermal management and inspire more creative material design and applications in various area.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Amorphous Aggregation Enhanced Room Temperature Phosphorescence Emission From Naphthalimide Derivative","authors":"Lijie Yi, Shiman Tang, Kaiti Wang","doi":"10.1002/macp.202400498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202400498","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In recent years, organic room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials have been well developed. Especially, when the the organic compounds are doped into a rigid polymeric matrix, their RTP performances can be greatly enhanced. However, the dispersibility and stability of the organic compounds are difficult to be controlled. Herein, an amorphous homo-polymer (<b>P1</b>) containing naphthalimide units is synthesized and further dispersed into a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix via a solution mixing procedure. The resultant composites (<b>P1@PVA</b>) exhibit a yellow afterglow under room temperature. In <b>P1@PVA</b>, the naphthalimide chromophores are constrained in an amorphous aggregation state. Unlike in a crystalline state, intermolecular interactions between the amorphous aggregated chromophores are enhanced, while the π–π interaction is weakened. In the presence of PVA, the non-radiative decay can be synergistically suppressed by the external hydrogen bonds and the internal intermolecular interactions. As a results, the RTP performances of <b>P1@PVA</b> are much enhanced. Comparing with the PVA composites containing naphthalimide compounds, the RTP lifetime of <b>P1@PVA</b> is prolonged as 1.5 folds.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ilya Faykov, Alexandra Pulyalina, Ekaterina Gruzdeva, Alexander Novikov, Mikhail Goikhman, Irina Podeshvo, Nairi Loretsyan, Iosif Gofman, Ivan Abalov, Natalia Saprykina, Galina Polotskaya
{"title":"Co-Polyamide with 2-Pyridylquinoline Moieties in the Main Chain and Its Metal-Polymer Complex with Cu(II) for Toluene Recovery: Synthesis, Structure, Physicochemical and Transport Properties","authors":"Ilya Faykov, Alexandra Pulyalina, Ekaterina Gruzdeva, Alexander Novikov, Mikhail Goikhman, Irina Podeshvo, Nairi Loretsyan, Iosif Gofman, Ivan Abalov, Natalia Saprykina, Galina Polotskaya","doi":"10.1002/macp.202570010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202570010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Front Cover</b>: In article 2400178, Alexandra Pulyalina and and co-workers report on the development of polymer membranes based on new copolyamide and its complex with copper(II), providing selective transport of methanol in separation of organic media. Preferential mass transfer of methanol occurs due to the creation of specific channels by forming multi-hydrogen bonds between methanol and macromolecules. Based on detailed studies of the structure and physicochemical properties, it was shown that the developed membrane materials are suitable for practical use.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/macp.202570010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xia Gao, Cong Yang, Junlin Zhu, Xiaonan Zhang, Yunlan Su
{"title":"Mechanical and Biological Properties of Additive Manufactured Polyester-Based Scaffolds Treated by Surface Etching","authors":"Xia Gao, Cong Yang, Junlin Zhu, Xiaonan Zhang, Yunlan Su","doi":"10.1002/macp.202400438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202400438","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Currently, material extrusion-based additive manufacturing (MEAM) technique, also known as fused filament fabrication (FFF) technique has been widely used to prepare customized porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. However, porous scaffolds often lack desirable osteogenic properties due to the poor hydrophilicity of polymer materials used for FFF technique. In this work, biocompatible materials suitable for FFF technique are prepared by blending polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic acid (PLA), and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) at various compositions. These composite materials are subsequently printed into cylindrical scaffolds with controllable pore sizes ranging from 200–800 µm, by regulating the infill density during the FFF process. The FFF-printed scaffolds have the highest modulus at a PLA/PCL ratio of 0.7 and a pore size of ≈ 200 µm. Furthermore, surface treatment is applied to these FFF-printed scaffolds in sodium hydroxide solution. As a result, the surface roughness, hydrophilicity and serum adsorption of the scaffolds are significantly enhanced. More importantly, these surface-treated scaffolds can promote the osteogenic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells, comparable to commercial Bio-Oss substitutes. Thus, this study offers a cost-effective technique for the development of bioactive scaffolds for potential bone tissue engineering applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Nazir Tahir, Amit K. Sur, Josie Eid, Piumi Kulatunga, S. Holger Eichhorn, Simon Rondeau-Gagné
