The ideal of living polymerization has defined research in polymer chemistry over the past
50 years. In this Perspective, we present the case that this concept has enabled the …

Polymer chemistry textbooks (eg, B. Vollmert, Polymer Chemistry, Springer‐Verlag: New
York, 1973, p 37; G. Odian, Principles of Polymerization, 3rd ed., Wiley: New York, 1991, p 8; …

The term “living polymerization” has beencoined by Szwarc for chain-growth
polymerizations in which con-tribution of chain-breaking processes can be neglected. 1 …

The story of the outset of the concept of immortal polymerization is presented. Immortal
polymerization is the polymerization that gives polymers with a narrow molecular …

Some basic properties of polymeric materials are known to be strongly dependent on their
molecular weights. In order to clarify the properties of a polymeric material in solution as well …

The finest history of the subject describes early concepts of molecular structure; molecular
weight; colloids; addition polymerization; natural polymers; beginning of polymer-based …

The effects of various imperfections such as slow initiation, termination, transfer and slow
exchange on kinetics, molecular weights and polydispersities in chain growth …

The broad field of macromolecular science has never been more vibrant. Driven by stunning
fundamental advances in many fields, including (i) polymerization methods,(ii) theory …

The story of the discovery of living polymers is presented. Living polymers are polymers that
retain their ability to propagate and grow to a desired size while their degree of termination …

1.1 Background In his historic review titled “Polymerization” in Chemical Reviews of 1931,
Wallace H. Carothers described his brilliant ideas about the rapidly developing field of …