Publication List

​(34) Zn-gallate catalyzed synthesis of high-performance CO2-polymers with tunable composition and architecture

Jaeho Kim, Kihyuk Sung, Ju-Hyung Chae, In-Hwan Lee, Hye-Young Jang*

Journal of CO2 Utilization 2025, 103114.

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(33) Combining Two Powerful Living Polymerizations Using Rationally Designed Bifunctional Initiators for Versatile Synthesis of Conjugated Rod-Coil Block Copolymers

H.-N. Choi,# H.-S. Yang,# S. Park,# T.-L. Choi, and I.-H. Lee* (#co-first authors)

Macromolecules 2024, 57, 8050.

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(32) Is poly(propylene carbonate) biodegradable? Synthesis of poly(propylene carbonate)-containing star and block copolymers and comprehensive investigation on their biodegradation

H.-S. Yang,# W. Y. Cho,# Y. H. Seo,# J.-H. Chae, P. C. Lee,* B. Y. Lee,* and I.-H. Lee* (#co-first authors)

J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 4945-4952.

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(31) Cu(triNHC)-catalyzed polymerization of glycidol to produce ultralow-branched polyglycerol

K. Sung, J. Baek, S. Choi, B.-S. Kim, S.-H. Lee, I.-H. Lee* and H.-Y. Jang*

RSC Adv. 2023, 13, 24071

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(30) Living Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Hetero Diels-Alder Adducts to Give Multifactor-Controlled and Fast-Photodegradable Vinyl Polymers

J.-H. Chae, M. Choi, S. Son, S.-M. Ko, and I.-H. Lee*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202305414.

- Selected as a "Hot Paper" by the Editors.

- Highlighted in Synfacts 2023, 19, 1200.

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(29) Recent progress on end-group chemistry of conjugated polymers based on Suzuki-Miyaura catalyst-transfer polymerization

H.-S. Yang,# H.-N. Choi,# I.-H. Lee* (#co-first authors)

Giant 2023, 14, 100152.

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(28) Surface activated zinc-glutarate for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides

Y. Yang, J. D. Lee, Y. H. Seo, J.-H. Chae, S. Bang, Y.-J. Cheong, B. Y. Lee, I.-H. Lee, S. U. Son*, H.-Y. Jang*

Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 16620-16627.

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(27) Recent Advances in Diversity-Oriented Polymerization Using Cu-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions

I.-H. Lee,* K.-T. Bang, H.-S. Yang, T.-L. Choi*

Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, 43, 2100642.

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(26) Protection-Free One-Pot Synthesis of Alcohol End-Functionalized Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)

H.-N. Choi and I.-H. Lee*

Polym. J. 2021, 53, 1205–1211.

Special Issue: Rising Stars in Polymer Science 2021

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(25) (Iminopyridine)Pd(II) Complexes as Versatile Catalysts for Co- and Terpolymerization of Vinyl Arene, Ethylene, and Carbon Monoxide

S. Lee, J.-H. Chae, Y. Yang, I.-H. Lee, and H.-Y. Jang*

Appl. Organometal. Chem. 2021, e6337.

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(24) Valorization of Click-Based Microporous Organic Polymer: Generation of Mesoionic Carbene−Rh Species for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Poly(arylacetylene)s

K, Cho, H.-S. Yang, I.-H. Lee, S. M. Lee, H. J. Kim, and S. U. Son*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4100−4105.

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(23) Synthesis of Conjugated Rod-Coil Block Copolymers by RuPhos Pd-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation: Initiation from Coil-Type Polymers

H.-N. Choi, H.-S. Yang, J.-H. Chae, T.-L. Choi, and I.-H. Lee*

Macromolecules 2020, 53, 5497-5503.

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(22) RuPhos Pd Precatalyst and MIDA Boronate as an Effective Combination for the Precision Synthesis of Poly(3-hexylthiophene): Systematic Investigation of the Effects of Boronates, Halides, and Ligands

J. Lee, H. Park, S.-H. Hwang, I.-H. Lee,* and T.-L. Choi*

Macromolecules 2020, 53, 3306-3314.

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(21) Investigating Temporal Control in Photoinduced Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

S. Dadashi-Silab,# I.-H. Lee,# A. Anastasaki,* F. Lorandi, B. Narupai, N. D. Dolinski, M. L. Allegrezza, M. Fantin, D. Konkolewicz, C. J. Hawker,* and K. Matyjaszewski* (#co-first authors)

Macromolecules 2020, 53, 5280-5288.

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(20) Aqueous Reverse Iodine Transfer Polymerization of Acrylic Acid 

E. H. Discekici,# I.-H. Lee,# J. M. Ren, M. W. Bates, A. J. McGrath, J. Read de Alaniz, D. S. Laitar, A. K. Van Dyk, T. H. Kalantar, and C. J. Hawker* (#co-first authors)

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 1877-1881.

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(19) Low Temperature, Rapid Copolymerization of Acrylic Acid and Sodium Acrylate in Water

B. Narupai, J. Willenbacher, M. W. Bates, S. M. Barbon, R. B. Zerdan, A. J. McGrath, I.-H. Lee, A. Anastasaki, E. H. Discekici, D. S. Laitar, A. K. Van Dyk, T. H. Kalantar, J. M. Ren,* and C. J. Hawker* 

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 1414-1419.

