Present the latest achievements in polymer science and technology, with emphasis on the design of macromolecular architecture, properties and functions of polymers, and higher order structures of polymeric materials. Part I overviews the rational design of well-defined polymeric materials. Part II covers living polymerization via radical, cationic, and anionic processes, as well as coordination polymerization of olefins and ring-opening polymerization. Part III treats the design of specialty polymers such as acrylics, fluoropolymers, polyurethanes, and conducting polymers. Part IV addresses the control of material properties of polymers and higher ordered structures of polymers, and Part V covers characterization of macromolecular architecture. For scientists and engineers in polymers, plastics, paint, ceramics, and optics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Providing a range of information on polymers and polymerization techniques, this text covers the gamut of polymer science from synthesis, structure and properties to function and applications. It analyzes speciality polymers, including acrylics, fluoropolymers, polysiplanes, polyphosphazenes, and inorganic and conducting polymers. The book examines the stereochemistry of polymerization and the stereoregularity of polymers.
