Unlike their more common linear counterparts, cyclic polymers have a ring-like structure and
a lack of chain ends. Because of their topology, cyclic polymers exhibit a unique set of …

Polypeptides have attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to their inherent
biodegradability and tunable cytocompatibility. Macromolecular design in conjunction with …

The development of chemically recyclable polymers offers a solution to the end-of-use issue
of polymeric materials and provides a closed-loop approach toward a circular materials …

Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) is a powerful synthetic methodology for the chemical
synthesis of technologically important biodegradable aliphatic polyesters from cyclic esters …

The development of new or more sustainable, active, efficient, controlled, and selective
polymerization reactions or processes continues to be crucial for the synthesis of important …

Organocatalysis has become a very powerful tool for precision macromolecular chemistry,
as judged by the number of articles published in this field in the past decade. A variety of …

Aliphatic polyesters and polycarbonates are a class of biorenewable, biocompatible, and
biodegradable materials. One of the most powerful methods for accessing these materials is …

A strategy is reported for controlling the architecture of poly (disulfide) s by ring-opening
polymerization. Aryl thiol initiators shift the ring–chain equilibrium to yield cyclic polymers …

The chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) has witnessed tremendous development
in the past two decades: NHCs have not only become versatile ligands for transition metals …