Anionic Polymerization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Principles and Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Schlenk Techniques for Anionic Polymerization

      • Kedar Ratkanthwar, Junpeng Zhao, Hefeng Zhang, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Jimmy Mays

      Pages 3-18

   3. High Vacuum Techniques for Anionic Polymerization

      • Kedar Ratkanthwar, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Jimmy Mays

      Pages 19-59

   4. Nonpolar Monomers: Styrene and 1,3-Butadiene Derivatives

      • Akira Hirao, Katsuhiko Takenaka

      Pages 61-126

   5. Anionic Polymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers: Vinylpyridines, (Meth)acrylates, (Meth)acrylamides, (Meth)acrylonitrile, Phenyl Vinyl Sulfoxide, Benzofulvene, and Other Monomers

      • Takashi Ishizone, Yuki Kosaka, Raita Goseki

      Pages 127-189

   6. Cyclic Monomers: Epoxides, Lactide, Lactones, Lactams, Cyclic Silicon-Containing Monomers, Cyclic Carbonates, and Others

      • Stéphane Carlotti, Frédéric Peruch

      Pages 191-305

   7. Ring-Opening Polymerization of N-Carboxyanhydrides for Preparation of Polypeptides and Polypeptide-Based Hybrid Materials with Various Molecular Architectures

      • David Pahovnik, Nikos Hadjichristidis

      Pages 307-337

   8. Living Anionic Polymerization of Isocyanates

      • Chang-Geun Chae, Ho-Bin Seo, Jae-Suk Lee

      Pages 339-386

   9. Poly(ferrocenylsilanes) with Controlled Macromolecular Architecture by Anionic Polymerization: Applications in Patterning and Lithography

      • Lionel Dos Ramos, Mark A. Hempenius, G. Julius Vancso

      Pages 387-427

   10. Polymerization Using Phosphazene Bases

       • Junpeng Zhao, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Helmut Schlaad

       Pages 429-449

   11. Group Transfer Polymerization of Acrylic Monomers

       • Yougen Chen, Keita Fuchise, Toshifumi Satoh, Toyoji Kakuchi

       Pages 451-494

   12. Surface-Initiated Anionic Polymerization from Nanomaterials

       • Zhong Li, Durairaj Baskaran

       Pages 495-537

3. Strength: Precise Synthesis of Well-Defined Architectural Polymers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 539-539

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   2. Block Copolymers by Anionic Polymerization: Recent Synthetic Routes and Developments

      • Georgios Theodosopoulos, Marinos Pitsikalis

      Pages 541-623

   3. Graft and Comblike Polymers

      • Andrew Goodwin, Nam-Goo Kang, Jimmy W. Mays

      Pages 625-658

   4. Star-Branched Polymers (Star Polymers)

      • Akira Hirao, Mayumi Hayashi, Shotaro Ito, Raita Goseki, Tomoya Higashihara, Nikos Hadjichristidis

      Pages 659-718

   5. Synthesis of Dendrimer-Like Polymers

      • Junpo He, Jia Li, Shaohui Yang

      Pages 719-752

   6. Complex Branched Polymers

      • Georgios Theodosopoulos, Marinos Pitsikalis

      Pages 753-803

   7. Block Copolymers Containing Polythiophene Segments

      • Tomoya Higashihara, Eisuke Goto, Mitsuru Ueda

      Pages 805-840

This book presents these important facts: a) The mechanism of anionic polymerization, a more than 50-year challenge in polymer chemistry, has now become better understood; b) Precise synthesis of many polymers with novel architectures (triblock, multi-block, graft, exact graft, comb, cyclic, many armed stars with multi-components, dendrimer-like hyper-branched, and their structural mixed (co)polymers, etc.) have been advanced significantly; c) Based on such polymers, new morphological and self-organizing nano-objects and supra molecular assemblies have been created and widely studied and are considered nanodevices in the fields of nano science and technology; d) New high-tech and industrial applications for polymeric materials synthesized by anionic polymerization have been proposed. These remarkable developments have taken place in the last 15 years. Anionic polymerization continues to be the only truly living polymerization system (100 % termination free under appropriate conditions) and consequently the only one with unique capabilities in the synthesis of well-defined (i.e., precisely controlled molecular weight, nearly mono-disperse molecular weight distribution, structural and compositional homogeneity) complex macromolecular architectures. This book, with contributions from the world’s leading specialists, will be useful for all researchers, including students, working in universities, in research organizations, and in industry.

• Anionic Polymerization
• Block Copolymers
• Complex Macromolecular Architectures
• Cyclic Monomers
• Morphological Self-organized Nanomaterial
• Nano-objects
• Non-polar Monomers
• Polar Monomers
• Polymerization
• Polyolefins

• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

  Nikos Hadjichristidis

• Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

  Akira Hirao

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