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We are delighted to welcome Professor Hatice Mutlu to the Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board as an Associate Editor!
Hatice’s area of research focus on green polymer synthesis, light-driven polymerization and circular materials design.
Submit your manuscript to Hatice: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/py
Hatice’s area of research focus on green polymer synthesis, light-driven polymerization and circular materials design.
Submit your manuscript to Hatice: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/py
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We are delighted to welcome Professor Hatice Mutlu to the Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board as an Associate Editor!
Hatice’s area of research focus on green polymer synthesis, light-driven polymerization and circular materials design.
Submit your manuscript to Hatice: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/py
Hatice’s area of research focus on green polymer synthesis, light-driven polymerization and circular materials design.
Submit your manuscript to Hatice: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/py
Issue 44 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read!
See cover artwork from Elisabeth Rossegger et al. representing their #OpenAccess research on the synthesis of tetramethylguanidine-based photobase generators
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
#Photobases #DynamicPolymerNetworks #PolymerSynthesis
See cover artwork from Elisabeth Rossegger et al. representing their #OpenAccess research on the synthesis of tetramethylguanidine-based photobase generators
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
#Photobases #DynamicPolymerNetworks #PolymerSynthesis
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Issue 44 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read!
See cover artwork from Elisabeth Rossegger et al. representing their #OpenAccess research on the synthesis of tetramethylguanidine-based photobase generators
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
#Photobases #DynamicPolymerNetworks #PolymerSynthesis
See cover artwork from Elisabeth Rossegger et al. representing their #OpenAccess research on the synthesis of tetramethylguanidine-based photobase generators
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
#Photobases #DynamicPolymerNetworks #PolymerSynthesis
Take a look at issue 43 of Polymer Chemistry now!
The artwork for this issue was created by Tianbai Xiong, Jia Wang, Xin Wang et al. representing their work on ambient and metal-free cross-coupling polymerization, for the synthesis of polyarylacrylonitriles
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The artwork for this issue was created by Tianbai Xiong, Jia Wang, Xin Wang et al. representing their work on ambient and metal-free cross-coupling polymerization, for the synthesis of polyarylacrylonitriles
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Take a look at issue 43 of Polymer Chemistry now!
The artwork for this issue was created by Tianbai Xiong, Jia Wang, Xin Wang et al. representing their work on ambient and metal-free cross-coupling polymerization, for the synthesis of polyarylacrylonitriles
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
The artwork for this issue was created by Tianbai Xiong, Jia Wang, Xin Wang et al. representing their work on ambient and metal-free cross-coupling polymerization, for the synthesis of polyarylacrylonitriles
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Issue 41 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Takehiro Kawauchi et al.
See their work on modulating the luminescence properties of coronene molecules via inclusion complex formation with helical syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on modulating the luminescence properties of coronene molecules via inclusion complex formation with helical syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Issue 41 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Takehiro Kawauchi et al.
See their work on modulating the luminescence properties of coronene molecules via inclusion complex formation with helical syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on modulating the luminescence properties of coronene molecules via inclusion complex formation with helical syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
We're now accepting nominations for the 2026 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship!
This award celebrates an early-career scientist making waves in the polymer field.
Learn more about the lectureship, including eligibility criteria and how to nominate, on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/10/2...
This award celebrates an early-career scientist making waves in the polymer field.
Learn more about the lectureship, including eligibility criteria and how to nominate, on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/10/2...
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We're now accepting nominations for the 2026 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship!
This award celebrates an early-career scientist making waves in the polymer field.
Learn more about the lectureship, including eligibility criteria and how to nominate, on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/10/2...
This award celebrates an early-career scientist making waves in the polymer field.
Learn more about the lectureship, including eligibility criteria and how to nominate, on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/10/2...
Issue 40 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Yu Jia, Nao Harada, Toru Wada, Yuushou Nakayama, Takeshi Shiono and Ryo Tanaka
See their work on a cocatalyst approach for tuning polyolefin branching 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on a cocatalyst approach for tuning polyolefin branching 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Issue 40 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Yu Jia, Nao Harada, Toru Wada, Yuushou Nakayama, Takeshi Shiono and Ryo Tanaka
See their work on a cocatalyst approach for tuning polyolefin branching 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on a cocatalyst approach for tuning polyolefin branching 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) 🏆
Free to read until the end of November 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Free to read until the end of November 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
October 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) 🏆
Free to read until the end of November 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Free to read until the end of November 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Issue 39 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Tadashi Naito, Ryohei Ogawa and Yusuke Mizobuchi.
