title: Polymer-based stimuli-responsive recyclable catalytic systems for organic synthesis.
abstract: The introduction of stimuli-responsive polymers into the study of organic catalysis leads to the generation of a new kind of polymer-based stimuli-responsive recyclable catalytic system. Owing to their reversible switching properties in response to external stimuli, these systems are capable of improving the mass transports of reactants/products in aqueous solution, modulating the chemical reaction rates, and switching the catalytic process on and off. Furthermore, their stimuli-responsive properties facilitate the separation and recovery of the active catalysts from the reaction mixtures. As a fascinating approach of the controllable catalysis, these stimuli-responsive catalytic systems including thermoresponsive, pH-responsive, chemo-mechano-chemical, ionic strength-responsive, and dual-responsive, are reviewed in terms of their nanoreactors and mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China; School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Jingli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mingxi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kangjian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verpoort
authors.forename: Taolei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers
keywords: catalysts; nanoreactors; organic synthesis; stimuli-responsive polymers