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13. Dihydrobenzofuro [3, 2-b] benzofuran: a light-driven molecular switch with fluorescence switching, bistability, and intrinsic chirality

Fathy Hassan, Nivedha Velmurugan, Jingyun Tan, Yuan-Qiu-Qiang Yi, Yury Torubaev, Sile Nic Chormaic, Akimitsu Narita, Christine Luscombe

Chemical Science, 2026, Newly published. DOI: 10.1039/d6sc04288k

化学反応式が示されている。左側には四つの環構造を持つ分子が描かれており、右側には285 nmの光を照射した後の構造が示されている。炭素-酸素結合が切断されて、三つの環構造を持つ蛍光性の状態へと変化している。
波長285 nmの光を照射すると、一つの炭素-酸素結合が切断され、分子骨格が「開いた」状態へと変化する。この開環状態(B-OH)では分子が蛍光を発するため、構造が変化したことを容易に検出できる。この反応は波長325 nmの光を照射すると逆向きに進行し、分子は元の構造へと戻る。反応式左側の分子(DHB)は本質的キラリティーを持つ。互いに鏡像関係にある二つのエナンチオマーは、左円偏光と右円偏光の吸収差を測定する円二色性(CD)スペクトルにおいて、互いに反対のシグナルを示す。
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12. Outstanding Reviewers for Polymer Chemistry in 2025

Christine Luscombe and Maria Southall

Polymer Chemistry, 2026, 17, 2897. 

 

11. From Chaos to Innovation: The Evolution and Promise of Semiconducting Polymers

Neil Gussman and Christine Luscombe

Chemistry International, 2026, 48, 19-21. DOI: 10.1515/ci-2026-0305

 

10. Basic classification and definitions of polymerization reactions (IUPAC Recommendations 2025)

Wesley S. Farrell, Daniel J. Keddie, Christine K. Luscombe, John B. Matson, Jan Merna, Graeme Moad, Gregory T. Russell, Lydia Sosa Vargas, Patrick Théato and Paul D. Topham

Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2026 DOI: 10.1515/pac-2025-0490

 

9. The effect of weathering environments on microplastic chemical identification with Raman and IR spectroscopy: Part II. polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, and nylon 6

Samantha Phan, Jonathan J Ramtahal and Christine K Luscombe

Soft Matter, 2026, 22, 3403-3419. DOI: 10.1039/D5SM01102G

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8. Significant Thickness Dependence of In-Plane Thermal Conductivity in Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) Thin Films

Jiyoung Kim, Lorenzo Guio, Takahiko Kawai, Shunsuke Murayama, Tomonaga Okabe, Haruki Meguro, Jinghang Dai, Samuel Kielar, Jinha Kwon, Christine Luscombe and Zhiting Tian

ACS Materials Lett, 2026, 8, 1358–1365. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c01197

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7. Evolution of catalyst transfer polymerization toward complex conjugated polymer architectures

Isha Sanskriti and Christine K. Luscombe

Polymer Journal, 2026, 58, 609-628DOI: 10.1038/s41428-026-01146-9

 

6. Chloroform outperforms chlorobenzene for enhanced mobility in amphiphilic polymer OFETs

Preeti Yadav, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Kodai Yamanaka, Hengyuan Wang, Nadege Bonnet, Yabing Qi, Itaru Osaku and Christine K. Luscombe

RSC Appl. Polym., 2026, 4, 716-724DOI: 10.1039/D5LP00320B

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5. Additive-Induced Morphology Change of Polymer Film Enables Enhanced Charge Mobility and Faster Organic Electrochemical Transistor Switching

Yuan-Qiu-Qiang Yi, Nadege Bonnet, Kodai Yamanaka, Katherine Lei, Arianna Magni, Alberto Salleo, Itaru Osaka and Christine K. Luscombe

ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2026, 8, 2077-2085. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.5c04176

 

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4. Uncovering a radical-mediated mechanism in the Kumada catalyst transfer polymerization of glycolated polythiophenes

Abdulrahman Bakry, Preeti Yadav, Wissem Khelifi, Julia Khusnutdinova and Christine Luscombe

Polymer Chemistry, 2026, 17, 584-592. DOI: 10.1039/D5PY01139F

 

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3. Solvent-Tuned Aggregation and Its Limited Functional Impact in a Rigid-Rod Indacenodithiophene-Benzothiadiazole Copolymer

Lorenzo Guio, Parker Sommerville, Lilo D. Pozzo, Christine K. Luscombe

ACS Polymers Au, 2026, 6, 388-398. DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00155

 

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2. A brief guide to polymer terminology (IUPAC Technical Report)

Roger C. Hiorns, Jiří Vohlídal, Ray Boucher, Chin H. Chan, Christopher M. Fellows, Michael Hess, Richard G. Jones, Pavel Kratochvíl, Christine K. Luscombe, John B. Matson, Graeme Moad, Olga E. Philippova, Stan Slomkowski, Natalie Stingelin, Patrick Théato, Jean-Pierre Vairon and Michel Vert 

Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2026, 98, 1-8. DOI: 10.1515/pac-2023-0304

 

1. IUPAC 通信: 第6回IUPACの未来:変革と科学絵の再焦点

Christine Luscombe

化学と工業, 2026, 79, 049-050.