Front Cover: In article 2300119 by Prokopios Georgopanos and co-workers, thermoresponsive particles from poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-co-N-isopropylacrylamide)-b-polystyrene are synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) emulsion polymerization analyzed dynamic light scattering (DLS) transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The scale-up of the synthesis requires sever...

A wavelength selective technique for light-induced network formation based on two photo-active moieties, namely ortho-methylbenzaldehyde and tetrazole is introduced. The network forming species are photo-reactive star polymers generated via reversible activation fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, allowing the network to be based on almost any vinylic monomer. Direct laser writi...

Naked-eye detection of amino acids (AA) in water is of great significance in the field of bioanalytical applications. Herein, polymerized ionic liquids (PILs) with controlled chain length structures were synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization and post-quaternization approach. The AA recognition performance of PILs with different alkyl chain length...

Injectable Hydrogels In article number 2101284 by Chien-Chi Lin and co-workers, a biocompatible pH/thermo dual responsive injectable hydrogel is synthesized reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization acylhdrazone click chemistry. Upon injection, sol-gel transition occurs rapidly at body temperature the porous hydrogels degrade slowly under mild acidic condition due t...

The hydrophilic, conducting, biocompatible and porous scaffolds were designed using poly(2-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate)-co-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-poly(ε-caprolactone) (P(HEMA-b-NIPAAm-b-CL))/polyaniline (PANI) for the osteoblast applications. To this end, the PHEMA and P(HEMA-b-NIPAAm) were synthesized via reversible addition of fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, and in ...

A new graft copolymer, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-styrene) -graft-poly( -caprolactone), was prepared by combination of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) with coordination-insertion ringopening polymerization (ROP). The copolymerization of styrene (St) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) was carried out at 60 °C in the presence of 2-phenylprop-2-y...

Well-defined polymer brushes grafted onto silica nanoparticles were prepared by reversible additionfragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT). A versatile RAFT agent, 4-cyanopentanoic acid dithiobenzoate (CPDB), was attached to amino-functionalized colloidal silica nanoparticles by direct condensation of the mercaptothiazoline-activated CPDB with the surface amino groups. RAFT polymeriz...