New Frontiers of Photoresponsive and Photopolymerizable Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Photons, when absorbed by matter, create high energy intermediates that cannot be generated thermally, allowing for unique chemistry and reactions to proceed that would otherwise not occur. Moreover, light grants practitioners unparalleled control, capable of being rapidly turned on and off, spatially and contactlessly delivered to a substrate, and readily varied in intensity and wavelength. This stimulus has, accordingly, found great use in polymer and material science, enabling state-of-the-art applications in on-demand polymerizations, additive manufacturing, and smart materials. In this Special Issue, we will attempt to give a broad perspective of the capabilities of light when coupled to catalytic processes, the synthesis and control over photoresponsive materials, and beyond.  It is our hope that the work of researchers of different backgrounds and perspectives will be highlighted here, giving the reader an overview of the current state-of-the-art and the future of the field.

Prof. Brady T. Worrell
Guest Editor

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