This book describes strategies and mechanism of reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) to synthesize functional polymers. Several approaches such as atom transfer radical polymerization and the combination of click chemistry and RDRP are summarized. Contributors from interdisciplinary fields highlight applications in nanotechnology, self-healing materials, oil and water resistant coatings and controlled drug delivery systems.

• Preface
• List of contributors
• Contents
• 1. Introduction to reversible deactivation radical polymerization
• 2. Tailor-made polymer–nanohybrid materials via reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP)
• 3. Synthesis of functionally terminated polymers by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and their applications
• 4. Functional (co)polymers via a combination of reversible deactivation radical polymerization techniques and thiol-based “click”/conjugation chemistries
• 5. Designing macromolecular architecture via reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) and Diels–Alder reaction
• 6. Recent advances in the reversible deactivation radical (co)polymerization of fluorinated alkenes/acrylates/ methacrylates/styrenes
• 7. Polymers prepared via reversibledeactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) for biomedical applications
• Abbreviations
• Index