Journal Club October 2003

J.Y. Cheng, C.A. Ross, E.L. Thomas, H.I. Smith, G.J. Vancso Templated Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers: Effect of Substrate Topography Adv. Mater 2003, 1599-1602 (BS)

Xulin Jiang, Peter J. Schoenmakers, Joost L. J. van Dongen, Xianwen Lou, Vincent Lima, and José Brokken-Zijp Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Functional Poly(methyl methacrylate) in Combination with Critical Liquid Chromatography Anal. Chem.75, pp 5517 – 5524 (NJ)

S. L. Phillips, L. Ding, M. Stegemiller, and S. V. Olesik Development of Water-Based Liquid Chromatography at the Critical Condition Anal. Chem.75, pp 5539 - 5543;(NJ)

Richard R. Schrock, Amir H. Hoveyda Molybdenum and Tungsten Imido Alkylidene Complexes as Efficient Olefin-Metathesis Catalysts Angewandte Chemie, October issues (p 4592-4633) (NT)

Günther Wilke Fifty Years of Ziegler Catalysts: Consequences and Development of an Invention Angewandte Chemie, October issues (p 5000-5008) (NT)

Ludwig L. Böhm The Ethylene Polymerization with Ziegler Catalysts: Fifty Years after the Discovery Angewandte Chemie, October issues (p 5010-5030) (NT)

Shannon L. Phillips and Susan V. Olesik Initial Characterization of Humic Acids Using Liquid Chromatography at the Critical Condition Followed by Size-Exclusion Chromatography and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Anal. Chem.75, pp 5544 – 5553 (NJ)

Xiangyang Liang, Michael Weishäupl, John A. Parkinson, Simon Parsons, Pamela A. McGregor, and Peter J. Sadler Selective Recognition of Configurational Substates of Zinc Cyclam by Carboxylates: Implications for the Design and Mechanism of Action of Anti-HIV Agents Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, issue. 19 p. 4709 – 4717 (YJI)

Hesheng Xia, Qi Wang, and Guihua Qiu Polymer-Encapsulated Carbon Nanotubes Prepared through Ultrasonically Initiated In Situ Emulsion Polymerization Chem. Mater.2003 15, 3879 (JH)

C. Marieta, P.M. Remiro, G. Garmendia, I. Harismendy, I. Mondragon AFM approach toward understanding morphologies in toughened thermosetting matrices European Polymer Journal Volume 39, Issue 10, 2003, 1965-1973 (WJ)

Khalid Ibrahim , Barbro Lofgren, Jukka Seppala Synthesis of tertiary-butyl acrylate polymers and preparation of diblock copolymers using atom transfer radical polymerization European Polymer Journal Volume 39, Issue 11, 2003, 2005-2010 (WJ)

Cuiping Yu, Lifang Zhang, Zhiquan Shen Ring-opening polymerization of European Polymer Journal Volume 39, Issue 11, 2003, 2035-2039 (WJ)

J.E. Puskas , P. Antony, M. El Fray, V. Altstadt The effect of hard and soft segment composition and molecular architecture on the morphology and mechanical properties of polystyrene–polyisobutylene thermoplastic elastomeric block copolymers European Polymer Journal Volume 39, Issue 11, 2003, 2041-2049 (WJ)

Ryo Kanehama, Masamichi Umemiya, Fumiyasu Iwahori, Hitoshi Miyasaka, Ken-ichi Sugiura, Masahiro Yamashita, Yasukata Yokochi, Hiroshi Ito, Shin-ichi Kuroda, Hideo Kishida, and Hiroshi Okamoto. “Novel ET-Coordinated Copper(I) Complexes: Syntheses, Structures, and Physical Properties (ET = BEDT-TTF = Bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene)” Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 22, 2003. 7173 – 7181. (WB)

Alexander Beck, Alexander Barth, Eike Hübner, and Nicolai Burzlaff. “Bis(pyrazol-1-yl)acetates as Tripodal Heteroscorpionate Ligands in Iron Chemistry: Syntheses and Structures of Iron(II) and Iron(III) Complexes with bpza, bdmpza, and bdtbpza Ligands” Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 22, 2003. 7182 – 7188. (WB)

Wenjian Xu, Xiulin Zhu, Zhenping Cheng, Jianying Chen Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Lauryl Methacrylate Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 90, Issue 4, 2003, 1117-1125 (WJ)

Nakano, K.; Naoyuki Kosaka, N.; Hiyama, T.; Nozaki, K. Metal-catalyzed synthesis of stereoregular polyketones, polyesters, and polycarbonates J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. p.4039-4050 (YJI)

Davies, D.L.; Al-Duaij, O.; Fawcett, J.; Giardiello, M.; Hilton, S.T.; Russell, D.R. Room-temperature cyclometallation of amines, imines and oxazolines with [MCl₂Cp*]₂ (M = Rh, Ir) and [RuCl₂( p-cymene)]₂ J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. p.4132-4138 (YJI)

Lad, J.; Harrisson, S.; Mantovani, G.; Haddleton, D.M.Copper mediated living radical polymerisation: interactions between monomer and catalyst J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. p.4175-4180 (YJI)

Mariusz Gadzinowski, Stanislaw Sosnowski Biodegradable/biocompatible ABC triblock copolymer bearing hydroxyl groups in the middle block Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (p 3750-3760) (BS)

