SCOPE | OBJECTIVES| TOPICS   

Scope     

With the extension of living polymerization reactions the need for appropriate functionalization methods after polymerization has increased, resulting in search for efficient post-functionalization methods of polymers and oligomers. B. Sharpless in 2001 has formulated “click”-chemistry as a subset of highly efficient chemical reactions to this purpose, coining the term “click”-chemistry for a set of highly efficient, solvent insensitive and nearly substrate-insensitive reactions. Subsequently, “click”-chemistry has become a valuable tool in polymer science for the efficient linkage of functional entities, oligomers or polymers, yielding access to functional homo-, block-, star-, graft-polymers as well as higher polymeric architectures (dendrimers, hyperbranched polymers, supramolecular polymers, gels, polymer brushes). Besides other efficient-“click”-reactions, the copper-(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar-azide/alkyne-cycloaddition reaction has emerged as the method of choice to this and related purposes. Now, more complex molecules and materials can be approached in cases, where in earlier times longer experiments and planning had been required. With “azide-alkyne-click-chemistry” in hand, polymer chemistry now approaches the level of small-molecule organic chemistry in terms of functional broadness, structural integrity and molecular addressability.

Objectives     

The EUPOC conference will bring together experts in the field of “click”-chemistry and the exploitation for the generation of complex macromolecular architectures and functional surfaces and interfaces. The impact of “click”-reactions for the generation of functional polymers, useful in supramolecular assembly-processes and nanoscience, for the generation of functional materials and surfaces as well as industrial processes should be highlighted and discussed. The goal is the achievement of a broad exchange of scientific knowledge between synthetic polymer chemists, material scientists and surface experts to generate a broad context between simple synthetic strategies by “click”-chemistry approaches and the resulting functional material.

Topics     

• Combining living polymerization with "click"-chemistry
   
• Synthesis of complex polymeric architectures via "Click-reactions"
   
• High-yielding "click"-chemistry for efficient surface modification
   
• Applications of "click"-chemistry in nano- and material science
   
• Developing new chemical concepts in "click"-chemistry
   
• Hybrid- and biopolymers via "click"-reactions