Macromolecular Engineering

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is currently J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. He is also Director of Center for Macromolecular Engineering at CMU and adjunct professor at University of Pittsburgh and at Polish Academy of Sciences. He has published over 20 books, 92 book chapters and 968 peer-review papers. Yves Gnanou is Professor in the Physical Science and Engineering Division of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). His research interests focus on the study of the mechanism of chain polymerizations and the design of miscellaneous polymeric architectures by novel synthetic methods. Nikolas Hadjichristidis is Professor at the Polymer Synthesis Laboratory of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He focuses on the synthesis of well-defined polymeric materials with complex macromolecular architecture (star, comb, cyclic, dendritic) by using anionic polymerization (AP) high vacuum techniques, as well as combinations of different polymerization methodologies (AP, ATRP, TEMPO, catalytic). Sergei Sheiko is George A. Bush, Jr. Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is particularly interested in the design and physical properties of interactive macromolecules and molecular assemblies. Murugappan Muthukumar is Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts. His research group is engaged in understanding how macromolecules, both biological and synthetic, assume their sizes and shapes, organize into assemblies, and move around in crowded environments.

Volume 1+2
POLYMER SYNTHESIS
Anionic Polymerization
Cationic Macromolecular Engineering
Ionic and Coordination Ring-Opening Polymerization
Poly(2-oxazoline)s
Living/Controlled Radical Polymerization : Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization
Macromolecular Engineering by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization: RAFT
Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Mechanisms
Emerging trends in Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Polymerizations in Aqueous Dispersed Media
Macromolecular Engineering by Photochemical Routes
Polymerization Induced by Light
Control of Polycondensation
Aliphatic Poly(carbonate)s: Syntheses
Polymer Synthesis by Enzymatic Catalysis

Volume 3
MACROMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES
Multi-Segmented Macromolecules of Linear and Grafted Topologies
Orthogonal Multiple Click Reactions for Macromolecular Design
Statistical, Alternating and Gradient Copolymers
Polymers with Star-Related Structures
Cyclic Polymers
Tailoring Charged Block Copolymer Architecture for Tuning Performance
Synthetic Polymers with finely-regulated Monomer Sequences: Properties and Emerging Applications
Branched Polymer Architectures: Specific Structural Features and Their Characterization
Polymerization-induced self-assembly: From macromolecular engineering towards applications
Polymer Networks
Fluoropolymers for Cars and Aerospace industries
Synthesis, structure, and phase diagrams of ionic-containing polyampholytes and polyzwitterions

Volume 4
STRUCTURE-PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION
Polymer Crystallization
Macromolecular Rheology
Time-Programmable, Clocking and Self-Oscillating Polymer Gels
Scattering from Polymer Systems
Separation of Polymers by Chromatography
NMR Spectroscopy
Determination of Bulk and Solution Morphologies by Transmission Electron Microscopy
Macromolecular Engineering via Polyelectrolyte Complexation
Macromolecular modeling
Flow-Induced Crystallization of Semicrystalline Polymer
Dielectric spectroscopy
Polymer mechanics: processing-structure-property
Polymers under flow
Polymer glasses
Neutron scattering in polymers
Spectral Shift in the Hydrogen Bonding Peak to Quantify Interfacial Interactions at Polymer/Solid Interfaces
Utility of light microscopy in polymers
Melting kinetics in polymers
Transport of Nanoparticles
Non-equilbrium Properties of Thin Polymer Films

Volume 5
APPLICATIONS
Reactive and Responsive Polymers for Sensing Applications in Body Fluids
Introduction to Synthesis and Materials Applications of Poly(ionic liquid)s
Novel Polymer Systems for Gene Therapy
Additive manufacturing of polymers: 3D and 4D-printing, methodologies, type of polymeric materials, and applications
Polymeric Dispersants
Porous Polymers by Block Copolymer Templating
Polymer Composites as Ablative Materials
High-Throughput / High-Output Experimentation in Polymer Research
Polymers from Renewable Resources: Macromolecular Materials for the XXI Century?
Applications of Polymer Bioconjugates
Vitrimer chemistry and applications
Construction of Chemical Recycling Systems of Polymeric Materials Based on Equilibrium Polymerizations and Reversible Reactions
Ion Transport in Batteries with Polymer Electrolytes
Tough hydrogels
Nanocomposites
Polymeric materials for additive manufacturing
Macromolecular nanotechnology: Towards reaching adulthood
Polymeric Membranes
Self-healing and Shape Memory Polymers