Martin Jesberger, Leonie Barner, Martina H. Stenzel, Eva Malmström, Thomas P. Davis, Christopher Barner-Kowollik Hyperbranched polymers as scaffolds for multifunctional reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer agents: A route to polystyrene-core-polyesters and polystyrene-block-poly(butyl acrylate)-core-polyesters Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (p 3847-3861) (BS)

Fawaz Aldabbagh, Paul Dervan, Marisa Phelan, Karen Gilligan, Desmond Cunningham, Patrick McArdle, Per B. Zetterlund, Bunichiro Yamada Influence of nitroxide structure on the 2,5- and 2,6-spirodicyclohexyl substituted cyclic nitroxide-mediated free-radical polymerization of styrene Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (p 3892-3900) (BS)

Elisabeth Holder, Michael A. R. Meier, Veronica Marin, Ulrich S. Schubert New soluble functional polymers by free-radical copolymerization of methacrylates and bipyridine ruthenium complexes Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (p 3954-3964) (BS)

B. L. V. Prasad,Gold Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Polymerization of Alkylsilanes to Siloxane Nanowires, Filaments, and Tubes J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 10488-10489 (LB)

David W. Mosley, Mark A. Sellmyer, Erin J. Daida, and Joseph M. Jacobson Polymerization of Diacetylenes by Hydrogen Bond Templated Adlayer Formation .J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 10532-10533 (LB)

Hicham Fenniri, Sangki Chun, Lunhan Ding, Yegor Zyrianov, and Klaas Hallenga Preparation, Physical Properties, On-Bead Binding Assay and Spectroscopic Reliability of 25 Barcoded Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene glycol) Graft Copolymers J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 10546-10560 (LB)

Hongbo Li, Liting Li, Tobin J. Marks, Louise Liable-Sands, and Arnold L. Rheingold Catalyst/Cocatalyst Nuclearity Effects in Single-Site Olefin Polymerization. Significantly Enhanced 1-Octene and Isobutene Comonomer Enchainment in Ethylene Polymerizations Mediated by Binuclear Catalysts and Cocatalysts J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 10788-10789 (LB)

Sufen Ai, Gang Lu, Qiang He, and Junbai Li Highly Flexible Polyelectrolyte Nanotubes J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 11140-11141 (LB)

Ivan Gitsov and Chao Zhu. Novel Functionally Grafted Pseudo-Semi-interpenetrating Networks Constructed by Reactive Linear-Dendritic Copolymers J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 11228-11234 (LB)

Raymond J. Thibault, Peter J. Hotchkiss, Mark Gray, and Vincent M. Rotello Thermally Reversible Formation of Microspheres through Non-Covalent Polymer Cross-Linking J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 11249-11252 (LB)

Hyunjung Kim and David A. Spivak New Insight into Modeling Non-Covalently Imprinted Polymers J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 12511269-11275 (LB)

Gary P. Harp, Hasnain Rangwalla, Mohsen S. Yeganeh, and Ali Dhinojwala Infrared-Visible Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopic Study of Molecular Orientation at Polystyrene/Comb-Polymer Interfaces J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 11283-11290 (LB)

Patrick T. Hurley, Alexander E. Ribbe, and Jillian M. Buriak Nanopatterning of Alkynes on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon Surfaces by Scanning Probe-Induced Cathodic Electrografting J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2003, 125, 11334-11339 (LB)

Eriko Sato, Per B Zetterlund, Bunichiro Yamada, W. Ken Busfield, Ian D. Jenkins, Reactivities of b-unsaturated Metacrylate Oligomers toward tert-butoxy radicals : investigation of the effect of degree of polymerization and ester alkyl group, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 205, 15, p 1882-1888 (2003).(BD)

Yoshihisa Inoue and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski A Dual Catalyst System for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Based on a Halogen-Free Neutral Cu(I) Complex Macromolecules 2003, 36, 7432-7438 (TS)

Guodong Zheng and Harald D. H. Stöver Grafting of Poly( e-caprolactone) and Poly(e -caprolactone-block-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) from Polymer Microspheres by Ring-Opening Polymerization and ATRP Macromolecules 2003, 36, 7439-7445 (TS)

Zhongmin Wang, Junpo He, Yuefei Tao, Liu Yang, Hongjin Jiang, and Yuliang Yang Controlled Chain Branching by RAFT-Based Radical Polymerization Macromolecules 2003, 36, 7446-7452 (TS)

Todd M. Kruse, Razima Souleimonova, Andrew Cho, Maisha K. Gray, John M. Torkelson, and Linda J. Broadbelt Limitations in the Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Polymers via Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Modeling Studies Macromolecules 2003, 36, 7812-7823 (TS)

Lifang Zhang, Cuiping Yu and Zhiquan Shen Characteristics, Kinetics and Mechanism of e-Caprolactone Polymerization by Lanthanide Tris(2.6-dimethylphenolate)s Polymer Bulletin, October, vol 51, iss 1: , Pp. 47-45 (NT)

Tadeusz Biedro , Przemyslaw Kubisa Ionic liquids as reaction media for polymerization processes: atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of acrylates in ionic liquids Polym Int 52:1584–1588 (2003) (CT)

Austen K. Flatt, Shawn M. Dirk, Jay C. Henderson, Dwanleen E. Shen, Jie Su, Mark A. Reed and James M. Tour Synthesis and testing of new end-functionalized oligomers for molecular electronics Tetrahedron 59 (2003) 8555–8570 (CT)