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ReviewNature chemistry2026

Tacticity-independent crystallization of polymers.

Leire Sangroniz, Ainara Sangroniz, Changxia Shi, Miriam Scoti, Marta Ximenis, Claudio De Rosa, Eugene Y-X Chen, Haritz Sardon, Alejandro J Müller

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Review in Nature chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Leire SangronizPOLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Ainara SangronizPOLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Changxia ShiDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Miriam ScotiDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-1509
Marta XimenisPOLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6550-6307
Claudio De RosaDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy. claudio.derosa@unina.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-7475
Eugene Y-X ChenDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. eugene.chen@colostate.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7512-3484
Haritz SardonPOLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. haritz.sardon@ehu.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-0916
Alejandro J MüllerPOLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. alejandrojesus.muller@ehu.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7009-7715

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crystallization, a phase transition that is prevalent in nature, provides unique molecular arrangements that impact the structure-dependent properties of a material. Owing to thermodynamic and kinetic factors, synthetic polymeric materials show only partial ordering. Indeed, usually polymers that possess sufficient stereo- and regioregularity can partially crystallize. Atactic polymers that do not meet the minimum regularity in the chemical structure needed to pack chains within a crystal unit cell are completely amorphous. However, there are unusual cases where stereoirregular, atactic polymers can crystallize; this happens when the structural features of the atactic polymers provide specific ordering so that their irregular chains can pack into crystalline structures. This Review not only highlights the general relationship between the structures required in atactic polymers to induce crystallization but also provides researchers with the tools to design polymer systems with crystallinity without requiring exquisite stereocontrol in their synthesis.

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