Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. His research focus is on macromolecular engineering via controlled/living polymerization techniques. He published 15 books, over 70 book chapters, 700 peer-reviewed publications and holds 40 US patents.Brent S. Sumerlin is the Harold Jeskey Trustee Associate Professor of Chemistry at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. His research is focused on responsive and water-soluble polymers, controlled polymerization techniques, and the applications of well-defined polymers in drug delivery and self-healing materials. He has published approximately 70 peer-reviewed publications and currently serves on the editorial boards of many of the top polymer journals.Nicolay V. Tsarevsky is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. His research interests include polymerization techniques, catalysis, functional materials, particularly for drug delivery applications, and the chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds. He has published over 65 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, a textbook, and is co-inventor on several patents.

• Preface ; 1. Controlled Radical Polymerization: State-of-the-Art in 2011 ; Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ; 2. The Mechanism of Stereoregulation in Free-Radical Polymerization of Bulky Methacrylates ; Isa Degirmenci, Benjamin B. Noble, Ching Yeh Lin, and Michelle L. Coote ; 3. Observations of Initial Steps of Radical Polymerizations by Time-Resolved and Steady-State Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy with the Aid of ATRP ; Atsushi Kajiwara ; 4. Terminal Monomer Units in Dormant and Active Copolymer Chains ; Lebohang Hlalele and Bert Klumperman ; 5. Possibilities for Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerizations ; Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen, Mustafa Ciftci, Mustafa Uygun, and Yusuf Yagci ; 6. Highly Efficient Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis Using Sequential Copper Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne [3+2] Cycloaddition and ATRA/ATRP ; Carolynne L. Ricardo and Tomislav Pintauer ; 7. Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions for Copper-Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization at Low Catalyst Concentration ; Shannon R. Woodruff, Brad J. Davis, and Nicolay V. Tsarevsky ; 8. Homobimetallic Ethylene? and Vinylidene?Ruthenium Complexes for ATRP ; Yannick Borguet, Lionel Delaude, and Albert Demonceau ; 9. Metal-Catalyzed Step-Growth Radical Polymerization of AA and BB Monomers for Monomer Sequence Regulation ; Kotaro Satoh, Tomohiro Abe, and Masami Kamigaito ; 10. Tuning Polymer Properties through Competitive Processes ; Dominik Konkolewicz, Dagmar R. D'hooge, Stanislaw Sosnowski, Ryszard Szymanski, Marie-Francoise Reyniers, Guy B. Marin, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski ; 11. ATRPases: Using Nature's Catalysts in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizations ; Gergely Kali, Tilana B. Silva, Severin J. Sigg, Farzad Seidi, Kasper Renggli, and Nico Bruns ; 12. ARGET ATRP of BMA and BA: Exploring Limitations at Low Copper Levels ; Kevin A. Payne, Michael F. Cunningham, and Robin A. Hutchinson ; 13. Adapting Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization to Industrial Scale Production: The Ultimate ATRPSM Technology ; Wojciech Jakubowski ; 14. Radical Coupling of Polymers Formed by Cobalt-Mediated Radical Polymerization ; Antoine Debuigne, Marie Hurtgen, Christine Jerome, and Christophe Detrembleur ; 15. Investigation of Bis(acetylacetonato)iron(II) as a Moderator for the Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate ; Zhigang Xue and Rinaldo Poli ; 16. Some Recent Developments in RAFT Polymerization ; Graeme Moad, Erika Bicciocchi, Ming Chen, John Chiefari, Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, Matthias Haeussler, Shadi Houshyar, Daniel Keddie, Ezio Rizzardo, San H. Thang, and John Tsanaktsidis ; 17. Aqueous RAFT/MADIX Polymerization: Same Monomers, New Polymers? ; Mathias Destarac, Issam Blidi, Olivier Coutelier, Aymeric Guinaudeau, Stephane Mazieres, Eric Van Gramberen, and James Wilson ; 18. Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization under Microwave Heating Conditions ; William L. A. Brooks and Brent S. Sumerlin ; 19. Kinetic Simulations of RAFT-Mediated Microemulsion Polymerizations of Styrene ; Zhongfan Jia and Michael J. Monteiro ; 20. Reversible Complexation Mediated Polymerization (RCMP) of Methyl Methacrylate ; Atsushi Goto, Yoshinobu Tsujii, and Hironori Kaji ; 21. Reverse Iodine Transfer Polymerization (RITP): From Kinetics and Mechanisms to Macromolecular Engineering ; Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes, Alejandro-Magno Villa-Hernandez, and David Rayeroux ; Editors' Biographies ; Indexes