POLYMERS Vol.68 No.2
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COVER STORY
Innovative Methodologies for Polymer Synthesis
Polymer industry was at times considered to become mature in terms of developing new materials. Therefore, new developments of high-value-added polymer materials are strongly desired in polymer industry. Under these circumstances, new methodologies to control molecular weight, regio- and stereoregularities, and monomer sequences grow increasingly important. In addition, it becomes more significant to develop polymerization processes that achieve unprecedented monomer scope. In this issue, we focus on the control of the polymer primary structure and the synthesis of new polymer materials by novel polymerization catalysts and polymerization processes.
Editors: NAKANO, OUCHI, and HOSHINO

Digest for English Readers
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Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ
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Commentary
Challenges in Polymer Synthesis Sadahito AOSHIMA
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COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews
Design of Polymerization Catalysts Based on Dinuclear Transition Metal Complexes Daisuke TAKEUCHI
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Polymer Synthesis via Metal-Catalyzed C-H Activation Masayoshi NISHIURA, Zhaomin HOU
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Cyclocopolymerization Based on Alternative Insertions of Isocyanide and Unsaturated Hydrocarbons into a Palladium-Carbon Bond Naoya KANBAYASHI, Kiyotaka ONITSUKA
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PolyMANGA
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COVER STORY: Topics and Products
Polymer Synthesis using N-Heterocyclic Carbene as the Initiator Akinori TAKASU
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Construction, Destruction, and Transformation of Polymer Main Chain by Conjugate Substitution of α-(Halomethyl)acrylates Yasuhiro KOHSAKA
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Catalyst Design Holds the Key to the Next-Generation Tire Materials Shojiro KAITA
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Polymer Synthesis with Multi-Component Reactions Ryohei KAKUCHI
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Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account
Coping Ability Training Eiji YUBA
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Messages: “Work and Life”
What Is a Better Choice? Akiyo OZAWA
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Front-Line Polymer Science
Living Anionic Polymerization~Development of New Monomers Takashi ISHIZONE, Raita GOSEKI
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Messages from SPSJ
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