
The Chemistry of Radical Polymerization
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Key Features
- An excellent text suitable for graduates in polymer chemistry and a reference source for researchers and practitioners in radical polymerization
- Seven chapters revised and updated with eight years of new research
- A new chapter devoted to the growing field of living radical polymerization
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Table of Contents
- 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 References2 RADICAL REACTIONS
2.1.Introduction
2.2 Properties of Radicals
2.3 Addition to Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds
2.4 Hydrogen Atom Transfer
2.5 Radical-Radical Reactions
2.6 References3 INITIATION
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Initiation Process
3.3 The Initiators
3.4 The Radicals
3.5 Techniques
3.6 References4 PROPAGATION
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Stereosequence Isomerism - Tacticity
4.3 Regiosequence Isomerism - Head vs Tail Addition
4.4 Structural Isomerism - Rearrangement
4.5 Propagation Kinetics and Thermodynamics
4.6 References5 TERMINATION
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Radical-Radical Termination
5.3 Inhibition and Retardation
5.4 References6 CHAIN TRANSFER
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Chain Transfer
6.3 References7 COPOLYMERIZATION
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Copolymer Depiction
7.3 Propagation in Statistical
7.4 Termination in Statistical Copolymerization
7.5 Functional and End-Functional Polymers
7.6 Block & Graft Copolymerization
7.7 References8 CONTROLLING POLYMERIZATION
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Controlling Structural Irregularities
8.3 Controlling Propagation
8.4 References9 LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Agents Providing Reversible Deactivation
9.3 Deactivation by Reversible Coupling and Unimolecular Activation
9.4 Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
9.5 Reversible Chain Transfer
9.6 Living Radical Copolymerization
9.7 End-Functional Polymers
9.8 Block Copolymers
9.9 Star Polymers
9.10 Graft Copolymers/Polymer Brushes
9.11 Outlook for Living Radical Polymerzation
9.12 References
Product details
- No. of pages: 665
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2005
- Published: December 6, 2005
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780080454795
About the Authors
Graeme Moad
Chief Research Scientist, Materials Science and Engineering
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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D.H. Solomon
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