Journal Club September 2003

X. Chen, S.P. Armes Surface Polymerization of Hydrophilic Methacrylates from Ultrafine Silica Sols in Protic Media at Ambient Temperature: A Novel Approach to Surface Functionalization Using a Polyelectrolytic Macroinitiator Adv. Mater. 2003, p 1558-1562 (BS)

Yasumasa Kanekiyo, Ryuichi Naganawa, Hiroaki Tao pH-Responsive Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Angewandte Chemie, July Edition p 3014-3016 (NT)

Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Helen Dalton, Thomas P. Davis, Martina H. Stenzel Nano- and Micro-Engineering of Ordered Porous Blue-Light-Emitting Films by Templating Well-Defined Organic Polymers Around Condensing Water Droplets Angewandte Chemie, August Edition 3664-3668 (NT)

Eric F. Connor, Linda K. Sundberg, Ho-Cheol Kim, Jeroen J. Cornelissen, Teddie Magbitang, Phil M. Rice, Victor Y. Lee, Craig J. Hawker, Willi Volksen, James L. Hedrick, Robert D. Miller Templating of Silsesquioxane Cross-Linking Using Unimolecular Self-Organizing Polymers Angewandte Chemie, August Edition 3785-3788 (NT)

Kyoungmoo Koh, Kohji Ohno, Yoshinobu Tsujii, Takeshi Fukuda Precision Synthesis of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Nanocapsules with a Silanol-Functionalized Micelle Template Angewandte Chemie, September Edition 4194-4197 (NT)

Lin Feng, Zhenglong Yang, Jin Zhai, Yanlin Song, Biqian Liu, Yongmei Ma, Zhenzhong Yang, Lei Jiang, Daoben Zhu Superhydrophobicity of Nanostructured Carbon Films in a Wide Range of pH Values Angewandte Chemie, September Edition 4217-4220 (NT)

Taeghwan Hyeon, Sangjin Han, Yung-Eun Sung, Kyung-Won Park, Young-Woon Kim High-Performance Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Electrodes using Solid-Phase-Synthesized Carbon Nanocoils Angewandte Chemie, September Edition 4352-4356 (NT)

Dmitry G. Shchukin, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Helmuth Möhwald Smart Inorganic/Organic Nanocomposite Hollow Microcapsules Angewandte Chemie, September Edition 4472-4475 (NT)

Tomoki Ogoshi and Yoshiki Chujo Synthesis of Organic-norganic Polymer Hybrids Utilizing Amphiphilic Solvent as a Compatibilizer Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 76, 1865-1871 (2003) (YI)

Eric F. Connor, Todd R. Younkin, Jason I. Henderson, Andrew W. Waltman, Robert H. Grubbs Synthesis of neutral nickel catalysts for ethylene polymerization – the influence of ligand size on catalyst stability Chem. Commun. 2003, 2272. (AN)

S. M. S. Chauhan, Anil Kumar, K. A. Srinivas Oxidation of thiols with molecular oxygen catalyzed by cobalt(II) phthalocyanines in ionic liquid Chem. Commun. 2003, 2348. (AN)

Seong Huh, Jerzy W. Wiench, Brian G. Trewyn, Seahn Song, Marek Pruski, Victor S.-Y. Lin Tuning of particle morphology and pore properties in mesoporous silicas with multiple organic functional groups Chem. Commun. 2003, 2364. (AN)

Jean-François Gohy, Bas G. G. Lohmeijer, Ulrich S. Schubert From Supramolecular Block Copolymers to Advanced Nano-Objects Chemistry: A European Journal (August) 3472-3479 (NT)

Silvia Rosselli, Anne-Désirée Ramminger, Thomas Wagner, Günter Lieser, Sigurd Höger Synthesis and Solid-State Organization of Coil-Ring-Coil Block Copolymers Chemistry: A European Journal (August) 3481-3491 (NT)

Aurélie Philibert, Fabrice Thomas, Christian Philouze, Sylvain Hamman, Eric Saint-Aman, and Jean-Louis Pierre Galactose Oxidase Models: Tuning the Properties of CuII - Phenoxyl Radicals Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, issue. 16, 3830 – 3812 (YJI)

MarIa Contel, Cristina Izuel, Mariano Laguna, Pedro R. Villuendas, Pablo J. Alonso, and Richard H. Fish Fluorous Biphasic Catalysis: Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(I) and Copper(II) Fluoroponytailed 1,4,7-Rf-TACN and 2,2’-Rf-Bipyridine Complexes – Their Catalytic Activity in the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons, Olefins, and Alcohols, Including Mechanistic Implications Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, issue 17, 4168 4178 (YJI)

