Over the last ten years, the development of synthetic polymers containing controlled monomer sequences has become a prominent topic in fundamental and applied polymer science. This emerging area is particularly broad and combines classical polymer chemistry tools with techniques imported from other domains such as biology, biochemistry, organic synthesis, engineering, and bioanalytics. Consequently, it also generates new structures, terminologies, and applications that are not within the traditional scope of polymer science. The term “sequence‐controlled polymers” (SCPs) was recently proposed as a generic name to describe all these recent trends. However, since the field of SCPs has been growing very rapidly in recent literature, it is urgent to accurately define its scientific frontiers. In this important context, this review is an attempt to define, rationalize, and classify the field of SCPs. In particular, all synthetic approaches that have been reported for the synthesis of SCPs are discussed and categorized. In addition, the characterization tools, properties, and potential applications of these new polymers are described herein. Overall, this review serves as a reference guide for understanding the burgeoning field of SCPs.

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定义序列控制聚合物的领域

在过去的十年中，包含受控单体序列的合成聚合物的开发已成为基础和应用聚合物科学中的重要课题。这个新兴领域特别广阔，将经典的聚合物化学工具与从其他领域（例如生物学，生物化学，有机合成，工程学和生物分析）导入的技术结合在一起。因此，它还产生了不在聚合物科学传统范围内的新结构，术语和应用。最近提出了“序列控制聚合物”（SCPs）一词作为描述所有这些近期趋势的通用名称。但是，由于SCP的领域在最近的文献中发展非常迅速，因此迫切需要准确地定义其科学领域。在这个重要的背景下，这次审查是试图定义，合理化和分类SCP的领域。特别是，已讨论并归类了已报告的用于SCP合成的所有合成方法。另外，本文描述了这些新聚合物的表征工具，性质和潜在应用。总体而言，此评论可作为了解SCP新兴领域的参考指南。