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Formation of H-bonding networks in the solid state structure of a trinuclear cobalt(III/II/III) complex with N2O2 donor Schiff base ligand and glutaric acid as bridging co-ligand: synthesis, structure and DFT study

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13200-13208
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA07697K, Paper
Open Access
Sovana Maity, Sudip Bhunia, Michael G. B. Drew, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Shouvik Chattopadhyay
Formation of hydrogen bonding network in a trinuclear linear mixed-valence centrosymmetric cobalt(III)–cobalt(II)–cobalt(III) complex has been analyzed using DFT calculations.
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A multi-channel microfluidic platform based on human flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 for personalised medicine

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13209-13217
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01516A, Paper
Open Access
Melissa De Angelis, Silvia Schobesberger, Florian Selinger, Viktor Laurin Sedlmayr, Martin Frauenlob, Orsola Corcione, Shiman Dong, Gianfranco Gilardi, Peter Ertl, Sheila J. Sadeghi
A microfluidic platform with immobilized human flavin-containing monooxygenase for high-throughput screening of drugs with relevance to personalised medicine.
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Bishydrazone ligand and its Zn-complex: synthesis, characterization and estimation of scalability inhibition mitigation effectiveness for API 5L X70 carbon steel in 3.5% NaCl solutions

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13258-13276
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00404C, Paper
Open Access
Ola. A. El-Gammal, Dina A. Saad, Marwa N. El-Nahass, Kamal Shalabi, Yasser M. Abdallah
Zn-complex: characterization and estimation of scalability inhibition mitigation effectiveness for API 5L X70 carbon steel in 3.5% NaCl solutions.
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Application of automated network generation for retrosynthetic planning of potential corrosion inhibitors

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,352-371
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00162H, Paper
Lauren M. Lopez, Quan Zhang, Orion Dollar, Jim Pfaendtner, Brent H. Shanks, Linda J. Broadbelt
This work uses automated network generation, specifically the Python-based tool Pickaxe, for retrosynthetic planning towards making potential corrosion inhibitors from a pool of candidate bioprivileged molecules.
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Designing biphenanthridine-based singlet fission materials using computational chemistry

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,423-435
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00181D, Paper
Keighlynn A. Veilleux, Georg Schreckenbach, David E. Herbert
A systematic search for novel singlet fission materials based on the recently synthesized 6,6'-biphenanthridine (biphe) framework is reported, utilizing a straightforward computational approach.
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Two-state nanocomposite based on symmetric diblock copolymer and planar nanoparticles: mesoscopic simulation

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,409-422
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00176H, Paper
Maxim Malyshev, Daria Guseva, Pavel Komarov
A method for controlling the distribution and orientation of 2D fillers in the copolymer matrix is presented.
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3-Perfluoroalkylated fluorescent coumarin dyes: rational molecular design and photophysical properties

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,332-344
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00006D, Paper
Ayano Ikemura, Yukiko Karuo, Yuki Uehashi, Tomohiro Agou, Masahiro Ebihara, Yasuhiro Kubota, Toshiyasu Inuzuka, Masaaki Omote, Kazumasa Funabiki
The photochemical properties of a coumarin derivative with a promising electron-withdrawing fluoroalkyl group at the 3-position in solution and in the crystal were investigated in detail.
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Augmentation of inductive effects through short range intramolecular hydrogen bonds for the improvement of cooperativity of trimeric rosettes

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,345-351
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00008K, Paper
Andre Nicolai Petelski, Tamara Bundrea, Nélida María Peruchena
Three key design elements improve the binding strength of trimeric rosettes: the direction of hydrogen bonds, the addition of groups with inductive effects, and the presence of ambifunctional intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the substituents.
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Effect of computationally designed fragment-based analogs on the RBD–ACE2 complex of the SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3ME00193H, Paper
Surabhi Lata, Mohd. Akif
Modulation of the RBD–ACE2 complex formation and perturbation in their interface by the designed analogs.
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A molecular-design approach for selective sulfate separation from competitive acidic and alkaline aqueous media

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00031E, Review Article
Arghya Basu, Sandeep Kumar Dey
Selective and efficient removal of sulfate from aqueous solution having a high concentration of other competing ions is an important aspect of separation science technology and has attracted considerable attention...
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Biobased copoly(acetal-triazole)s with tunable degradable properties

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00005F, Paper
Joseph C. Daniels, Guery Saenz, Colleen N. Scott
Enhanced degradation of acetal-containing polymers in environmental conditions.
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Helping anganwadis recover




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Apples on the vine — for bountiful yield and income

Project Apple Unnati helps Uttarakhand farmers grow the fruit as a creeper




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Opening a vital window of communication

A new app, Good Vibes, introduces the deaf-blind to a tactile language that could transform their lives




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Countryside caretaker of the dainty demoiselle

Meet Sevaram, who has made it his life’s mission to care for the migrant visitors to a Rajasthan hamlet every year