See their work on designing degradable polyethylene copolymers through selective ethylene–butadiene copolymerization
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on designing degradable polyethylene copolymers through selective ethylene–butadiene copolymerization
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Issue 39 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Tadashi Naito, Ryohei Ogawa and Yusuke Mizobuchi.
See their work on designing degradable polyethylene copolymers through selective ethylene–butadiene copolymerization
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on designing degradable polyethylene copolymers through selective ethylene–butadiene copolymerization
🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Issue 38 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Manman Jia, Dongmei Yue et al.
See their work on the 'Preparation of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber with pendant vinyl groups and its post-functionalization via cross-metathesis'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on the 'Preparation of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber with pendant vinyl groups and its post-functionalization via cross-metathesis'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Issue 38 of Polymer Chemistry is now available to read, featuring cover artwork by Manman Jia, Dongmei Yue et al.
See their work on the 'Preparation of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber with pendant vinyl groups and its post-functionalization via cross-metathesis'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
See their work on the 'Preparation of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber with pendant vinyl groups and its post-functionalization via cross-metathesis'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Check out the cover artwork by Maxime Michelas, Nathaniel Corrigan and Cyrille Boyer celebrating their article featured in the Polymer Chemistry 15th anniversary collection.
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Explore the anniversary collection
🎂 rsc.li/PY-15thAnniv...
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Explore the anniversary collection
🎂 rsc.li/PY-15thAnniv...
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Check out the cover artwork by Maxime Michelas, Nathaniel Corrigan and Cyrille Boyer celebrating their article featured in the Polymer Chemistry 15th anniversary collection.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Explore the anniversary collection
🎂 rsc.li/PY-15thAnniv...
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Explore the anniversary collection
🎂 rsc.li/PY-15thAnniv...
Don't miss Polymer Chemistry issue 36, featuring beautiful artwork from Yasuhiro Kohsaka, Taichi Yoshidab and Natsumi Nishiie, representing their article "Poly(bridged bicycle)s synthesized via cyclopolymerization of cyclic diacrylates"
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September 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Don't miss Polymer Chemistry issue 36, featuring beautiful artwork from Yasuhiro Kohsaka, Taichi Yoshidab and Natsumi Nishiie, representing their article "Poly(bridged bicycle)s synthesized via cyclopolymerization of cyclic diacrylates"
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Don't miss Polymer Chemistry Issue 35, with artwork from the #OrtylPhotoLab!
Check out their #OpenAccess article "A thiol-functional amine synergist as a co-initiator for DLP 3D printing applications" by Magdalena Jankowska, Özge Özükanar, Emrah Çakmakçi and Joanna Ortyl
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Check out their #OpenAccess article "A thiol-functional amine synergist as a co-initiator for DLP 3D printing applications" by Magdalena Jankowska, Özge Özükanar, Emrah Çakmakçi and Joanna Ortyl
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
September 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Don't miss Polymer Chemistry Issue 35, with artwork from the #OrtylPhotoLab!
Check out their #OpenAccess article "A thiol-functional amine synergist as a co-initiator for DLP 3D printing applications" by Magdalena Jankowska, Özge Özükanar, Emrah Çakmakçi and Joanna Ortyl
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Check out their #OpenAccess article "A thiol-functional amine synergist as a co-initiator for DLP 3D printing applications" by Magdalena Jankowska, Özge Özükanar, Emrah Çakmakçi and Joanna Ortyl
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Check out the cover article for Polymer Chemistry Issue 33!
'Hydrosilylation-derived silicon-containing hydrocarbon-based polymers exhibiting ultralow dielectric losses and high thermal stabilities', by Yuka Azuma, Teruaki Hayakawa et al.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
'Hydrosilylation-derived silicon-containing hydrocarbon-based polymers exhibiting ultralow dielectric losses and high thermal stabilities', by Yuka Azuma, Teruaki Hayakawa et al.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
August 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Check out the cover article for Polymer Chemistry Issue 33!
