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    Versatile Production of Multivariate, Hyperdimensional End Group and Main Chain Functionalized Polyolefins
    (Wiley, 2023-05-30) Fischbach, Danyon M.; Krstic, Katharina A.; Sita, Lawrence R.
    The (stereoselective) living coordinative copolymerization of 1-alkenes with 4-aryl-1,6-heptadienes, in both the absence and presence of multiple equivalents of a reversible chain transfer agent, is established as a highly versatile strategy for production of multivariate hyperdimensional functionalized semi-crystalline or amorphous polyolefins that optionally possess either mono- or difunctionalized (telechelic) end-groups in combination with a programmable level of incorporation of orthogonal functional groups within the main-chain. The non-conjugated diene comonomers are readily obtained from a diverse range of aryl carboxaldehyde precursors through a one-step bis-allylation process. These results serve to provide a new platform for exploring the science and technology of a vast new landscape of functionalized classes of polyolefins that are now accessible in practical and scalable quantities.
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    Rapid Phase Transitions of Thermotropic Glycolipid Quasicrystal and Frank-Kasper Mesophases: A Mechanistic Rosetta Stone
    (Wiley, 2023-04-05) Wentz, Charlotte M.; Lachmayr, Kätchen K.; Tsai, Esther H. R.; Sita, Lawrence R.
    Experimental results are presented that serve to lower the barrier for developing the science and technology of non-classical thermotropic glycolipid mesophases, which now include dodecagonal quasicrystal (DDQC) and Frank–Kasper (FK) A15 and σ mesophases that can be produced under mild conditions from a versatile class of sugar-polyolefin conjugates. By employing “alloys” comprised of mono- and disaccharide-polyolefin conjugates, and optionally with vitamin E as a small molecule phase modulator, we report the spontaneous formation of stable A15 mesophases at ambient temperature. We further document a rich thermotropic phase map that includes DDQC, A15, and σ mesophases of tunable periodicity that are connected through rapid thermotropic phase transitions as a function of increasing temperature in the order: liquid-like packing (LLP)→DDQC → A15→σ→ disorder. This first direct observation of a rapid thermotropic A15→σ phase transition provides support for a diffusionless martensitic process proceeding through strain-induced introduction of planar defects into the A15 lattice.