Handbook of RAFT Polymerization - Hardcover

SPANNING THE ENTIRE FIELD FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO APPLICATIONS IN MATERIAL SCIENCE, THIS ONE–STOP SOURCE IS THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE FOR POLYMER, PHYSICAL AND SURFACE CHEMISTS, MATERIALS SCIENTISTS, CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, AND THOSE CHEMISTS WORKING IN INDUSTRY. FROM THE CONTENTS: * INTRODUCTION: LIVING FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND THE RAFT PROCESS * FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE–REACTIVITY CORRELATIONS GOVERNING THE RAFT PROCESS * MECHANISM AND KINETICS * THE RAFT PROCESS AS A KINETIC TOOL * THEORY AND PRACTICE IN TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS * RAFT POLYMERIZATION IN BULK AND ORGANIC SOLVENTS, AS WELL AS HOMOGENEOUS AQUEOUS SYSTEMS * EMULSION AND MINI–EMULSION POLYMERIZATION * COMPLEX ARCHITECTURE DESIGN * MACROMOLECULAR DESIGN VIA THE INTERCHANGE OF XANTHATES * SURFACE MODIFICATION * STABILITY AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RAFT POLYMERS * NOVEL MATERIALS: FROM DRUG DELIVERY TO OPTO–ELECTRONICS * OUTLOOK AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS