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Frontispiece: Contemporary Photoligation Chemistry: The Visible Light Challenge
Author(s) -
Offenloch Janin T.,
Gernhardt Marvin,
Blinco James P.,
Frisch Hendrik,
Mutlu Hatice,
BarnerKowollik Christopher
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201981561
Subject(s) - the renaissance , chemistry , realm , nanotechnology , controllability , polymer science , visible spectrum , catalysis , molecule , photochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , art history , art , optoelectronics , mathematics , political science , law
Catalyst‐free and bond‐forming light‐induced reactions have seen an unprecedented renaissance in the realm of soft matter materials science due to their efficiency, spatio‐temporal controllability and, sometimes, photoreversible nature. This Concept article by H. Frisch, H. Mutlu, C. Barner‐Kowollik et al. on page 3700 ff. introduces recent methods that lead to efficient, catalyst‐free visible‐light‐induced ligation chemistry based on polyaromatic substituted photoreactive compounds and, furthermore, emphasizes the broad and facile applicability of these molecules in polymeric material design.