Strain-Promoted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition-Mediated Step-Growth Polymerization
Bibliographic record
Abstract
The development of new polymerization techniques enables the preparation of new polymers with unique functionalities, structures, and architectures. Here, we report a bifunctional monomer based on the strained dibenzoazacyclooctyne (DBCO) structure that efficiently polymerizes with several bifunctional azide comonomers. The reactions proceed to full conversion in under 5 min and routinely results in polymers with molecular weights above 50 kDa, as determined by size-exclusion chromatography and 1 H NMR. The polymers were found to retain reactive chain ends, enabling control of molecular weight via monomer addition or titration of monomer stoichiometry. The DBCO-based monomer was further investigated in the synthesis of cross-linked polymers using a trifunctional azide cross-linker, which formed gels at concentrations in excess of 50 mM, as suppression of intramolecular cyclization was necessary. This strategy allows for the rapid and efficient preparation of polymers and cross-linked gels without heat, light, catalysts, initiators, or any by-products.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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