The past decades have witnessed an increasing interest in developing advanced
polymerization techniques subjected to external fields. Various physical modulations, such …

The intrinsic physical properties and functionalities displayed by synthetic polymers are
directly correlated to their respective microstructures. For example, complex biopolymers …

Synthetic polymer chemistry endeavors to imitate the spatial and temporal control exhibited
within biological systems to obtain well-defined polymeric materials with unique structures …

Nature shows us that complex molecular architectures lead to unique material properties,
and these observations have driven polymer scientists to synthesize complex architectures …

Conspectus The most important means for tuning and improving a catalyst's properties is the
delicate exchange of the ligand shell around the central metal atom. Perhaps for no other …

Olefin metathesis has revolutionized the way chemists design and synthesize molecules,
mostly due to the development of well‐defined ruthenium catalysts with high oxygen …

Olefin metathesis catalysed by ruthenium has emerged at the frontier of modern synthetic
chemistry. The desire to enhance catalyst stability, gain control over the catalytic process …

UV irradiation of latent sulfur-chelated ruthenium olefin metathesis precatalysts produced a
cis-dichloro− trans-dichloro photoisomerization. The enhanced activity of the trans isomer …

Various approaches to latent polymerization processes are described. In order to highlight
recent advances in this field, the discussion is subdivided into chapters dedicated to diverse …

A short overview on the structural design of the Hoveyda–Grubbs‐type ruthenium initiators
chelated through oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur atoms is presented. Our aim was to compare …