Macromolecular design of polymeric materials / edited by Koichi Hatada , Tatsuki Kitayama , Otto Vogl.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary 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.

Table of Contents Rational design of well-defined polymeric materials Part 1 Control of polymerization toward molecular design of polymers Structural control by living radical polymerization Living cationic polymerization - design of polymerization and macromolecular structure Macromolecular engineering by carbocationic polymers by living anionic polymerization Controlled polymer synthesis with metalloporphyrins Group transfer polymerization for controlled polymer architecture Industrial