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When ‘Uncle Godhri’ comes calling

A retired school teacher brings colour and comfort to hospital patients by stitching blankets for them




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Crocheting to bring comfort to cancer survivors

A campaign by a practising gynaecologist is making a big difference to women being treated for breast cancer




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Rural report card: Connectivity




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Comfort stations to the rescue

Himachal Pradesh is innovating with community sanitary complexes across districts




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Connecting with a long-forgotten era

A unique exhibition in Haryana showcased rural life before the advent of modernisation




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‘Doc, you’re wanted online for consultation’

Telemedicine and IT-enabled healthcare systems are making distance treatment a reality in rural Rajasthan




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Meet Oinam, Imphal’s only woman commercial driver

Her life is a drive off the beaten track, and it has not been easy




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Women collectives prove that self-help is the best help

SHGs in the villages of Uttar Pradesh offer food security during the ongoing Covid pandemic




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When the mask becomes the message...

as an accessory, a banner, even an easel




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With no stable income, their earnings have bolted

Covid-19 has meant no tourists or joy rides at the Ridge in Shimla, leaving horse owners in penury




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‘Doctor Cotton’ is on call

Gujarat farmers now have a digital aid to boost production of the cash crop




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MGNREGA: A welcome salve in pandemic times

In Himachal Pradesh, the scheme comes as a breather to those who lost their jobs




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Coping with the Covid storm

A survey among youth in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana throws up home truths about the pandemic




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Business Sakhis come of age

Meet the women micro entrepreneurs in Rajasthan’s villages




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School’s out for those not connected

Online education during the pandemic blacks out marginalised students in Odisha’s rural districts




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Looms that dispel the Covid gloom

Despite the isolating pandemic, Manipur’s women strive to weave small success stories




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Corona heavy on young shoulders

Youth in UP, Bihar and Rajasthan are finding the ongoing pandemic challenging in more ways than one, reveals a recent survey




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Co-op Series Part II: Getting Started

We kicked off this series by announcing our decision to pursue a worker-owned cooperative model. In this and subsequent posts, we will be providing updates and learnings as we progress. Last fall, after nearly two years of research and discussion, we made our first major step toward cooperatizing: Bocoup is now a member of The […]




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The synthesis of tetraarylethylene-based conjugated polymers for the application of fluorescence sensing towards nitroaromatics

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4221-4230
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00821A, Paper
Rentuya Wu, Xiaosong Sun, Wenyue Dong, Yanwei Li, Qian Duan, Teng Fei
Two tetraarylethylene-based conjugated polymers were synthesized and they exhibit high sensitivity and selectivity towards 2,4,6-trinitrophenol sensing.
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A facile and versatile platform for preparing uniform π-conjugated nanofibers with controlled length and varying shells

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4231-4243
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00979G, Paper
Open Access
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Bo Xiang, Hongluo Wu, Rang Chen, Xiaoyu Huang, Guolin Lu, Chun Feng
A versatile and facile platform is developed for the generation of uniform π-conjugated nanofibers with controlled length and varying shells by the combination of pentafluorophenyl ester chemistry and a self-seeding strategy.
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Mechanical properties and molecular adhesion exhibited by inorganic–organic composite elastomers

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4196-4203
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00879K, Paper
Naoki Yamashita, Ryohei Ikura, Kenji Yamaoka, Nobu Kato, Masanao Kamei, Kentaro Ogura, Minoru Igarashi, Hideo Nakagawa, Yoshinori Takashima
Organic–inorganic composite elastomers with reversible cross-links formed by β-cyclodextrin and adamantane (Ad) were prepared. Excess Ad units improve the mixability of polydimethylsiloxane and poly(ethyl acrylate) to increase the healing ratio.
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Vinylene-linked fully conjugated porous organic polymers based on difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes for green and efficient photocatalysis

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4281-4287
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00947A, Paper
Wenshuo Xu, Zehao Zhao, Yiqiong Liu, Dongxin Yang, Weitao Gong
Two distinct vinylene-linked fully conjugated POPs were achieved by reacting difluoroboron β-diketonate complexes with reactive methyl groups and a carbazole-bearing aldehyde.
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Crystal structure of poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) redux – a new model supported by computational spectroscopy

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4349-4363
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00779D, Paper
Catarina F. Araújo, Simão V. Pandeirada, Inês M. Oliveira, Guilherme B. Rosa, Beatriz Agostinho, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Andreia F. Sousa, Svemir Rudić, Pedro D. Vaz, Mariela M. Nolasco, Paulo Ribeiro-Claro
The crystal structure of biobased poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) is revisited following new evidence from vibrational spectroscopy and computational chemistry tools.
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Synthesis of furan-based conjugated polymers with tunable bandgaps via direct C–H arylation of oligofurans

