| POLYMERS Vol.63 No.3 |
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COVER STORY Catalysts in Polymer Science: A Key to New Catalysis |
| Starting with Ziegler-Natta catalysts for coordination olefin polymerization, literally thousands of metal catalysts have been developed and in turn led to novel polymerization methodologies, as symbolized, for example, by ring-opening metathesis and living radical polymerizations. Equally important, these developments in fact inspired the interdisciplinary research and the synergy between polymer science and organometallic chemistry or other related fields. Such a history vividly tells us about the importance of “catalysts” in polymer science. This lesson is still with us, and in recent years we are now witnessing emergence of new generations of catalysts, “organocatalysts” in particular, which do not rely on metals but uniquely catalyze polymerization and would be related to enzymes in our body or in nature. >From this viewpoint, polymers designed for catalysts or catalyst ligands will also be important in the future. This issue thus focuses on “catalysts in polymer science”, featuring new trends in catalyst-related research: advanced catalysts for polymerization, polymer catalysts, enzyme-like catalysts, etc. Editors: OUCHI, ASANUMA, KIDA, and NISHIHARA |
| Digest for English Readers | 154
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| Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ | 158
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| Commentary |
| Catalysts in Polymer Science: the Promise of Precision | Robert H. Grubbs | 159
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| COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews |
| Next-Genetation Chiral Catalysts on Basis of Helical Polymers | Michinori SUGINOME | 160
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| Metal Nanoparticles Stabilized by Functionalized Hyperbranched Polymers for Catalysis | Hideo NAGASHIMA | 163 |
| Recent Developments in Rare Earth-Catalyzed Precision Copolymerization | Masayoshi NISHIURA, Zhaomin HOU | 166 |
| PolyMANGA | 169 |
| COVER STORY: Topics and Products |
| Polymer-Immobilized Asymmetric Catalyst | Shinichi ITSUNO | 170 |
| Artificial Metalloenzymes | Takafumi UENO | 172 |
| Preparation of Polymers by Using Cyclodextrins as Catalysts | Akira HARADA, Yoshinori TAKASHIMA | 174 |
| Z -Selective Olefin Metathesis Catalysts and Their Applications | Koji ENDO, Robert H. Grubbs | 176 |
| Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account |
| Reason for Melittin | Yu HOSHINO | 178 |
| Messages: “Work and Life” |
| The Third Questionnaire Research on the Actual Situation of Gender-Equality in Science and Engineering | Eriko SATO | 179
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| Front-Line Polymer Science |
| Recent Trends of Gelators | Kenji HANABUSA | 180
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| PolySCHOLA | Takahiro SATO | 185 |
| From My Bookshelf | Masahito SANO / Kazuki SADA | 189 |
| Messages from SPSJ | 190 |
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