Hydrogels are polymer networks infiltrated with water. Many biological hydrogels in animal
bodies such as muscles, heart valves, cartilages, and tendons possess extreme mechanical …

Click chemistry is one of the most powerful strategies for constructing polymeric soft
materials with precise control over architecture and functionality. In this review, we provide a …

Incorporating sulfur (S) atoms into polymer main chains endows these materials with many
attractive features, including a high refractive index, mechanical properties, electrochemical …

The demand for petroleum dependent chemicals and materials has been increasing despite
the dwindling of their fossil resources. As the dead-end of petroleum based industry has …

Sulfur and its functional groups are major players in an area of exciting research taking
place in modern polymer and materials science, both in academia and industry. In fact …

Nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP) is a controlled/living radical polymerization
(CLRP) technique that enables the design of well-defined, functional and complex …

Despite originating only a little more than a decade ago, click chemistry has become one of
the most powerful paradigms in materials science, synthesis, and modification. By …

The merits of thiol-click chemistry and its potential for making new forays into chemical
synthesis and materials applications are described. Since thiols react to high yields under …

Bioconjugation chemistry has been used to prepare modified biomolecules with functions
beyond what nature intended. Central to these techniques is the development of highly …

This review highlights examples of recent applications of both the radical-mediated and
base/nucleophile-initiated thiol-ene reactions in polymer and materials synthesis. Initial …