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Sequence plays a crucial role in dictating the properties and applications of both natural and artificial polymers. Therefore, chemists have made great efforts to control the sequence of monomers along a polymer chain in the past decades. This focus review outlines the recent advances in sequence-controlled polymers (SCPs), mainly based upon the author’s research on constructing SCPs through maleimide chemistry, and discusses their potential applications.
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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (21674072), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), and the Program of Innovative Research Team of Soochow University.
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Shi, Q., Zhang, Y., Huang, Z. et al. Precise sequence regulation through maleimide chemistry. Polym J 52, 21–31 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-019-0263-7
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