Polymerization provides an efficient strategy for synthesizing macromolecules with versatile functionality [...].
Keywords: functional polymers for diagnosis, imaging, drug delivery, and tissue engineering; functional polymers used in food science; polymer-based medical devices; polymer-based supramolecular chemistry; polymerization or post-polymerization modification methods; polymers for fabrication; polymers for industrial catalysis; polymers for information storage, electronics, and energy conversion; polymers for sensing, separation, and purification; polymers for water or effluent treatment; polymers with biological activity (e.g., antitumor, antidiabetic, and antimicrobial activity); renewable polymer materials used for agriculture; self-healing polymers; shape memory polymers; stimuli-responsive polymers.