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(18) What happens in the dark? Assessing the temporal control of photo-mediated controlled radical polymerizations

N. D. Dolinski, Z. A. Page, E. H. Discekici, D. Meis, I.‐H. Lee, G. R. Jones, R. Whitfield, X. Pan, B. G. McCarthy, S. Shanmugam, V. Kottisch, B. P. Fors, C. Boyer, G. M. Miyake, K. Matyjaszewski, D. M. Haddleton, J. Read de Alaniz, A. Anastasaki,* and C. J. Hawker*

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 268-273.

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(17) Endo and Exo Diels-Alder Adducts: Temperature Tunable Building Blocks for Selective Chemical Functionalization

E. Discekici,# A. St. Amant,# S. Nguyen, I.-H. Lee, C. J. Hawker,* and J. Read de Alaniz* (#co-first authors)

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5009-5013. 

     

(16) Effects of Side-Chain Topology on Aggregation of Conjugated Polymers

B. McDearmon, E. Lim, I.-H. Lee, L. M. Kozycz, K. O’Hara, P. I. Robledo, N. R. Venkatesan, M. L. Chabinyc,* and C. J. Hawker*

Macromolecules 2018, 51, 2580-2590.

      

(15) A Rational Design of Highly Controlled Suzuki–Miyaura Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation for Precision Synthesis of Polythiophenes and Their Block Copolymers: Marriage of Palladacycle Precatalysts with MIDA-Boronates

K.-B. Seo,# I.-H. Lee,# J. Lee,# I. Choi, and T.-L. Choi* (#co-first authors)

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4335-4343.

- Highlights in Synfacts 2018, 14, 0590 "Controlled Polymerization with the MIDA’s Touch"

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(14) Desulfurization-bromination: direct chain-end modification of RAFT polymers

I.-H. Lee,# E. H. Discekici,# S. L. Shankel, A. Anastasaki, J. Read de Alaniz,* C. J. Hawker,* and D. J. Lunn* (#co-first authors)

Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 7188-7194.

 

(13) Controlled radical polymerization of vinyl ketones using visible light

I.-H. Lee, E. H. Discekici, A. Anastasaki, J. Read de Alaniz,* and C. J. Hawker*

Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 3351-3356. 

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(12) Dual-pathway chain-end modification of RAFT polymers using visible light and metal-free conditions

E. H. Discekici, S. L. Shankel, A. Anastasaki, B. Oschmann, I.-H. Lee, J. Niu, A. J. McGrath, P. G. Clark, D. S. Laitar, J. Read de Alaniz,* C. J. Hawker,* and D. J. Lunn*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 1888-1891. 

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(11) Importance of choosing the right polymerization method for in situ preparation of semiconducting nanoparticles from the P3HT block copolymer

I.-H. Lee and T.-L. Choi*

Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 7135-7141.     

     

(10) Preparing DNA-mimicking multi-line nanocaterpillars via in situ nanoparticlisation of fully conjugated polymers

I.-H. Lee, P. Amaladass, I. Choi, V. W. Bergmann, S. A. L. Weber, and T.-L. Choi*

Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 1422-1428.

 

(9) Building  supermicelles from simple polymers

I.-H. Lee, S. Shin, and T.-L. Choi*

Science 2015, 347, 1310-1311. 

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(8) One-pot synthesis of nanocaterpillar structures via in situ nanoparticlization of fully conjugated poly(p-phenylene)-block-polythiophene

I.-H. Lee, P. Amaladass, and T.-L. Choi*

Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 7945-7948.

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(7) Magnetically recyclable Pd-Fe3O4 heterodimer nanocrystals for the synthesis of conjugated polymers via Suzuki polycondensation: Toward green chemistry

I. H. Bae,# I.-H. Lee,# S. Byun, J. Chung, B. M. Kim,* and T.-L. Choi* (#co-first authors)

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014, 52, 1525-1528.

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(6) Preparation of defect-free nano-caterpillars via in situ nanoparticlisation of well defined polyacetylene block copolymer

K.-Y. Yoon, I.-H. Lee, and T.-L. Choi*

RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 49180-49185.

              

(5) Magnetoresistance of a copolymer: FeCl3 doped poly(2,5-dioctyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene-alt-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophenevinylene)

K. H. Kim, A. Choi, J.-M. Park, S. J. Hong, M. Park, I.-H. Lee, E.-S. Choi, A. B. Kaiser, T.-L. Choi*, and Y. W. Park*

Synthetic Metals 2014, 188, 30-34. 

   

(4) Nanostar and nanonetwork crystals fabricated by in situ nanoparticlization of fully conjugated polythiophene diblock copolymers

I.-H. Lee, P. Amaladass, K.-Y. Yoon, S. Shin, Y.-J. Kim, I. Kim, E. Lee, and T.-L. Choi* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17695-17698.

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(3) Cu-catalyzed multicomponent polymerization to synthesize a library of poly(N-sulfonylamidines)

I.-H. Lee, H. Kim, and T.-L. Choi* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3760-3763. 

- “50 fundamental researches of 2013" from National Research Foundation of Korea   

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(2) One-pot in situ fabrication of stable nanocaterpillars directly from polyacetylene diblock copolymers synthesized by mild ring-opening metathesis polymerization

K.-Y. Yoon, I.-H. Lee, K. O. Kim, J. Jang, E. Lee, and T.-L. Choi*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 14291-14294. 

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(1) Brush polymers containing semiconducting polyene backbones: graft-through synthesis via cyclopolymerization and conformational analysis on the coil-to-rod transition

E.-H. Kang, I.-H. Lee, and T.-L. Choi* 

ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 1098-1102. 

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