Gaeëlle Deshayes, Frédéric A. G. Mercier, Philippe Degeé, Ingrid Verbruggen, Monique Biesemans, Rudolph Willem, and Philippe Dubois Mechanistic Study of Bu2SnCl2-Mediated Ring-Opening Polymerization of e-Caprolactone by Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, issue 18, . 4346 – 4352 (YJI)

Xiangling Ji, J. Eric Hampsey, Qingyuan Hu, Jibao He, Zhengzhong Yang, and Yunfeng Lu Mesoporous Silica-Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites Chemistry of Materials 2003, 15, 3656 (JH)

F. Aulenta, W. Hayes a, S. Rannard Dendrimers: a new class of nanoscopic containers and delivery devices European Polymer Journal Volume 39, Issue 9, 2003, 1741-1771 (WJ)

Srinivasan Natarajan, Leo van Wüllen, Wilhelm Klein, and Martin Jansen. “Synthesis of a Single Four-Ring (S4R) Molecular Zinc Phosphate and Its Assembly to an Extended Polymeric Structure: A Single-Crystal and in-Situ MAS NMR Investigation” Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 20, 2003. 6265 - 6273. (WB)

Michael U. Triller, Daniel Pursche, Wen-Yuan Hsieh, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Annette Rompel, and Bernt Krebs. “Catalytic Oxidation of 3,5-Di-tert-butylcatechol by a Series of Mononuclear Manganese Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Kinetic Investigation" Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 20, 2003. 6274 - 6283. (WB)

Amphiphilic Copolymers of Butyl Acrylate and Methyl Methacrylate with Uniform Polyoxyethylene Grafts Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 89, Issue 11, 2003, 2982-2988 (WJ)

Marcelo Kaminski Lenzi, Fabricio Machado Silva, Enrique Luis Lima, Jose´ Carlos Pinto Semibatch Styrene Suspension Polymerization Processes Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 89, Issue 11, 2003, 3021-3038 (WJ)

Hui Peng, Shiyuan Cheng, Linxian Feng, Zhiqiang Fan Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of n-Butyl Methacrylate in an Aqueous Dispersed System Journal of Applied Polymer Science Volume 89, Issue 12, 2003, 3175-3179 (WJ)

Luis M. Alcazar-Roman, Brendan J. O’Keefe, Electronic influence of ligand substituents on the rate of polymerization of e-caprolactone by single-site aluminium alkoxide catalysts J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2003, issue 15, 3082 - 3087 (YJI)

Kyle J. Tubbs, Amy L. Fuller, Brian Bennett, Atta M. Arif, Magdalena M. Makowska-Grzyska and Lisa M. Berreau Evaluation of the influence of a thioether substituent on the solid state and solution properties of N3S-ligated copper(II) complexes J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2003, issue 15, 3111 - 3116 (YJI)

Juan C. Mareque Rivas, Emiliano Salvagni, Rafael Torres Martín de Rosales and Simon Parsons Internal hydrogen bonding in tetrahedral and trigonal bipyramidal zinc(II) complexes of pyridine-based ligands J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2003, issue 17, 3339 - 3349 (YJI)

Shubha Singh, Vibha Mishra, Jhumpa Mukherjee, N. Seethalekshmi and Rabindranath Mukherjee Synthesis and properties of [MII(L6)2][ClO4]2 (M = Co and Ni): structures of Co and Ni complexes and spin-transition by Fe complex (L6 = 2-[3-(2’-pyridyl)pyrazolylmethyl]pyridine) J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2003, issue 17, 3392 - 3397 (YJI)

Chi-Tien Chen, Chi-An Huang and Bor-Hunn Huang Aluminium metal complexes supported by amine bis-phenolate ligands as catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of e-caprolactone J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2003, issue 19, 3799 - 3803 (YJI)

Nicole M. Brunkan and William D. Jones. “Preparation, structure, and dynamics of a nickel -allyl cyanide complex” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. Vol. 683, Issue 1, 2003. 77-82. (WB)

Xiaojuan Hao, Johan P. A. Heuts, Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Thomas P. Davis, Evan Evans Living free-radical polymerization (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) of 6-[4-(4 -methoxyphenyl)phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate: A route to architectural control of side-chain liquid-crystalline polymers Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003 p 2949-2963 (BS)

Aggelos Vazaios, Marinos Pitsikalis, Nikos Hadjichristidis Triblock copolymers and pentablock terpolymers of n-hexyl isocyanate with styrene and isoprene: Synthesis, characterization, and thermal properties Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3094-3102 (BS)