'Hydrosilylation-derived silicon-containing hydrocarbon-based polymers exhibiting ultralow dielectric losses and high thermal stabilities', by Yuka Azuma, Teruaki Hayakawa et al.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
'Hydrosilylation-derived silicon-containing hydrocarbon-based polymers exhibiting ultralow dielectric losses and high thermal stabilities', by Yuka Azuma, Teruaki Hayakawa et al.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
🧪 Check out Polymer Chemistry’s 2025 Open Access articles👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Featuring innovative approaches for controlling and optimising polymer synthesis. Check out the articles below.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #AI #RAFT
Featuring innovative approaches for controlling and optimising polymer synthesis. Check out the articles below.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #AI #RAFT
August 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🧪 Check out Polymer Chemistry’s 2025 Open Access articles👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Featuring innovative approaches for controlling and optimising polymer synthesis. Check out the articles below.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #AI #RAFT
Featuring innovative approaches for controlling and optimising polymer synthesis. Check out the articles below.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #AI #RAFT
We have now published our 'Outstanding Reviewers for Polymer Chemistry in 2024' Editorial!
You can read the Editorial here: doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Thank you to all of our reviewers for helping to preserve quality and integrity in the Polymer Chemistry literature.
🧪 #Polymers
You can read the Editorial here: doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Thank you to all of our reviewers for helping to preserve quality and integrity in the Polymer Chemistry literature.
🧪 #Polymers
August 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We have now published our 'Outstanding Reviewers for Polymer Chemistry in 2024' Editorial!
You can read the Editorial here: doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Thank you to all of our reviewers for helping to preserve quality and integrity in the Polymer Chemistry literature.
🧪 #Polymers
You can read the Editorial here: doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Thank you to all of our reviewers for helping to preserve quality and integrity in the Polymer Chemistry literature.
🧪 #Polymers
🧪 We are very pleased to present this themed collection on Polymers for Gene Delivery! 🧪
All papers are FREE to read until August 31st
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
All papers are FREE to read until August 31st
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🧪 We are very pleased to present this themed collection on Polymers for Gene Delivery! 🧪
All papers are FREE to read until August 31st
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
All papers are FREE to read until August 31st
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
🧪 Check out Polymer Chemistry’s 2025 Open Access articles👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
See below for exciting research on greener and recyclable polymers.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #GreenPolymers #RecyclablePolymers #SustainablePolymers
See below for exciting research on greener and recyclable polymers.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #GreenPolymers #RecyclablePolymers #SustainablePolymers
August 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🧪 Check out Polymer Chemistry’s 2025 Open Access articles👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
See below for exciting research on greener and recyclable polymers.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #GreenPolymers #RecyclablePolymers #SustainablePolymers
See below for exciting research on greener and recyclable polymers.
#OpenAccess #Polymers #GreenPolymers #RecyclablePolymers #SustainablePolymers
We've collated Polymer Chemistry’s 2025 Open Access articles into a single collection for easy access!
Check out the full collection here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Featuring exciting research co-authored by some of our Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board members ⬇️
Check out the full collection here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Featuring exciting research co-authored by some of our Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board members ⬇️
August 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We've collated Polymer Chemistry’s 2025 Open Access articles into a single collection for easy access!
Check out the full collection here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Featuring exciting research co-authored by some of our Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board members ⬇️
Check out the full collection here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Featuring exciting research co-authored by some of our Polymer Chemistry Editorial Board members ⬇️
We're delighted to be welcoming submissions to a themed collection on Data Science and Machine Learning in Polymer Research!
Guest edited by Prof Nicholas Warren and Prof Ying Li
Learn more about the collection, including how to submit, here 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/07/3...
Guest edited by Prof Nicholas Warren and Prof Ying Li
Learn more about the collection, including how to submit, here 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/07/3...
July 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We're delighted to be welcoming submissions to a themed collection on Data Science and Machine Learning in Polymer Research!
Guest edited by Prof Nicholas Warren and Prof Ying Li
Learn more about the collection, including how to submit, here 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/07/3...
