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Richard G. Jones
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University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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Wataru Ando
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Dow Corning Asia Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
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Julian Chojnowski
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Polish Academy of Sciences, Lódz, Poland
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Polysiloxanes
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- Georges Belorgey, Georges Sauvet
Pages 43-78
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- B. Boutevin, F. Guida-Pietrasanta, A. Ratsimihety
Pages 79-112
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- Ronald H. Baney, Xinyu Cao
Pages 157-184
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- Daniel Graiver, Gordon Fearon
Pages 233-243
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Polycarbosilanes and Polysilazanes
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Front Matter
Pages 245-245
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- L. V. Interrante, Q. Shen
Pages 247-321
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Polysilanes and Related Polymers
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Front Matter
Pages 351-351
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- Richard G. Jones, Simon J. Holder
Pages 353-373
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- Hideki Sakurai, Masaru Yoshida
Pages 375-399
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- Graham M. Gray, Joyce Y. Corey
Pages 401-418
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- Michael J. Went, Hideki Sakurai, Takanobu Sanji
Pages 419-437
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- Masato Tanaka, Yasuo Hatanaka
Pages 439-460
About this book
BACKGROUND Polysiloxanes have chains constructed of alternately arranged silicon and oxygen atoms with organic groups attached to the silicon atoms. This structure gives them a unique combination of properties that hold great interest for a host of practical applications. Although they have been known and manufactured for many years, their applications continue to expand rapidly and this boosts progress in the generation of new and modified polysiloxanes. Polysiloxanes constitute the oldf'"' known class of silicon-based polymers and the broadest one when viewed in terms of the variety of structures differing in topology and the constitution of organic substituents. There are also many and various types of siloxane copolymers, some of purely siloxane structure and others of siloxane-organic composition. There is no doubt that polysiloxanes are the most technologically important silicon-based polymers. The broad class of model materials known as silicones is based on polysiloxanes. They are also the best known, as most research in the area of silicon polymers has for many years been directed towards the synthesis of new polysiloxanes, to understanding their properties and to extending their applications.
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`This book is a first class example of its type. It presents a massive amount of information in a very well organized way and will certainly stimulate yet more studies in its already intensively worked field. At today's prices it represents good value, and can be warmly recommended.'
Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 15(2001)
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Richard G. Jones
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Dow Corning Asia Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
Wataru Ando
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Polish Academy of Sciences, Lódz, Poland
Julian Chojnowski