A. Siewing, B. Lahn, D. Braun, H. Pasch Two-dimensional chromatography of complex polymers. IV. Analysis of the grafting reaction of methyl methacrylate onto polybutadiene Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003 , p 3143-3148 (BS)

Katrien V. Bernaerts, Etienne H. Schacht, Eric J. Goethals, Filip E. Du Prez Synthesis of poly(tetrahydrofuran)-b-polystyrene block copolymers from dual initiators for cationic ring-opening polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3206-3217 (BS)

Virgil Percec, Anatoliy V. Popov, Ernesto Ramirez-Castillo, Oliver Weichold Living radical polymerization of vinyl chloride initiated with iodoform and catalyzed by nascent Cu0/tris(2-aminoethyl)amine or polyethyleneimine in water at 25 °C proceeds by a new competing pathways mechanism Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3283-3299 (BS)

Kohei Morioka, Yoshikatsu Suito, Yutaka Isobe, Shigeki Habaue, Yoshio Okamoto Synthesis and chiral recognition ability of optically active poly{N-[(R)- -methoxycarbonylbenzyl]methacrylamide} with various tacticities by radical polymerization using Lewis acids Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3354-3360 (BS)

Andreas Muehlebach, François Rime Synthesis of well-defined macromonomers and comb copolymers from polymers made by atom transfer radical polymerization Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3425-3439 (BS)

Niyazi Bicak, Mesut Ozlem Graft copolymerization of butyl acrylate and 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate from labile chlorines of poly(vinyl chloride) by atom transfer radical polymerization Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3457-3462 (BS)

Tsuyoshi Ando, Chie Sawauchi, Makoto Ouchi, Masami Kamigaito, Mitsuo Sawamoto Amino alcohol additives for the fast living radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate with RuCl2(PPh3)3 Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3597-3605 (BS)

Padma Gopalan, Xuefa Li, Mingqi Li, Christopher K. Ober, Chad P. Gonzales, Craig J. Hawker Rod-coil block copolymers: An iterative synthetic approach via living free-radical procedures Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, p 3640-3656 (BS)

Chi Wang, Wei-Po Liao, Yong-Wen Cheng Strong diffuse scattering and lamellar morphologies of syndiotactic polystyrene: Polymorphic effects Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol. 41, 2457–2469 (2003) (HL)

Christophe Boisson, Vincent Monteil, David Ribour, Roger Spitz, Fanny Barbotin, - Lanthanidocene Catalysts for the Homo- and Copolymerization of Ethylene with butadiene, Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2003, 204, 1747-1754. (BD)

Seda Yurteri, Ioan Cianga, Yusuf Yagci - Synthesis and Characterization of a,o-Telechelic Polymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Coupling Processes, Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2003, 204, 1771-1783. (BD)

Anatoly N. Nikitin, Patrice Castignolles, Bernadette Charleux, Jean-Pierre Vairon Determination of Propagation Rate Coefficient of Acrylates by Pulsed-Laser Polymerization in the Presence of Intramolecular Chain Transfer to Polymer Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2003, 24, 778. (AN)

Suprakas Sinha Ray, Masami Okamoto Biodegradable Polylactide and Its Nanocomposites: Opening a New Dimension for Plastics and Composites Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2003, 24, 815. (AN)

Dorota Neugebauer, Ying Zhang, Tadeusz Pakula, Sergei S. Sheiko, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Densely-Grafted and Double-Grafted PEO Brushes via ATRP. A Route to Soft Elastomers Macromolecules 2003, 36, 6746-6755 (TS)

Jeffrey Pyun, Shijun Jia, Tomasz Kowalewski, Gary D. Patterson, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski: Synthesis and Characterization of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Nanoparticles: Kinetics of Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Morphology of Hybrid Nanoparticle Ultrathin Films. Volume 36, Number 14, July 15, 2003, pp 5094-5104. Corrections Macromolecules 2003, 36, 6952 (TS)

Bunichiro Yamada, Tomoyuki Hirano Copolymerizations of macromonomer prepared by addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of methyl acrylate trimer Polymer Bulletin 50(4)243-50 (NT)

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Ti(III) Halides and Alkoxides Yuri A. Kabachii, Sergei Y. Kochev, Lyudmila M. Bronstein , Inna B. Blagodatskikh, Peter M. Valetsky Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Ti(III) Halides and Alkoxides Polymer Bulletin 50(4) 271-8 (NT)

Ju-Yeon Lee,. Han-Bae Bang and Sang Joon Choe Synthesis and properties of novel poly(meth)-acrylates containing tricyanocyclopropyl groups for piezoelectric applications Polym Int 52:1428-1433 (2003) (CT)