Click chemistry describes organic reactions which are highly efficient, regioselective and allow for mild reaction conditions. The archetypal click reaction of Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) is used in many diverse areas and has been extensively developed for polymer synthesis, leading to the term of click polymerization. This technique enables the preparation of functional polymers with linear and topological structures that have the potential to be used in optoelectronics and biological fields.

Edited by world renowned experts, Click Polymerization is the first book to comprehensively summarize this approach to polymer synthesis consolidating all the different reaction types in one resource. From the basic knowledge through to the latest developments in synthesis, chapters include transition-metal catalysed and metal-free azide-alkyne click polymerizations as well as thiol-ene, thiol-yne and thiol-epoxy click polymerizations.

The book provides an authoritative guide to click polymerization techniques for graduate students and researchers interested in polymer chemistry and materials science.

>700 papers and his papers have been cited by peers for >20,000 times with an H index of 87. He has delivered >200 invited lectures at international conferences. He is serving as a News Contributor to Noteworthy Chemistry (ACS) and Editor-in-Chief of Polymer Chemistry Series and Associate Editor of Polymer Chemistry (RSC).

Anjun Qin received his BS and PhD degrees from Shanxi University and Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999 and 2004, respectively. He did his postdoctoral research at The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and Zhejiang University in 2005-2008. He joined Zhejiang University as an Associate Professor in 2008 and moved to South China University of Technology (SCUT) with promotion to Full Professor in 2013. He has published 160 papers and his papers have been cited by peers about 3700 times with an H index of 38. He was awarded the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars in 2012.

Overview of Click Polymerization; Transition Metal-catalyzed Click Polymerization; Metal-free Azide-Alkyne Click Polymerization; Catalyst-free Click Polymerization Using Nitrile N-Oxides Applicable to Various Dipolarophiles; Thiol-yne Click Polymerization; Thiol-epoxy and Amine-epoxy 'Click' Polymerizations; Multicomponent Polymerization Mediated by Click Chemistry