{"title":"Design, Synthesis, and Theoretical Studies on the Benzoxadiazole and Thienopyrrole Containing Conjugated Random Copolymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications","authors":"Oguzhan Karakurt, Pelin Oral, Serife Ozdemir Hacioglu, Eda Alemdar Yılmaz, Tuğba Haciefendioğlu, Umran Isil Bicer, Egemen Ozcelik, Gonul Hizalan Ozsoy, Erol Yildirim, Levent Kamil Toppare, Ali Cirpan","doi":"10.1002/marc.202470040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202470040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Front Cover</b>: In the cover image of article 2400343, Levent Kamil Toppare, Ali Cirpan, and co-workers basically bridge the nature of chemistry and renewable energy. The round-bottomed flask encapsulates a solar cell, symbolizing the bond of energy with wet lab chemistry. The molecular orbitals surrounding showcase the synergy between molecular design and computational chemistry.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":"45 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/marc.202470040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microstructure Evolution of Reactive Polyurethane Films During In Situ Polyaddition and Film-Formation Processes","authors":"Huimin Duan, Shuli Li, Jinbiao Zhao, Hao Yang, Heyang Tang, Dongming Qi, Zhichao Huang, Xinxin Xu, Lei Shi, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Qi Zhong","doi":"10.1002/marc.202470038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202470038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Front Cover</b>: Due to the advantages of low energy consumption, no air and water pollutions, the reactive polyurethane films (RPUFs) are replacing the solvated and waterborne PUFs nowadays. In article 2400284, Dongming Qi, Zhichao Huang, Qi Zhong, and co-workers explore the microstructure evolution of RPUFs. The polyaddition and film-formation processes can be divided into three stages as chain extension, gelation and microphase separation. The obtained film-formation mechanism can be used as the theoretical guidance for the controllable preparation of high-performance products based on RPUFs.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":"45 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/marc.202470038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rin Koizumi, Yuya Atsuta, Anne-Laure Fameau, Koji Mitamura, Seiji Watase, Shinya Higashimoto, Tomoyasu Hirai, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Syuji Fujii
{"title":"Stearic Acid as Polymerization Medium, Dopant and Hydrophobizer: Chemical Oxidative Polymerization of Pyrrole.","authors":"Rin Koizumi, Yuya Atsuta, Anne-Laure Fameau, Koji Mitamura, Seiji Watase, Shinya Higashimoto, Tomoyasu Hirai, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Syuji Fujii","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, fatty acids have garnered significant attention as a natural phase-change material and a hydrophobizer due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. In this study, the utilization of fatty acid is proposed as a polymerization medium for the first time. As a specific reaction, chemical oxidative polymerizations of pyrrole is conducted using ferric chloride as an oxidant in a stearic acid medium. The polymerizations resulted in the production of micrometer-sized polypyrrole (PPy) grains, which are aggregates of atypical primary particles with submicrometer size. The PPy grains are doped with stearic acid, suggesting that the stearic acid functioned as a dopant and a hydrophobizing agent as well as a polymerization medium. The dried PPy grains can adsorb at the air-water interface and function as a liquid marble stabilizer with light-to-heat photothermal properties. The liquid marble can move on a planar air-water interface by Marangoni flow induced by NIR laser light irradiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":" ","pages":"e2400448"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142363629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Srinivasulu Aitipamula, Nanji J Hadia, Vivek A Vasantha, Anbanandam Parthiban
{"title":"An Exceptionally Salt Tolerant Copoly(Maleimide Sulfobetaine) - Structural Requirements for Ultra-Salt Tolerance.","authors":"Srinivasulu Aitipamula, Nanji J Hadia, Vivek A Vasantha, Anbanandam Parthiban","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Zwitterionic polymers are an important class of polymers with far-ranging applications. In the widely studied poly(meth)acrylate and poly(meth) acrylamide-based zwitterions, properties can be tuned by changing the nature of substituents attached to ammonium ions. However, these changes influenced salt tolerance of zwitterionic polymers only to a limited extent. Upon adding salt these polymers expanded in solution initially. Further increase in salt concentration caused the polymer chains to shrink similar to the common water soluble, uncharged polymers thereby deteriorating the viscosity of aqueous solutions. In contrast to the conventional poly(meth)acrylate and poly(meth)acrylamide-based zwitterions, zwitterionic copolymaleimides showed substituent dependent salt-tolerant nature. In the absence of any substituent on the polymer backbone such as zwitterionic poly(ethylene-alt-maleimide) (ZI-PEMA) the viscosity of salt solutions increased both with the increasing salt concentration as well as the concentration of polymer. This is likely due to the continuous expansion of polymer coil in salt solutions with increasing salt concentration caused primarily by the rigidity of the polymer backbone. ZI-PEMA also enhanced the saturation limit of mono- and divalent salts like sodium chloride and hydrated calcium bromide in water. This property is useful for various applications like fish curing, for making high-density fluids, refrigeration, etc. across various industrial sectors.