Lactide-derived monomers for radical thiocarbonyl addition ring-opening copolymerisation

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Radical Approach to Thioester-Containing Polymers

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Mechanistic Investigation on Oxidative Degradation of ROS-Responsive Thioacetal/Thioketal Moieties and Their Implications

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Radical Copolymerization of Vinyl Ethers and Cyclic Ketene Acetals as a Versatile Platform to Design Functional Polyesters

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Fully Degradable Thioester-Functional Homo- and Alternating Copolymers Prepared through Thiocarbonyl Addition–Ring-Opening RAFT Radical Polymerization

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Thioester-Functional Polyacrylamides: Rapid Selective Backbone Degradation Triggers Solubility Switch Based on Aqueous Lower Critical Solution Temperature/Upper Critical Solution Temperature

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One‐Step Synthesis of Degradable Vinylic Polymer‐Based Latexes via Aqueous Radical Emulsion Polymerization

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Controlling the synthesis of degradable vinyl polymers by xanthate-mediated polymerization

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Thiocarbonyl chemistry in polymer science

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Vinyl copolymers with faster hydrolytic degradation than aliphatic polyesters and tunable upper critical solution temperatures

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Polyesters by a Radical Pathway: Rationalization of the Cyclic Ketene Acetal Efficiency

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ε-Thionocaprolactone: an accessible monomer for preparation of degradable poly(vinyl esters) by radical ring-opening polymerization

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Nonlinear regression by visualization of the sum of residual space applied to the integrated copolymerization equation with errors in all variables. I. Introduction of the model, simulations and design of experiments

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Mechanistic Investigation of ε-Thiono-Caprolactone Radical Polymerization: An Interesting Tool to Insert Weak Bonds into Poly(vinyl esters)

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Degradable Linear and Bottlebrush Thioester-Functional Copolymers through Atom-Transfer Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization of a Thionolactone

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Insertion of Degradable Thioester Linkages into Styrene and Methacrylate PolymersPreprint

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A Pb 2+ -binding polychelatogen derived from thionated lactide

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Degradable linear and bottlebrush thioester-functional copolymers through atom transfer radical ring-opening copolymerization of a thionolactonePreprint

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Recyclable/degradable materials via the insertion of labile/cleavable bonds using a comonomer approach

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Direct Radical Copolymerizations of Thioamides To Generate Vinyl Polymers with Degradable Thioether Bonds in the Backbones

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Development of an Efficient Thionolactone for Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization by a Combined Theoretical/Experimental Approach

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Degradable polyisoprene by radical ring-opening polymerization and application to polymer prodrug nanoparticles

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Radical ring-opening polymerization of sustainably-derived thionoisochromanone

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Insertion of Degradable Thioester Linkages into Styrene and Methacrylate Polymers: Insights into the Reactivity of Thionolactones

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Ring size-reactivity relationship in radical ring-opening copolymerisation of thionolactones with vinyl pivalate

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On-Demand Degradation of Thioester/Thioketal Functions in Vinyl Pivalate-Derived Copolymers with Thionolactones

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Plenty of Space in the Backbone: Radical Ring‐Opening Polymerization

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Synthesis of degradable polymers via 1,5-shift radical isomerization polymerization of vinyl ether derivatives with a cleavable bond

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Synthesis of Degradable Polystyrene and Its Derivative with In-Chain Thioester via Radical and Cationic Copolymerizations with a Seven-Membered Benzene-Fused Thionolactone

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1,1′- Thiocarbonyldiimidazole Radical Copolymerization for the Preparation of Degradable Vinyl Polymers

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Degradable Vinyl-Based Polymers by Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization: A User Guide

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Backbone Degradable Polymers via Chain-growth Radical Polymerization

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An orthogonal O , S -CKA monomer for the introduction of thioester and/or thionoester functionalities by radical polymerization

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Thioester-rich degradable copolymers from a thionolactone and S-vinyl and P-vinyl monomers

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Radical Copolymerization of Thionoglycolide and Derivatives for Preparation of Degradable Vinyl Polymers

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Main-Chain Scission of Acrylic Polymers via Intrachain Transesterification and Their Application in UV-curable Dismountable Adhesives

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Degradable vinyl copolymers featuring backbone dithiocarbonates by radical copolymerization of a cyclic xanthate

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Programming Copolymer Microstructure and Selective Degradability via Red-Light Photoinduced Electron/Energy Transfer Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer (PET-RAFT) Polymerization

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Dithioketal Polymers Via Radical Polymerization of γ‐Dithiobutyrolactone

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Cyclic thioacetal carbonates for dual-stimuli degradable poly(vinyl ether)s with cleavable thioacetal and carbonate bonds evenly distributed in the main chains by cationic degenerative chain-transfer copolymerization

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Radical Copolymerization of Formaldehyde with Vinyl Acetate: Direct Incorporation of C–O Bonds in Vinyl Polymer Backbones

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Dithioketal Polymers Via Radical Polymerization of γ‐Dithiobutyrolactone

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Recent Progress of Copolymerization Methods Diversifying Vinyl Polymer Backbone

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Advances in Radical Ring-opening Polymerization Toward (bio)degradable Polymers: From Synthesis to Application

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Recent advancements in the synthesis of degradable polymers and their pathways

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Laplace Pressure-Enabled Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization of a Thionolactone

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Sequence Modulated Thionoester‐Containing Poly(ε‐caprolactone) for Stimuli‐Triggered Degradation

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Addition–Fragmentation Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Bio‐Based Thiocarbonyl <scp>l</scp>‐Lactide for Dual Degradable Vinyl Copolymers

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Mechanistic Investigation of ε-Thiono-Caprolactone Radical Polymerization: An Interesting Tool to Insert Weak Bonds into Poly(vinyl esters)

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Ring-opening copolymerization of thiocarbonyl L-lactide for degradable polymers

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Novel strategies of synthesis for radical ring-opening polymerisation

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Ring-opening polymerization of thiolactide by using thiol-amine combination

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