Biofouling is a serious problem in the medical, marine, and all other industrial fields as it
poses significant health risks and financial losses. Therefore, there is a great demand for …

During the first 100 years of polymer science, controlled radical polymerization (also
recommended as reversible deactivation radical polymerization) is undoubtedly a …

The photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CRR) represents a promising route for the clean
utilization of stranded renewable resources, but poor selectivity resulting from the competing …

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been successfully employed for the
preparation of various advanced materials with controlled architecture. New catalysts with …

Polymer brushes are thin polymer films in which the individual polymer chains are tethered
by one chain end to a solid interface. The bulk and solution properties of these highly …

The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

The rise of organic–inorganic hybrid materials in both academia and industry results from a
convergence of diverse expertise and communities and is driven by the curiosity of open …

Polymer brushes have become a significant focus of polymer research with the need for
straightforward and versatile surface modification. With the development of controlled radical …

This Perspective presents recent advances in macromolecular engineering enabled by
ATRP. They include the fundamental mechanistic and synthetic features of ATRP with …

Current status and future perspectives in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) are
presented. Special emphasis is placed on mechanistic understanding of ATRP, recent …