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. Sequence precise regulation provides the possibility to probe the fundamental relationship between structure and properties in artificial polymers. Recent progress in sequence regulation through maleimide chemistry is focused on in this review, which put emphasis on the development of three strategies taking advantages of the versatile chemical properties of maleimide.

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通过马来酰亚胺化学进行精确的序列调控

序列在决定天然和人造聚合物的特性和应用方面起着至关重要的作用。因此，在过去的几十年里，化学家们努力控制聚合物链上单体的顺序。这篇重点综述概述了序列控制聚合物 (SCPs) 的最新进展，主要基于作者通过马来酰亚胺化学构建 SCPs 的研究，并讨论了它们的潜在应用。序列精确调控为探索人造聚合物的结构和性能之间的基本关系提供了可能性。本综述重点介绍了通过马来酰亚胺化学进行序列调控的最新进展，重点介绍了利用马来酰亚胺多功能化学性质的三种策略的开发。