Overview
- Editors:
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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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Polysilanes and Related Polymers
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- Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Kohei Tamao
Pages 461-498
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- Nobuo Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hajime Miyazaki
Pages 531-552
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- Sophie Demoustier-Champagne, Jacques Devaux
Pages 553-573
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Special Topics
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Front Matter
Pages 575-575
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- Dominique Teyssié, Sylvie Boileau
Pages 593-613
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- Shane W. Krska, David Y. Son, Dietmar Seyferth
Pages 615-641
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- Michiya Fujiki, Julian R. Koe
Pages 643-665
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- R. J. P. Corriu, W. E. Douglas
Pages 667-695
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- François Schue, André Mas
Pages 727-742
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- E. Reichmanis, A. E. Novembre, O. Nalamasu, G. Dabbagh
Pages 743-761
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Back Matter
Pages 763-768
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