The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science.
The goal of each thematic volume is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific audience.
Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years are presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. The coverage is not intended to be an exhaustive summary of the field or include large quantities of data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the methodological thinking that will allow the non-specialist reader to understand the information presented. Contributions also offer an outlook on potential future developments in the field.
Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the volume editors.
Readership: research chemists at universities or in industry, graduate students.

Responsive Polymers as Sensors, Muscles, and Self-Healing Materials.- Mechanocatalysis.- Theoretical approaches for understanding the interplay between stress and chemical reactivity.- Mechanochemistry in polymers with supramolecular mechanophores.- Macromolecular engines by AFM.- Molecular Mechanochemistry.- Mechanical properties and failure of biopolymers: Atomistic reactions to macroscale response.- Mechanochemistry of topologically complex polymer systems.- Understanding the directionality of molecular machines: The importance of microscopic reversibility.- Supramolecular Chemistry and Mechanochemistry of Macromolecules at the Single Chain Level - An Approach by Single-molecule Force Spectroscopy.- The interplay of mechanochemistry and sonochemistry.