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":" ","pages":"e2400499"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TFE Terpolymers: Once Promising - Are There Still Perspectives in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century? Part II: Processing, Properties, Applications.","authors":"Salim Ok, Martin Steinhart, Bruno Améduri","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) terpolymers have emerged as advantageous substitutes for polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Therefore, they are being considered as alternatives to PTFE in many application areas. The advantages of TFE terpolymers include their facile processability at elevated temperatures, their solubility in some polar organic solvents, their inertness against aqueous acids, aqueous bases and a large number of mostly nonpolar organic solvents, their low dielectric constant, their low refractive index as well as useful electro- and thermochemical properties. This review on TFE terpolymers focuses on their processing including shaping and surface modification as well as on selected properties including wettability, dielectric properties, mechanical response behavior, chemical stability, and degradability. Applications including their use as elastomeric sealing material, liner and cladding layer as well as their use as material for membranes, microfluidic devices, photonics, photovoltaics, energy storage, energy harvesting, sensors, and nanothermitic composites will be discussed. The review concludes with a discussion of the future potential of TFE terpolymers and scientific challenges to be addressed by future research on TFE terpolymers.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":" ","pages":"e2400412"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142338000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabrina S Scott, Yimin Zeng, Taylor Wright, Michael O Wolf, Laurel L Schafer
{"title":"Catalytic Installation of Primary Amines Onto Polyolefins for Oligomer Valorization.","authors":"Sabrina S Scott, Yimin Zeng, Taylor Wright, Michael O Wolf, Laurel L Schafer","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400444","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Polymerization of primary amine-containing monomers is challenging because the amine inhibits polymerization catalyst activity. An alternative approach to access primary amine functionalized polymers is postpolymerization modification. To this end, the hydroaminoalkylation of vinyl-terminated polyolefins with N-(trimethylsilyl)benzylamine is used to prepare primary amine-terminated polyolefins, with the free primary amine substituent being revealed upon hydrolytic work up. These materials are spectroscopically characterized, and an investigation of thermal properties by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis is completed. These results show that the primary amine substituent increases the glass transition temperature and improves thermal stability. The reactive primary amine functionality is used in the photo-oxidative dimerization of polyolefins to demonstrate how this elusive functionality can be applied in oligomer valorization.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":" ","pages":"e2400444"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shiyu Dong, Guoqiang Lu, Guohua Wang, Keqiang Wang, Ruifen Tang, Jun Nie, Xiaoqun Zhu
{"title":"Preparation of Gradient HEA-DAC/HPA Hydrogels by Limited Domain Swelling Method.","authors":"Shiyu Dong, Guoqiang Lu, Guohua Wang, Keqiang Wang, Ruifen Tang, Jun Nie, Xiaoqun Zhu","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400586","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hydrogels are widely used in biological dressing, tissue scaffolding, drug delivery, sensors, and other promising applications owing to their water-rich soft structures, biocompatibility, and adjustable mechanical properties. However, most of the conventional hydrogels are isotropic. The anisotropic structures existed widely in the organizational structure of plants and animals, which played a crucial role in biological systems. In this work, a method of limited domain swelling to prepare anisotropic hydrogels is proposed. Through spatially controlled swelling, the extension direction of hydrogels can be limited by a tailored mold, further achieving anisotropic hydrogels with concentration gradients. The external solution serves as a swelling solution to promote swelling and extension of the hydrogel matrix in a mold which can control the extension direction. Due to the diversity of external solutions, the method can be applied to prepare a variety of stimulus-responsive polymers. The limited domain swelling method is promising for the construction of anisotropic hydrogels with different structures and properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":" ","pages":"e2400586"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annan Kong, Lulu Si, Dongxiang Chen, Yan Song, Guo Liang Li
