Video Abstract: Shining a Light on Click Chemistry

A group at Barner-Kowollik (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) report on using a photo-induced Diels-Alder reaction for the modular construction of a block copolymer at ambient temperature. The new method provides a proof-of-principle that for the first time a means for the highly efficient conjugation of two polymeric building blocks triggered by light has been devised. This concept opens the door to variable applications, such as the locally constrained surface grafting of...