{"title":"Thermal Conversion of Acetylene-Containing Cyclotriphosphazene to Graphitic Materials: Controlling Solid-State Morphology through Heating Rates","authors":"M. Nazir Tahir, Amit K. Sur, Josie Eid, Piumi Kulatunga, S. Holger Eichhorn, Simon Rondeau-Gagné","doi":"10.1002/macp.202400412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202400412","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Carbon-rich materials have growing potential for applications ranging from electronics to drug delivery. Traditional methods for preparing these materials often require high temperatures and yield mixtures of products with poor control over structure and properties. To address this, researchers are increasingly using molecular precursors with specific reactive sites that allow for a tunable and well-defined synthesis. This work presents alkyne-terminated cyclotriphosphazenes as promising precursors for synthesizing nitrogen and phosphorus rich graphitic materials with tunable solid-state properties. By applying thermal annealing below 400 °C, it was demonstrated by our groups that precise heating can selectively control ring-opening polymerization of the phosphazene core and crosslinking of terminal acetylenes. Spectroscopic and thermal analysis revealed that slow thermal heating (below 32 °C/min) promotes simultaneous ring-opening polymerization, acetylene crosslinking and graphitization to yield a brittle thin film. In contrast, rapid heating (above 32 °C/min) exclusively induces acetylene crosslinking and graphitization, preserving the cyclotriphosphazene ring and producing a soluble, amorphous black powder. Characterization by electron microscopy and gas absorption analysis confirmed that the fast-heated material has a surface area of 261.03 m<sup>2</sup>/g, a nitrogen uptake of 822.50 cm<sup>3</sup>/g, and a significant increase in pore volume. These findings present a new versatile approach for generating carbon-rich, porous graphitic materials for various applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/macp.202400412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuri Rudenko, Egor Prosyankin, Aliya Mustafina, Margarita Fuki, Roman Borisov, Natalia Fedyakova, Maxim Bermeshev, Pavel Chapala
{"title":"Investigation of the Light Intensity and Temperature Influences on Double Bond Conversion in Resins for Vat Photopolymerization via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy","authors":"Yuri Rudenko, Egor Prosyankin, Aliya Mustafina, Margarita Fuki, Roman Borisov, Natalia Fedyakova, Maxim Bermeshev, Pavel Chapala","doi":"10.1002/macp.202400398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202400398","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Herein, a systematic investigation of the effects of light intensity on double bond conversion in resins for vat photopolymerization is conducted and their mechanical properties are evaluated. For this aim, a urethane acrylate resin is synthesized and the structure is confirmed by means of NMR, IR, atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) and GPC. Photopolymer compositions based on it are studied. It is shown that an increase in light intensity resulted in a decrease in the double bond conversion for the transparent composition. An increase in temperature during photopolymerization led to an initial growth of double bond conversion, followed by a subsequent decrease. These findings are validated through bending and tensile strength analyses.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pyridine Isomer Effects in the Framework of Phase-Separated Vitrimer-Like Materials Operated with Trans-N-Alkylation Bond Exchange of Quaternized Pyridines","authors":"Maho Suzuki, Mikihiro Hayashi","doi":"10.1002/macp.202500037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202500037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Pyridine groups are known to form various types of bonds, including hydrogen, ionic, and coordination bonds. Another distinctive feature of pyridine groups is the presence of structural isomers. The effects of pyridine isomers have been investigated, particularly for <i>ortho-</i> and <i>para-</i>substituted pyridines, in relation to their bond formation abilities and interaction energies, which ultimately influence macroscopic physical properties. In this study, the effects of pyridine isomers on the formation of quaternization bonds are newly explored, based on the original design of vitrimer-like materials. The polymer component is a poly(acrylate) random copolymer containing <i>ortho-</i>, <i>meta-</i>, and <i>para-</i>substituted pyridine side groups, which are cross-linked by diiodo molecules through pyridine quaternization bonds. The quaternized pyridines self-aggregate into nano-domains, and bond exchange occurs via trans-<i>N</i>-alkylation in an inter-domain manner. The differences in bond formation and related physical properties of samples with three distinct pyridine isomers, including creep and stress relaxation behaviors of the vitrimer-like materials are investigated. Overall, this study offers new insights into the pyridine isomer effects and provides a fresh perspective for tuning the physical properties of bond-exchangeable materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":18054,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics","volume":"226 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144220170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}