Special Issue "Click Chemistry in Polymer Science"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Andrew B. Lowe
Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Website: http://www.camd.unsw.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296%3Aandrew-lowe&catid=37%3Astaff&Itemid=1
E-Mail: a.lowe@unsw.edu.au
Phone: +61 293 856 031
Fax: +61 293 855 966
Interests: RAFT; ROMP; thiol-ene; click chemistry; water-soluble polymers; stimulus responsive polymers

Dear Colleagues,

Click chemistry, in its various guises, has, arguably, had a transformational impact on facile approaches to macromolecular modification. While the versatility and (bio)orthogonality of the Cu-catalyzed alkyne-azide reaction has been repeatedly demonstrated many other ‘click’ reactions are still very much in their infancy with respect to applications in macromolecular synthesis and modification.

This special issue of Polymers aims to highlight recent advances in the applications of ‘click’ chemistry in macromolecular science and will serve as a primary source for both new and experienced practitioners of these remarkable chemistries.

Prof. Dr. Andrew B. Lowe
Guest Editor

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• ‘click’, alkyne-azide
• thiol-ene
• thiol-yne
• functionalization
• complex molecules