Polycatenanes: synthesis, characterization, and physical understanding

Citations Over TimeTop 10% of 2022 papers

Abstract

Chemical composition and architecture are two key factors that control the physical and material properties of polymers. Some of the more unusual and intriguing polymer architectures are the polycatenanes, which are a class of polymers that contain mechanically interlocked rings. Since the development of high yielding synthetic routes to catenanes, there has been an interest in accessing their polymeric counterparts, primarily on account of the unique conformations and degrees of freedom offered by non-bonded interlocked rings. This has lead to the synthesis of a wide variety of polycatenane architectures and to studies aimed at developing structure-property relationships of these interesting materials. In this review, we provide an overview of the field of polycatenanes, exploring synthesis, architecture, properties, simulation, and modelling, with a specific focus on some of the more recent developments.

Related Papers

• → Effect of NiAl and NiCr coatings on high cycle fatigue and corrosion behavior of direct metal laser sintered Ti-6Al-4V alloy(2024)5 cited
• → Microstructure Changes and Improvement in the Mechanical Properties of As‐Cast AlSi7MgCu0.5 Alloy Induced by the Heat Treatment and ECAP Technique at Room Temperature(2018)5 cited
• → The Morphostructural, Compositional, and Electrochemical Characterization of Electrodeposited Nanolayers on a New Ti‐15Ta‐5Zr Alloy(2014)2 cited
• → DETERMINING QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION(2018)
• → Introduction and Overview of Materials Characterization(1998)