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4339-4348
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00834K, Paper
Hui Guo, Dayong Jiang, Yufan Gu, Ruixin Wang, Luoyi Wang, Xu-Hui Jin
Using long oligofurans as synthetic building blocks has been found to enable the efficient synthesis of conjugated furan-based polymers through direct C–H arylation, which exhibit excellent antimicrobial activity.
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Comment on “Limonene as a renewable unsaturated hydrocarbon solvent for living anionic polymerization of β-myrcene” by A. Dev, A. Rösler and H. Schlaad, Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 3084

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4364-4365
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00913D, Comment
Open Access
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Akhil Dev, Alexander Rösler, Helmut Schlaad
Polymyrcenyllithium chains in DL-limonene solution are present as dimeric associates and not as single chains.
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Self-healable, reprocessable and anti-flammable eugenol-derived covalent adaptable thermosets based on dynamic covalent boronic esters and thiol–ene click chemistry

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00684D, Paper
Haoxin Niu, Yu Li, Ping Zhang, Wenwen Guo, Xin Wang, Yuan Hu
Self-healable and reprocessable eugenol-derived covalent adaptable thermosets were fabricated via dynamic covalent boronic esters and thiol–ene click chemistry.
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Synthesis of Asymmetric Imine Polymers for Highly Selective Sorting of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Two in One Strategy

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00607K, Paper
Ying Zhang, Yu Li, Yuchi Wan, Jun-Hao Wang, Yunzhen Chang, Sheng Zhu, Lan Bai, Yu Cao, Xuelei Liang, Gaoyi Han
By two in one strategy, we get three polymers of fluorene derivative with asymmetric structure functionalized with two types of arenes with different orientation and electronic properties. The polymers are...
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Long afterglow epoxidized soybean oil polymer composites with reversible dynamic cross-linking for intelligent coating

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00857J, Paper
Jiaman Hu, Zihao Wang, Minglin Yang, Chuansong Yu, Siyu Li, Yinggang Miao, Xiangqian Quan, Jize Liu, Shiyang Shao
High-performance coatings with advanced functions such as long afterglow luminescence and self-healing have attracted great interest around the world, however, the integration of these desired multifunctions in a single composite...
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An efficient and economical degradation strategy for epoxy thermoset based on low cost transesterification catalyst

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01137F, Paper
Zhijun Yang, Shuhan Zhang, Huan Liang, Enjian He, Yixuan Wang, Ting Lei, Zhicheng Wu, Qiulin Chen, Fusheng Zhou, Yen Wei, Yan Ji
Epoxy thermoset materials are widely used in the field of electrical engineering, including gas-insulated enclosed switches and drytype transformers. It is a challenge to degrade and recycle traditional epoxy thermoset,...
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Control over membrane fluidity and biophysical properties of synthetic terpolymer stabilized complex coacervates

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00978A, Paper
Open Access
Sebastian Novosedlik, Alexander B. Cook, Tim J. F. M. Voermans, Henk M. Janssen, Jan C. M. van Hest
Cell membranes are vital barriers that regulate the composition of the intracellular environment and facilitate communication processes essential for cellular function and survival.
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Expanding the poly(2-oxazoline) block copolymer possibilities through nitroxide mediated polymerisation

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4416-4424
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00887A, Paper
Open Access
James Lefley, C. Remzi Becer
In recent years, poly(2-oxazoline)s (POx) have become a sought-after biomaterial to replace PEG. Endcapping POx with BlocBuilder MA enables copolymerization with a variety of vinylic monomers, producing unique POx-vinyl block copolymer combinations.
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Polyols from cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL): corner-stone building blocks for cutting-edge bio-based additives and polymers

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4375-4415
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00851K, Review Article
Open Access
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Emilie Rojtman, Maxinne Denis, Camille Sirvent, Vincent Lapinte, Sylvain Caillol, Benoit Briou
From CNSL to polyols.
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Effect of interfacial local conformation of polymer chains on adhesion strength

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4425-4432
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00951G, Paper
Open Access
Tatsuki Abe, Satoru Yamamoto, Keiji Tanaka
The aggregation states of polymer chains at solid interfaces are strongly related to their adhesion properties.
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Rapid formation of antifouling coatings via cation–π interactions

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4465-4473
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00859F, Paper
Zhicheng Huang, Kaijie Zhao, Shaoyin Wei, Yingxin Hao, Qina Yu, Jingcheng Hao, Jiwei Cui, Peiyu Zhang
Antifouling coatings can be quickly prepared on various substrates through cation–π interactions between copolymers and MPNs. In addition, block copolymers exhibited superior antifouling capabilities compared to random copolymers.
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Enhanced mechanical properties of acrylate and 5-vinyl-2-norbornene-based ethylene terpolymers: rational design and synthesis using remotely modulated phosphine–sulfonate palladium complexes

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00722K, Paper
Yong-Qing Li, Gui-Ping Cao, Yu-Cai Cao
From a practical perspective, it is important to maintain or increase the mechanical properties of functional ethylene copolymers to those of nonpolar polyethylene (PE).
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