Cyclic carbonate monomers based on a single biocompatible scaffold allow for incorporation of a wide range of functional groups into macromolecules via ring-opening polymerization.

Racemic omega-substituted caprolactones can be completely converted into chiral polyesters of remarkable MW and high ee by combining lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization with Ru-catalyzed racemization.

The living cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines with fluorinated aromatic substituents was found to be strongly accelerated by o-fluoro substituents.

A strained 1-phenyl-2,3-dimethylphosphirene undergoes anionic ring-opening polymerization upon initiation with n-butyl lithium at ambient temperature to yield polyvinylenephosphine, an unsaturated organophosphorus polymer.

This investigation indicates the ability to selectively graft glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) only from the external surface of regenerated cellulose (RC) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes using activator generated electron transfer (AGET) atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). This controlled polymerization resulted in epoxy functionalized polymer brush ends. Further reaction of the terminal ep...

Minireview focused on poly(ε-lysine) and its derivatives via ring-opening polymerization of biorenewable cyclic lysine.

Poly(α-hydroxy acids), as a family of biodegradable polyesters, are valuable materials due to their broad applications in packaging, agriculture, and biomedical engineering. Herein we highlight explore recent advances catalysts controlled ring-opening polymerization O-carboxyanhydrides towards functionalized poly(α-hydroxy especially metal catalyst-mediated polymerization. Limitations current s...