Here we report on the preparation of well defined water-soluble poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) and poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) terminally equipped with a chelator (N,N',N'',N'''-tetraazacylododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA)) for radionuclide labeling. The tissue distribution and excretion of (111)In-labeled poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline)s were studied in mice. We found that the hydrophilic polymer...

We investigate the ability of a cationic comb polymer composed of a poly(trimethylammonium iodide ethyl methacrylate) (PTMAM) backbone and uncharged poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) teeth to stabilize aqueous silica suspensions of varying ionic strength and pH. Both PTMAM-g-PEG and its homopolymer backbone, PTMAM, are synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer followed by quate...

Rhodamine B-tagged poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) amphiphilic copolymers have been synthesised, characterised and successfully used to prepare fluorescent nanoparticles for human brain endothelial cell imaging, allowing their uptake and intracellular trafficking to be finely observed.

We report high photovoltaic performance of a novel donor-acceptor (D-A) conjugated polymer poly[2,6[4,8-bis(2-ethyl-hexyl)benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b']dithiophene-co-2,5-thiophene-co-4,7[5,6-bis-octyloxy-benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole]-co-2,5-thiophene] (PBDTTBTZT) in bulk heterojunctions with [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC70BM). A power conversion efficiency (PCE) of more than 7% is obtained fo...

A NiCl(2)-6H(2)O/Zn reagent with a 2-aryliminomethylpyridine ligand catalyzed cyclization/polymerization of 1,6-diynes to yield mainly the corresponding poly(1,3-butadienylene) compounds, whereas NiBr(2)-3H(2)O/Zn with the use of 3-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-ethyl)-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium bromide as a ligand converted 1,6-diynes to the corresponding annulated 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraenes in a biphas...

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) based on Br-2PACz ([2-(3,6-dibromo-9H-carbazol-9-yl)ethyl]phosphonic acid) 2PACz ([2-(9H-Carbazol-9-yl)ethyl]phosphonic and MeO-2PACz ([2-(3,6-dimethoxy-9H-carbazol-9-yl)ethyl]phosphonic molecules were investigated as hole-extracting interlayers in organic photovoltaics (OPVs). The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energies of these SAMs measured at −6.0...