We thank Paula de Almeida for her contribution to describe the origins of strain stiffening in semiflexible networks.This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreements No 642687;and the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant Nos.81703584 and 51803046];the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS[Grant No.2019350];the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation[Grant No.2019A1515011277];and the Shenzhen Fundamental Research Foundation[Grant No.JCYJ20180507182237428].Schematic images in the ToC graphic and Fig.1 were created in Biorender.com.
Three-dimensional(3D)matrix models using hydrogels are powerful tools to understand and predict cell behavior.The interactions between the cell and its matrix,however is highly complex:the matrix has a profound effect...
by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51803045,21971052,22071041 and 51673057);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.JZ2021HGTB0084,PA2020GDSK0069 and PA2020GDSK0070).
Helical polymers have attracted a great deal of attention and been extensively investigated due to their various applications.One of the most importa nt applicati ons of helical polymers is chiral recog nition and res...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51673057, 21622402, and 21574036);N. Liu thanks Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. 1608085MB41)
We report the polymerization of phenyl isocyanides with the chiral palladium(II) initiating system. The resulting polymers with optically active properties were obtained by polymerization of the racemic isocyanide m...
the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)for providing and supporting beam time at the DutchBelgium beamline(DUBBLE) for SAXS experiments(No. BM26-02773);financial support from NWO (VENI grant No. 680-47-437);the Euopean Union's 2020 Research;Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 642687;project Biogel
Thermosensitive polymers show an entropy-driven transition from a well-solvated to a poorly solvated polymer chain, resulting in a more compact globular conformation. The transition at the lower critical solution temp...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21622402, 51673057 and 21574036);the 1000 plan Program for Young Talents of China
Three novel enantiopure phenyl isocyanide monomers with BH3-protected phosphine functional group were designed and synthesized. Polymerization of these monomers using a alkyne-Pd(II) complex as a catalyst led to the...