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Radicals and Dormant Species in Biology and Polymer Chemistry
Author(s) -
Chatgilialoglu Chryssostomos,
Ferreri Carla,
Matyjaszewski Krzysztof
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201500271
Subject(s) - radical , chemical biology , nanotechnology , synthetic biology , chemistry , biochemical engineering , biology , computational biology , organic chemistry , materials science , engineering , biochemistry
This Review is focused on radicals and dormant species in biology and polymer chemistry. The past two decades have witnessed significant advances in understanding the role, and methods of creation and control, of free radicals in biology and polymer chemistry. The progress reached in both areas has been enabled by the mechanistic understanding and fine‐tuning of the reactivity, selectivity, and persistency of the radical species in multistep processes. The multidisciplinary scientific scenario described in this Review can be useful not only to create bridges and networks between biologists and chemists, but also to provide science with diversity, thereby highlighting aspects of biology and chemical synthesis that are only apparently far from each other. This should also result in widened scientific horizons, thus triggering a transfer from research to innovation.