“…In addition to inorganic materials such as silicon, metal, and carbon allotrope, organic polymer particles, films, and fibers can be now modified by surface-initiated living radical polymerization with a copper catalyst toward creation of novel surface-functionalized materials. The substrates are extended to wide variety of polymeric compounds, as shown in the following examples: (1) organic polymer particles polydivinylbenzene, divinylbenzene cross-linked polystyrene latex, polystyrene latex, Wang resin, Merrifield resin, and chitosan; (2) films nylon, poly(ethylene terephthalate), polyimide, polytetrafluoroethylene, poly(vinylidene fluoride), poly(vinyl chloride), and isotactic polypropylene; (3) fibers cellulose of filter paper. , Conveniently, the poly(vinylidene fluoride) and poly(vinyl chloride) films can directly initiate copper-catalyzed living radical polymerization without any extra introduction of initiating moieties. Thanks to the versatility of applicable monomers and solid surface substrates, metal-catalyzed system tremendously contributes new vistas to synthesis of surface-modified materials with unique functions.…”