Guest edited by Prof Nicholas Warren and Prof Ying Li
Learn more about the collection, including how to submit, here 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/07/3...
⭐Congratulations to our poster prizes winners at the European Polymer Congress held in The Netherlands in June, sponsored by Polymer Chemistry and RSC Applied Polymers⭐
Well done to Malak Jaber (pictured) and Gkreti Manesi for some really insightful posters!
Well done to Malak Jaber (pictured) and Gkreti Manesi for some really insightful posters!
July 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
⭐Congratulations to our poster prizes winners at the European Polymer Congress held in The Netherlands in June, sponsored by Polymer Chemistry and RSC Applied Polymers⭐
Well done to Malak Jaber (pictured) and Gkreti Manesi for some really insightful posters!
Well done to Malak Jaber (pictured) and Gkreti Manesi for some really insightful posters!
We've collated all our recent #OpenAccess content into one place for easy access!
Find the full collection here 👉https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=py&themeid=47a8163b-2242-4717-9104-341d81e32a11
Find the full collection here 👉https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=py&themeid=47a8163b-2242-4717-9104-341d81e32a11
July 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We've collated all our recent #OpenAccess content into one place for easy access!
Find the full collection here 👉https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=py&themeid=47a8163b-2242-4717-9104-341d81e32a11
Find the full collection here 👉https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=py&themeid=47a8163b-2242-4717-9104-341d81e32a11
We are delighted to announce that Frank Leibfarth (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US) has been awarded the 2025 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship!
Don't miss our interview with Frank where we discuss his research in more detail 👉 lnkd.in/emAzEPqV
Please join us in congratulating Frank! 🏆
Don't miss our interview with Frank where we discuss his research in more detail 👉 lnkd.in/emAzEPqV
Please join us in congratulating Frank! 🏆
July 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We are delighted to announce that Frank Leibfarth (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US) has been awarded the 2025 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship!
Don't miss our interview with Frank where we discuss his research in more detail 👉 lnkd.in/emAzEPqV
Please join us in congratulating Frank! 🏆
Don't miss our interview with Frank where we discuss his research in more detail 👉 lnkd.in/emAzEPqV
Please join us in congratulating Frank! 🏆
All papers in our themed collection on Polymers for Gene Delivery are now FREE to read until July 31st!
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
Read the editorial put together by our Guest Editors. Read their thoughts on this collection of great work ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
Read the editorial put together by our Guest Editors. Read their thoughts on this collection of great work ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
June 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
All papers in our themed collection on Polymers for Gene Delivery are now FREE to read until July 31st!
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
Read the editorial put together by our Guest Editors. Read their thoughts on this collection of great work ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
Read the editorial put together by our Guest Editors. Read their thoughts on this collection of great work ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Make sure to check out the Editorial for our Polymers for Gene Delivery collection from Guest Editors Sébastien Perrier, Youqing Shen, Zhuxian Zhou, Todd Emerick, and Marxa Figueiredo!
Read their thoughts on this great collection⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Read the collection⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
Read their thoughts on this great collection⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Read the collection⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
May 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Make sure to check out the Editorial for our Polymers for Gene Delivery collection from Guest Editors Sébastien Perrier, Youqing Shen, Zhuxian Zhou, Todd Emerick, and Marxa Figueiredo!
Read their thoughts on this great collection⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Read the collection⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
Read their thoughts on this great collection⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
Read the collection⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
⭐ We are pleased to present the themed collection on Polymers for Gene Delivery ⭐
All papers are FREE to read until June 23rd!
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
The Guest Editors have written an Editorial introducing the collection, read their thoughts here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
All papers are FREE to read until June 23rd!
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
The Guest Editors have written an Editorial introducing the collection, read their thoughts here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
May 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
⭐ We are pleased to present the themed collection on Polymers for Gene Delivery ⭐
All papers are FREE to read until June 23rd!
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
The Guest Editors have written an Editorial introducing the collection, read their thoughts here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...
All papers are FREE to read until June 23rd!
Read the papers here ⬇️
rsc.li/gene_delivery
The Guest Editors have written an Editorial introducing the collection, read their thoughts here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1039/D5PY...