Contents
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Block Copolypeptides
via Controlled NCA Polymerization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Timothy J. Deming
Synthetic Glycopolymers: Some Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Qiang Zhang and David M. Haddleton
Graphene as a Target for Polymer Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Klaus Mu ¨llen
Computer Simulation of Self-Assembling Macromolecules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Giacomo Fiorin, Michael L. Klein, Russell DeVane, and Wataru Shinoda
Nematic Conformation of Chain Molecules Predominating
in the Ordered Mesophase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Akihiro Abe
Helical Polymer–Metal Complexes: The Role of Metal Ions on
the Helicity and the Supramolecular Architecture of
Poly(phenylacetylene)s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Felix Freire, Jose ´ Manuel Seco, Emilio Quin ˜oa, and Ricardo Riguera
Green Polymer Chemistry: Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Shiro Kobayashi
From Biocompatible to Biodegradable: Poly(Ethylene Glycol)s with
Predetermined Breaking Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Carsten Dingels and Holger Frey
Chain-Growth Condensation Polymerization for Controlled
Synthesis of Polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Yoshihiro Ohta and Tsutomu Yokozawa
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