@article{MaticSchlaad2018,
  author    = {Matic, Aleksandar and Schlaad, Helmut},
  title     = {Thiol-ene photofunctionalization of 1,4-polymyrcene},
  series = {Polymer international},
  volume    = {67},
  journal   = {Polymer international},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {0959-8103},
  doi       = {10.1002/pi.5534},
  pages     = {500 -- 505},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {1,4-Polymyrcene was synthesized by anionic polymerization of -myrcene and was subjected to photochemical functionalization with various thiols (i.e. methyl thioglycolate, methyl 3-mercaptopropionate, butyl 3-mercaptopropionate, ethyl 2-mercaptopropionate and 2-methyl-2-propanethiol) using benzophenone/UV light as the radical source. The yield of thiol addition to the trisubstituted double bonds of 1,4-polymyrcene decreased in the order 1 degrees thiol (ca 95\%) > 2 degrees thiol (ca 80\%) > 3 degrees thiol (<5\%), due to the reversibility of the thiol-ene reaction. Remarkably, thiol addition to the side-chain double bonds was 8 - 10 times (1 degrees thiol) or 24 times (2 degrees thiol) faster than to the main-chain double bonds, which can be explained by the different accessibility of the double bonds and steric hindrance. Despite the use of a 10-fold excess of thiol with respect to myrcene units, the thiol-ene addition was accompanied by chain coupling reactions, which in the extreme case of 3 degrees thiol (or in the absence of thiol) resulted in the formation of insoluble crosslinked material. As an example, a methyl-thioglycolate-functionalized 1,4-polymyrcene was saponified/crosslinked to give submicron polyelectrolyte particles in dilute alkaline solution. (c) 2018 Society of Chemical Industry},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SenfRuprechtKishanietal.2018,
  author    = {Senf, Deborah and Ruprecht, Colin and Kishani, Saina and Matic, Aleksandar and Toriz, Guillermo and Gatenholm, Paul and Wagberg, Lars and Pfrengle, Fabian},
  title     = {Tailormade polysaccharides with defined branching patterns},
  series = {Angewandte Chemie : a journal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker ; International edition},
  volume    = {57},
  journal   = {Angewandte Chemie : a journal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker ; International edition},
  number    = {37},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1433-7851},
  doi       = {10.1002/anie.201806871},
  pages     = {11987 -- 11992},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {The heterogeneous nature of non-cellulosic polysaccharides, such as arabinoxylan, makes it difficult to correlate molecular structure with macroscopic properties. To study the impact of specific structural features of the polysaccharides on crystallinity or affinity to other cell wall components, collections of polysaccharides with defined repeating units are required. Herein, a chemoenzymatic approach to artificial arabinoxylan polysaccharides with systematically altered branching patterns is described. The polysaccharides were obtained by glycosynthase-catalyzed polymerization of glycosyl fluorides derived from arabinoxylan oligosaccharides. X-ray diffraction and adsorption experiments on cellulosic surfaces revealed that the physicochemical properties of the synthetic polysaccharides strongly depend on the specific nature of their substitution patterns. The artificial polysaccharides allow structure-property relationship studies that are not accessible by other means.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Matic,
  author    = {Matic, Aleksandar},
  title     = {Myrcene to materials},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {117},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MaticHessSchanzenbachetal.2020,
  author    = {Matic, Aleksandar and Hess, Andreas and Schanzenbach, Dirk and Schlaad, Helmut},
  title     = {Epoxidized 1,4-polymyrcene},
  series = {Polymer chemistry},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Polymer chemistry},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1759-9954},
  doi       = {10.1039/c9py01783f},
  pages     = {1364 -- 1368},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {1,4-Polymyrcene was synthesized by anionic polymerization and epoxidized using meta-chloroperbenzoic acid. Samples with different degrees of epoxidation (25\%, 49\%, 74\%, and 98\%) were prepared and examined according to their chemical and thermal properties. Epoxidation was found to increase the glass transition temperature (T-g = 14 degrees C for the 98\% epoxidized 1,4-polymyrcene) as well as the shelf live (>10 months). The trisubstituted epoxide groups were remarkably stable against nucleophiles under basic conditions but cross-linked or hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid. Also, highly epoxidized 1,4-polymyrcene readily cross-linked upon annealing at 260 degrees C to produce an epoxy resin.},
  language  = {en}
}