The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Oily water treatment has become an urgent need in our daily life because of its harmful
potential to the ecological system. In recent years, functional materials with superwetting or …

Hydrophilic polymers are a major class of polymers in polymer science. They are found in
broad range of applications from superabsorbers to drug-delivery. In recent years, a plethora …

Precision control of radical polymerization, or living radical polymerization, has been among
the most important and long-waited subjects in polymer chemistry and macromolecular …

Stimuli responsive polymers can provide a variety of applications for the biomedical fields.
The interest in these polymers has exponentially increased due to their promising potential …

Diblock copolymers of poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) and monomethoxy poly (ethylene
glycol)(MPEG) with various compositions were synthesized. The amphiphilic block …

In recent years, the synthesis and analysis of novel copolymer-based nanomaterials in
solution have been extensively pursued. The interest in such structures lies in the fact that …

Drug delivery has been considered as the key to the clinical success of numerous drugs.[1–
3] In the past decade, with an aim to improve chemotherapy, tremendous effort has been …

This review summarizes recent advances to date in the area of block copolymer micelles
and also tries to highlight some new directions in that field. Generalities about the …

CO2-Responsive polymer materials have received enormous attention in recent years, since
CO2 as a new trigger has many advantages such as abundant availability, low cost, energy …