Forty years after the first reports on stimuli-responsive phase transitions in synthetic
hydrogels, the first medicines based on responsive components are approaching the …

A living radical polymerization (LRP) is a free radical polymerization that aims at displaying
living character,(ie, does not terminate or transfer and is able to continue polymerization …

This paper provides a second update to the review of reversible deactivation radical
polymerization achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a mechanism of …

Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization has made a huge
impact in macromolecular design. The first block copolymers were described early on …

Telechelic polymers, defined as macromolecules that contain two reactive end groups, are
used as cross-linkers, chain extenders, and important building blocks for various …

Over the last decade reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization
has become a powerful technique for the preparation of well-defined copolymer …

Natural biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids in living organisms possess an
inherent ability to respond to local environmental stimuli, which motivated researchers to …

The generation of supramolecular architectures with well-defined structures and
functionalities is recently garnering attraction. Self-assemblage of amphiphilic polymers …

Controlled/'living'radical polymerization methods, including the versatile reversible addition–
fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization process, are rapidly moving to the …

Compartmentalization is one of the most powerful tools in nature's arsenal to structure
metabolic and signaling pathways. Many of the catalytic reactions taking place in cells …