摘要： It is well recognized that the current trend in organic chemistry is diverged into two frontiers: biochemistry and materials chemistry. This talk presents our recent research effort in the interfacial area between organic and materials chemistry. The major theme of our research is focused upon the rational design, synthesis and characterization of novel functional and multifunctional polymers and molecules. Typical examples of current projects are: 1). Development of polymerization methodologies: a). exploration of palladium catalyzed reactions for polycondensations, b). living ring-opening polymerization of cyclic lactone to form thioester-functionalized polyesters for chemo-ligation, 2). Design, synthesis and physical studies of photorefractive polymers, 3). Second order nonlinear optical polymers, 4). Conjugated diblock polymers for the formation of self-assembled, nano-sized electroactive materials, 5). High-performance light emitting diodes from new conjugated polymers, 6). Conjugated liquid crystalline polymers, 7). Architectural controls of polymer microstructures, including synthesis of dendritic polyphenylenevinylenes, 8). Metal-containing functional polymers. 9) Biocompatible polymers.

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