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Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties.

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Stubbs, CJ; Worch, JC; Prydderch, H; Wang, Z; Mathers, RT; Dobrynin, AV; Becker, ML; Dove, AP
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society
January 2022

Stereochemistry in polymers can be used as an effective tool to control the mechanical and physical properties of the resulting materials. Typically, though, in synthetic polymers, differences among polymer stereoisomers leads to incremental property variation, i.e., no changes to the baseline plastic or elastic behavior. Here we show that stereochemical differences in sugar-based monomers yield a family of nonsegmented, alternating polyurethanes that can be either strong amorphous thermoplastic elastomers with properties that exceed most cross-linked rubbers or robust, semicrystalline thermoplastics with properties comparable to commercial plastics. The stereochemical differences in the monomers direct distinct intra- and interchain supramolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions in the bulk materials to define their behavior. The chemical similarity among these isohexide-based polymers enables both statistical copolymerization and blending, which each afford independent control over degradability and mechanical properties. The modular molecular design of the polymers provides an opportunity to create a family of materials with divergent properties that possess inherently built degradability and outstanding mechanical performance.

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

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EISSN

1520-5126

ISSN

0002-7863

Publication Date

January 2022

Volume

144

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1243 / 1250

Related Subject Headings

  • General Chemistry
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
 

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Stubbs, C. J., Worch, J. C., Prydderch, H., Wang, Z., Mathers, R. T., Dobrynin, A. V., … Dove, A. P. (2022). Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(3), 1243–1250. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10278
Stubbs, Connor J., Joshua C. Worch, Hannah Prydderch, Zilu Wang, Robert T. Mathers, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Matthew L. Becker, and Andrew P. Dove. “Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties.Journal of the American Chemical Society 144, no. 3 (January 2022): 1243–50. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10278.
Stubbs CJ, Worch JC, Prydderch H, Wang Z, Mathers RT, Dobrynin AV, et al. Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022 Jan;144(3):1243–50.
Stubbs, Connor J., et al. “Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties.Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 144, no. 3, Jan. 2022, pp. 1243–50. Epmc, doi:10.1021/jacs.1c10278.
Stubbs CJ, Worch JC, Prydderch H, Wang Z, Mathers RT, Dobrynin AV, Becker ML, Dove AP. Sugar-Based Polymers with Stereochemistry-Dependent Degradability and Mechanical Properties. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022 Jan;144(3):1243–1250.
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Published In

Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI

EISSN

1520-5126

ISSN

0002-7863

Publication Date

January 2022

Volume

144

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1243 / 1250

Related Subject Headings

  • General Chemistry
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences