THE RESEARCHER’S PROMPT GUIDE

POLY-FUN-004: Polymer Functionalization and Post-Polymerization Modification

PURPOSE: A standardized SoftwareTheses-ready prompt system for reactive-site selection, polymer modification, conversion and selectivity analysis, integrity verification, property transformation, functional validation, optimization, durability, and practical translation.

Deliverables included

1.     One comprehensive master prompt

2.     Sixteen standardized manuscript section prompts

3.     Twenty-one conditional functionalization modules

4.     Backbone, pendant, chain-end, deprotection, grafting, coating, brush, click, and network branches

5.     Continuous placeholders for 6 figures, 15 tables, 7 equations, 10 charts, and 6 diagrams

6.     Anti-fabrication, integrity, selectivity, side-reaction, durability, sustainability, and scale-up controls

Version 1.0 | August 2026

How to Use This Guide

1. Upload the literature matrix, selected papers, parent-material specifications, reaction records, purification logs, spectra, chromatograms, surface/morphology data, property tests, statistics, and journal instructions.
2. Paste the Master Prompt once at the beginning of the SoftwareTheses workflow.
3. Generate one manuscript section at a time using its corresponding Section Prompt.
4. Replace every [INFORMATION REQUIRED] with verified information and every [Ref] with a traceable source.
5. Activate only modules supported by the actual study and preserve negative results or incomplete conversion when mechanistically relevant.
6. Complete the final audit across sample codes, site and stoichiometric bases, conditions, conversions, integrity, claims, and placeholder numbering.