Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Contributors.- Part 1. Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP).- From Mechanism and Kinetics to Precise ATRP Synthesis; L. Mueller et al.- Polyelectrolyte Stars and Cylindrical Brushes made by ATRP: New Building Blocks in Nanotechnology; M. Ballauff, H.E. Müller.- Synthesis of smart materials by atom transfer Radical polymerization of oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate; J.-F. Lutz.- New polymers with optoelectronic properties by combination of ATRP, ROP and coupling processes; D.G. Colak et al.- Part 2. Click chemistry.- Synthesis of functionalised aliphatic polyesters by 'click' copper-catalysed alkyne-azide Cycloaddition; P. Lecomte et al.- Exploration of 'click' chemistry for Microelectronic applications; O.M. Musa, I.M. Sridhar.- From novel block-like copolymers to reactive nanoparticles: ATRP and 'click' chemistry as Synthetic tools; W. v.d. Camp et al.- Polymer- and colloid-functionalization using A combination of ATRP and click chemistry; Z. Zarafshani, J.F. Lutz; Click chemistry and step-growth polymerization: The ideal combination for the rejuvenation of industrial polymers; D. Fournier et al.- Part 3. Anionic polymerization.- New amphiphilic nanostructures based on block terpolymers by anionic polymerization; F. Schacher et al.- Epoxide activated anionic polymerization: Application to the synthesis of (co)polyethers with controlled structure and tuned properties; A. Labbe et al.- Design of smart comb macromolecules by Combination of living anionic and cationic polymerizations; F. Ariura et al.- Smart materials from living polypeptides; H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis.- Part 4. Ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP).- ROMP: the method of choice for precise Macromolecular engineering and synthesis of Smart materials; E. Khosravi et al.- Synthesis of fluorine-18 functionalised Nanoparticles for use as in vivo molecular Imaging agents; J.B. Matson, R.H. Grubbs.- Polymeric monoliths: novel materials for separation science, heterogeneous catalysis and regenerative medicine; M.R. Buchmeiser.- Synthesis of biodegradable materials and chemical sensors via ROMP; E. Khosravi et al.- Ruthenium catalysts bearing o-chelating carboxylate ligand: potential chemo-switchable ROMP catalysts; R. Gawin, K. Grela.- Design and application of latent olefin metathesis catalysts featuring s-chelating alkylidene ligands; A. Szadkowska, K. Grela.- Novel cyclopolymerization derived conjugated polyenes: smart materials for electronics and sensors; M.R. Buchmeiser.- New membrane materials via catalytic polymerization of bis(trimethylsilyl) substituted norbornene type monomers; M.V. Bermeshev et al.- Part 5. Other polymerization methods.- Light induced processes for the synthesis of polymers with complex structures; Y.Y. Durmaz et al.- Recent advances in the functionalization of aliphatic polyesters by ring-opening polymerization; P. Lecomte, C. Jerome.- Thermally degradable maleimides for reworkable adhesives; O.M. Musa et al.- Polyurethanes with metal chelate fragments in the backbone and with coordination metal compounds nanostructured systems; Y. Savelyev.- Nanostrustured self-assembling systems based on functional poly(urethane/siloxane)s; Y. Savelyev.- Cu-containing polymer nanocomposites on the basis of some (co)polymers obtained using novel non-metallocene type ti-containing catalysts Cu-containing polymer nanocomposite; E. Kalbaliyeva et al.- Subject Index.-