Jianbing Liu, Peng Zhao, Yizheng Tan*, Huaping Xu* Supramolecular Materials, 2025: p. 100115. Fluorescent polymeric materials have recently gained significant attention in diverse fields, including biological imaging, luminescent sensing, encryption, and anti-counterfeiting. However, the patterning of many materials mentioned above has primarily been achieved through soft lithography technology using ultraviolet light, which can cause unnecessary damage to the materials and is limited by a shallow penetration depth. Herein, we introduce oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) derivatives (cyano-OPVs) as...

Cheng Liu, Chaowei He, Xiaobin Dai, Li-Tang Yan*, Huaping Xu* Adv. Mater. 2025: e08549. Can artificial polymer materials exhibit the characteristic of “evolution” over time, similar to biological tissue? The limitations arise from their inherently static nature and the absence of dynamic structures. A strategy is proposed for designing polymer materials whose phases and mechanical properties can be continuously transformed and enhanced temporally. Specifically, the polymer phases experience a sequence of transitions involving generation, separation, and fusion. Each period enhances mechanica...

Zhuoxin Ge, Yizheng Tan*, Huaping Xu* Polym. Sci. Technol. 2025 In recent decades, significant advancements have been achieved in the field of polymer self-assembly. Among various polymer assemblies, the unique chemical properties of selenium and tellurium have established a robust foundation for the development of functional polymer assemblies that incorporate these elements. Polymer assemblies containing selenium and tellurium have garnered significant attention due to their sensitive responsiveness to stimuli and their precise biological functions. In this review, we summarize the resea...

Ruotong Deng, Wei Chen, Hanjie Zhu, Yuxi Li, Yining Ou, Jian Wang, Qing Ruan, Xuanying Zhang, Junbo Zhang, Yongxian Zhang, Yantao Niu, Zhubin Hu, Chunlei Zhang, Huaping Xu*, Wei Cao* Nat Commun.; 2025, 16, 7895 The escalating utilization of ionizing radiation across medicine and industry underscored the paramount urgency of effective radioprotective materials. Conventional materials such as lead and concrete are widely used, and lead-free materials have also emerged to solve the problems of cumbersome and toxic lead, such as metal-containing micro/nano materials and polymers. Nevertheless, t...

Ruihao Zhou, Muqing Cao, Yizheng Tan*, Mark Neisser*, Huaping Xu* Sci. Adv.; 2025, 11, eadx1918 Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography has become the essence of advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes. While enabling smaller feature sizes, EUV lithography imposes increasingly stringent requirements on the comprehensive performance and stochastic defect suppression of photoresist. The widely recognized strategy to minimize these defects is a material that integrates high EUV absorption and energy utilization into a homogeneous system based on molecular building blocks—the ideal formul...

Mo Zhai, Zilun Huang, Banruo Xianyu, Xiaoqiang Bai, Zhuqing Wan, Yang Fu, Huaping Xu*, Longwei Lv*, Yongsheng Zhou* Aggregate; 2025, 0:e70074 Diabetic wound healing impairment, a common complication of diabetes, has limited clinical treatment options and poor therapeutic outcomes, causing significant physical pain and psychological burden for patients. This study aims to accelerate wound healing by modulating cellular stress responses, offering a safe and efficient new therapeutic strategy. Herein, a selenium-containing polyurethane (SePU) thermo-sensitive hydrogel was synthesized, and its...

Jun Guan, Ruihao Zhou, Hengxue Shi, Shenghan Zhang, Chaowei He, Muqing Cao, Lei Jiao*, Huaping Xu* Chem Catalysis; 2025, 5, 101429 Carboradical reservoirs are non-radical precursors that controllably release stored radicals to directly participate in product formation, making them critically important in organic chemistry. However, no aryl radical reservoir has been reported to date. Here, we have constructed an aryl radical reservoir via polytelluroxane (PTeO)-mediated activation of arylboronic acids under white light. PTeO, featuring an inorganic Te–O backbone with organic side chains, f...

Jinyan Si, Chaowei He and Huaping Xu* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces; 2025, 17, 37090 Strain isolation strategies are widely employed in flexible electronic device fabrication to enhance their stretchability. One common approach involves modulating the cross-linking degree of the materials to create regions with a heterogeneous modulus. However, existing materials typically rely on permanent cross-linking networks, which restrict their recyclability and environmental degradability. In this study, we introduce a recyclable thermosetting tellurium-containing polyurethane (TeHPU) as a substrate ...

Chengfei Liu, Yifan Jin, Jiahui Ma, Wei Tian*, Huaping Xu* Chinese J. Polym. Sci.; 2025, 10.1007/s10118-025-3341-7 Intracellular polymerization is an emerging field, showcasing high diversity and efficiency of chemistry. Motivated by the principles of natural biomolecular synthesis, polymerization within living cells is believed to be a powerful and versatile tool to modulate cell behavior. In this review, we summarized recent advances and future trends in the field of intracellular polymerization, specifically focusing on covalent and supramolecular polymerization. This discussion comprehen...

Yuanbo Zhang, Chaowei He, Huaping Xu* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces; 2025, 17, 13324 Heteroatom-substituted hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) have emerged as a versatile class of functional materials, combining the structural merits of hyperbranched architectures with the unique chemical functionalities imparted by heteroatoms such as boron, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium. These polymers exhibit distinct physicochemical properties, including low viscosity, excellent solubility, high chemical reactivity, and tunable functionality, which position them as promising candidates ...