Polymerizations Promoted by Metal Complexes

Dear Colleagues,

The main effort in polymer chemistry is the development of new synthetic methods leading to products with well-defined molecular and structural characteristics. In this respect, metal-complex-mediated polymerization is now considered one of the most important research frontiers in polymer chemistry and technology.

Transition metal chemistry has witnessed spectacular growth in the past decades. The design and application of transition metal complexes either as catalysts or as initiators has been recognized as a powerful tool for the polymerization of a variety of monomers.

This Special Issue is focused on the recent developments in the synthesis of linear polymers, as well as more complex macromolecular architectures, promoted by metal complexes. The polymerization of new monomers, synthesis of novel metal complexes able to promote polymerization, kinetics of polymerization, mechanistic studies, synthesis of complex macromolecular architectures in combination with other polymerization techniques, molecular and structural characterization of the polymeric products, are among the topics that will be covered. The metal complexes include Ziegler–Natta catalysts, metallocene and half-metallocene complexes of the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th groups of the periodic table, non-metallocene complexes bearing diamido, alkylthio, amine-phenolate etc. ligands, late transition metal complexes, complexes for ring opening metathesis polymerization reactions of cycloolefins and alkynes.

Prof. Marinos Pitsikalis
Dr. Ioannis Choinopoulos
Guest Editors