Polymer chemistry: fundamentals and applications
Editor: Dr. Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Polymers constitute an ubiquitous type of materials and play a leading role in various areas of application, e.g. biomedicine, consumer products, organic electronics or high-performance materials. With the current global issues of health crisis, environmental pollution or depletion of fossil fuels in mind, polymer chemistry is one of the major drivers to deliver solutions for a sustainable development. While polymers feature a broad range of applications at present, research for fundamental developments in polymer chemistry has to be addressed as well. As such, research and understanding of basic principles or novel technologies will foster future developments in polymer science and its application in order to tackle the challenges ahead. The present thematic issue will highlight fundamental studies as well as the latest targets for applied research with a focus on the mentioned challenges.
Polymer chemistry: fundamentals and applications
- Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2922–2923, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.200
Photoinduced post-modification of graphitic carbon nitride-embedded hydrogels: synthesis of 'hydrophobic hydrogels' and pore substructuring
- Cansu Esen and
- Baris Kumru
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1323–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.92
Progress and challenges in the synthesis of sequence controlled polysaccharides
- Giulio Fittolani,
- Theodore Tyrikos-Ergas,
- Denisa Vargová,
- Manishkumar A. Chaube and
- Martina Delbianco
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1981–2025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.129
An initiator- and catalyst-free hydrogel coating process for 3D printed medical-grade poly(ε-caprolactone)
- Jochen Löblein,
- Thomas Lorson,
- Miriam Komma,
- Tobias Kielholz,
- Maike Windbergs,
- Paul D. Dalton and
- Robert Luxenhofer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2095–2101, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.136
Constrained thermoresponsive polymers – new insights into fundamentals and applications
- Patricia Flemming,
- Alexander S. Münch,
- Andreas Fery and
- Petra Uhlmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2123–2163, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.138
Post-functionalization of drug-loaded nanoparticles prepared by polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) with mitochondria targeting ligands
- Janina-Miriam Noy,
- Fan Chen and
- Martina Stenzel
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2302–2314, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.148
Exfoliated black phosphorous-mediated CuAAC chemistry for organic and macromolecular synthesis under white LED and near-IR irradiation
- Azra Kocaarslan,
- Zafer Eroglu,
- Önder Metin and
- Yusuf Yagci
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2477–2487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.164
In-depth characterization of self-healing polymers based on π–π interactions
- Josefine Meurer,
- Julian Hniopek,
- Johannes Ahner,
- Michael Schmitt,
- Jürgen Popp,
- Stefan Zechel,
- Kalina Peneva and
- Martin D. Hager
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2496–2504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.166
Cryogels: recent applications in 3D-bioprinting, injectable cryogels, drug delivery, and wound healing
- Luke O. Jones,
- Leah Williams,
- Tasmin Boam,
- Martin Kalmet,
- Chidubem Oguike and
- Fiona L. Hatton
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2553–2569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.171
Adjusting the length of supramolecular polymer bottlebrushes by top-down approaches
- Tobias Klein,
- Franka V. Gruschwitz,
- Maren T. Kuchenbrod,
- Ivo Nischang,
- Stephanie Hoeppener and
- Johannes C. Brendel
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2621–2628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.175
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