Correspondence Olivier Coulembier, Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM), Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000 Mons, Belgium. Email: olivier.coulembier@umons.ac.be Abstract Since the time first synthetic macrocycles were observed as academic curiosities, great advances have been made. Thanks to the development of controlled polymerization processes, new catalytic systems and characterization techniques during the last decades, well-defined cyclic polymers are now readily accessible. This further permits the determination of their unique set of properties, mainly due to their lack of chain ends, and their use for industrial applications can now be foreshadowed. This review aims to give an overview on the recent progresses in the field of ring polymers to this day. The current state of the art of the preparation of cyclic polymers, the challenges related to it such as the purification of the samples and the scalability of the synthetic processes, the properties arising from the cyclic topology and the potential use of cyclobased polymers for biomedical applications are as many topics covered in this review.

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环状聚合物：合成、性质和生物医学应用的进展

通讯 Olivier Coulembier，聚合物和复合材料实验室 (LPCM)，材料和聚合物创新与研究中心 (CIRMAP)，蒙斯大学，23 Place du Parc，B-7000 Mons，比利时。电子邮件：olivier.coulembier@umons.ac.be 摘要 自从第一个合成大环被观察为学术奇观以来，已经取得了巨大的进步。由于过去几十年中可控聚合工艺、新催化系统和表征技术的发展，现在很容易获得定义明确的环状聚合物。这进一步允许确定它们独特的一组性质，主要是由于它们没有链端，现在可以预示它们在工业应用中的应用。本综述旨在概述迄今为止环状聚合物领域的最新进展。环状聚合物制备的当前技术水平，与之相关的挑战，例如样品的纯化和合成过程的可扩展性，环状拓扑结构产生的特性以及环基聚合物在生物医学应用中的潜在用途与本评论中涵盖的主题一样多。