Conspectus The preparation of discrete and well-defined polymers is an emerging strategy
for emulating the remarkable precision achieved by macromolecular synthesis in nature …

Hyperbranched polymers represent an intriguing class of shape‐persistent soft
nanomaterials that could be easily produced in one‐pot reaction to obtain highly branched …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a widely used technique for the synthesis of
nanoparticles with various morphologies including spheres, worms, and vesicles. The …

Controlled radical polymerization (CRP) has emerged as a spotlight of polymer chemistry in
both academic and industrial fields. CRP relies on a reversible dissociation and combination …

The modification of polymer chain ends is important in order to produce highly functional
polymers. A novel chain-end modification of polymer iodides (Polymer-I) via reversible …

Facile, room‐temperature coupling of brominated polymer chains can be accomplished in
high yields (~ 80%) using a nickel‐based catalytic cycle that also includes magnesium and …

The synthesis and systematic comparison of a comprehensive library of well‐defined
polymer architectures based on poly (acrylic acid) is reported. Through the development of …

A photo-selective chain-end modification of polyacrylate-iodide (polymer-I) was developed.
In the presence of a functional primary amine (NH2-RX with an X functionality) and formic …

Over the last two decades many synthetic methods have been reported to selectively
introduce a number of different functional groups at the chain end of a living ring-opening …

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl acrylate (MA) was carried out by
continuous feeding of Cu (I) activators. Typically, the solvent, the monomer, the initiator, and …