{"title":"Self-healing Hydrophobic Antifouling Polymers with Fe<sup>3+</sup>-Catechol Coordination Interaction.","authors":"Annan Kong, Lulu Si, Dongxiang Chen, Yan Song, Guo Liang Li","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400674","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hydrophobic antifouling polymers capable of self-healing performance are highly desirable for industrial applications. However, the construction of self-healing, hydrophobic antifouling polymers is challenging considering their complex fouling environments, which are humid in aqueous environment. In this work, a self-healing hydrophobic polymer containing Fe<sup>3+</sup>-catechol coordination applicable to antifouling is synthesized. The hydrophobic fluoroalkyl segments in the polymers formed unique domains dispersed in a polydimethylsiloxane matrix. The as-synthesized polymers can completely restore their tensile strength, and their self-healing efficiency is above 90% in both artificial seawater and pure water because of the dynamic Fe<sup>3+</sup>-catechol coordination interactions. The as-synthesized polymer exhibited self-healing and antifouling properties against common marine bacteria. The colony adhesion and self-healing processes of the damaged coating in artificial seawater containing marine bacteria are characterized by laser confocal microscopy. This strategy may be useful for the development of future polymeric antifouling materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":" ","pages":"e2400674"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrophobic Aerogels and Xerogels based on Trimethoxybenzene-Formaldehyde.","authors":"Thomas Anklam, René Tannert","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400691","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phenolic aerogels based on resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) are among the best thermally insulating materials. However, the hydrophilicity inherent to the free phenolic moiety of RF gels generally limits their actual range of applications. Prior efforts to render phenolic gels hydrophobic are restricted to post-synthetic functionalizations of hydrophilic gels, processes that are often limited in efficiency, scope, and/or longevity. Here, an acid-mediated conversion of 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene with formaldehyde is reported, yielding monolithic trimethoxybenzene-formaldehyde (TMBF) aerogels and xerogels with low density (0.11-0.30 g cm<sup>-3</sup>), high porosity (74-92 %), inner surface areas (S<sub>BET</sub>) of up to 284 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>-1</sup>, and thermal conductivity of 34.5-43.9 mW m<sup>-1</sup> K<sup>-1</sup>. For a monolithic xerogel based on TMBF xerogels an unprecedently low thermal conductivity of 34.5 mW m<sup>-1</sup> K<sup>-1</sup> could be achieved. In addition, all TMBF gels are thermally stable (degradation >280-310 °C) and highly hydrophobic (water contact angles 130°-156°). As such, TMBF serves as a new class of inherently hydrophobic aerogels and xerogels and useful complement to RF materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":" ","pages":"e2400691"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fouzia Taslim, Muhammad Umer Ashraf, Muhammad Farooq, Asif Mahmood, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Hira Ijaz, Nariman Shahid, Heba A. Gad
{"title":"Development of pH-responsive Hydrogel from Copolymers of Artemisia vulgaris Seed Mucilage, Mucin, and poly(methacrylate) for Controlled Delivery of Acyclovir Sodium","authors":"Fouzia Taslim, Muhammad Umer Ashraf, Muhammad Farooq, Asif Mahmood, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Hira Ijaz, Nariman Shahid, Heba A. Gad","doi":"10.1002/marc.202400421","DOIUrl":"10.1002/marc.202400421","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To cope with the constraints of conventional drug delivery systems, site-specific drug delivery systems are the major focus of researchers. The present research developed water-swellable, pH-responsive methacrylic acid-based hydrogel scaffolds of <i>Artemisia vulgaris</i> seed mucilage with mucin and loaded with acyclovir sodium as a model drug. The developed hydrogel discs are evaluated for diverse parameters. Drug loading efficiency in all formulations ranges from 63% to 75%. The hydrogels exhibited pH-dependent swelling, displaying optimum swelling in a phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), and insignificant swelling in an acidic buffer (pH 1.2), in addition, they responded well to electrolyte concentrations. The sol-gel fraction is estimated ranging from 60 to 95%. Dissolution studies unveiled sustained drug release for 24 h in a phosphate buffer of pH 7.4, exhibiting zero-order release kinetics. Moreover, FTIR spectra confirmed the drug-excipient compatibility. SEM photomicrographs revealed a rough and porous surface of hydrogel discs with several pores and channels. The PXRD diffractograms exposed the amorphous nature of the polymeric blends. The findings of acute toxicity studies proved the developed hydrogel network is biocompatible. Therefore, these outcomes connote the newly created network as a smart delivery system, able to dispatch acyclovir sodium into the intestinal segment for a prolonged period.</p>","PeriodicalId":205,"journal":{"name":"Macromolecular Rapid Communications","volume":"45 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142337989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}