New Smart Materials via Metal Mediated Macromolecular Engineering

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP).- From Mechanism and Kinetics to Precise ATRP Synthesis.- Polyelectrolyte Stars and Cylindrical Brushes Made by ATRP: New Building Blocks in Nanotechnology.- Synthesis of Smart Materials by ATRP of Oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Methacrylates.- New Polymers with Optoelectronic Properties by Combination of ATRP, Rop And Coupling Processes.- Click Chemistry.- Synthesis of Functionalized Aliphatic Polyesters by the “Click” Copper-Catalyzed Alkyne—Azide Cycloaddition.- Exploration Of ‘Click’ Chemistry For Microelectronic Applications.- From Novel Block-Like Copolymers to Reactive Nanoparticles: ATRP and “Click” Chemistry as Synthetic Tools.- Polymer- and Colloid-Functionalization Using a Combination Of ATRP and Click Chemistry.- Click Chemistry and Step-Growth Polymerization: The Ideal Combination for the Rejuvenation of Industrial Polymers.- Anionic Polymerization.- New Amphiphilic Nanostructures Based on Block Terpolymers Made By Anionic Polymerization.- Epoxide Activated Anionic Polymerization: Application to the Synthesis of (Co)Polyethers with Controlled Structure and Tuned Properties.- Design of Smart Comb Macromolecules by Combination of Living Anionic and Cationic Polymerizations.- Smart Materials from Living Polypeptides.- Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP).- Romp: The Method of Choice for Precise Macromolecular Engineering and Synthesis of Smart Materials.- Synthesis of Fluorine-18 Functionalized Nanoparticles for Use as in Vivo Molecular Imaging Agents.- Polymeric Monoliths: Novel Materials for Separation Science, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Regenerative Medicine.- Synthesis of Biodegradable Materials and Chemical Sensors Via Romp.- Ruthenium Catalysts Bearing O-Chelating Carboxylate Ligand: PotentialChemo-Switchable Romp Catalysts.- Design and Application of Latent Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Featuring S-Chelating Alkylidene Ligands.- Novel Cyclopolymerization Derived Conjugated Polyenes: Smart Materials For Electronics and Sensors.- New Membrane Materials Via Catalytic Polymerization of Bis(Trimethylsilyl)-Substituted Norbornene Type Monomers.- Other Polymerization Methods.- Light Induced Processes for the Synthesis of Polymers With Complex Structures.- Recent Advances in the Functionalization of Aliphatic Polyesters by Ring-Opening Polymerization.- Thermally Degradable Maleimides for Reworkable Adhesives.- Polyurethanes with Metal Chelate Fragments in the Backbone and with Coordination Metal Compounds Nanostructured Systems.- Nanostructured Self-Assembling Systems Based on Functional Poly(Urethane/Siloxane)S.- Cu-Containing Polymer Nanocomposites on the Basis Of Some (Co)Polymers Obtained Using Novel Non-Metallocene Type Ti-Containing Catalysts.