Free-Radical Polymerization: Kinetics and Mechanism
SML'01, Lucca/II Ciocco. Italy, June 2001
Published on 5. August 2002
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XII, 303 pages
978-3-527-30472-1 (ISBN)
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In the past 15 years, free-radical polymerization has undergone a dramatic revitalization. "Living polymerization", ATRP (atom-transfer radical polymerization) and RAFT (reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer) polymerization have come to dominate research in this area. Powerful experimental and analytical techniques are now used to probe the basic kinetics and mechanisms of the processes involved. High degrees of control over physical and chemical properties have lead to more efficient polymer production and new products. The state of the art in all these areas was presented and discussed at the IUPAC-sponsored "International Symposium on Free-Radical Polymerization: Kinetics and Mechanism" (SML'01) held in Il Ciocco, Italy, in June 2001. This volume of Macromolecular Symposia is a collection of most of the main lectures and a selection of the shorter ones, presenting an excellent overview of modern research in free-radical polymerization.
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Preface (M. Buback and A.L. German). FUNDAMENTALS OF FREE--RADICAL POLYMERIZATION. Factors Controlling the Addition of Carbon--Centered Radicals to Alkenes (Hanns Fischer and Leo Radom). New Aspects of Chain--Length Dependent Termination (Oskar Friedrich Olaj, et al.). Propagation Kinetics in Free--Radical Polymerizations (Sabine Beuermann). Shining a Light on Catalytic Chain Transfer (Sebastiaan C.J. Pierik, et al.). Penultimate Unit Effects in Free Radical Copolymerization (Takeshi Fukuda, et al.). Initiating Free Radical Polymerization (Graeme Moad, et al.). The Photocopy Method: Measuring Living Chain Distributions in Radical Polymerization (Erdem Karatekin, et al.). Initiation and Termination Kinetics in Fluid--Phase Free--Radical Polymerization up to High Pressure (Michael Buback). Continuous Precipitation Polymerization of Vinylidene Fluoride in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Molecular Weight Distribution (Manish K. Saraf, et al.). POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION. Transfer and Propagation Reactions in Free Radical Copolymerization (Thomas P. Davis, et al.). Studies of Higher Temperature Polymerization of n--Butyl Methacrylate and n--Butyl Acrylate (Michael C. Grady, et al.). POLYMER REACTION TECHNOLOGY. The Value of Fundamental Modeling in the Design and Operation of Controlled Free Radical Polymerization Processes (Min Zhang and W. Harmon Ray). Emulsion Polymerization: Radical Segregation and Its Role in Controlled Polymerization (Alessandro Butte, et al.). A New Arithmetic for Linear Free Radical Copolymerization (Jon A. Debling and Fouad Teymour). CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION. Structure--Reactivity Correlation in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (Krzysztof Matyjaszewski). Design and Use of beta--Phosphorus Nitroxides and Alkoxyamines in Controlled/"Living" Free Radical Polymerizations (Christopher Le Mercier, et al.). Nitroxide--Mediated Miniemulsion Polymerization of n--Butyl Acrylate: Synthesis of Controlled Homopolymers and Gradient Copolymers with Styrene (Celine Farcet, et al.). Effect of Water on Copper Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (Sebastien Perrier and David M. Haddleton). POLYMERIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS. Nitroxide--Mediated Living Radical Polymerization in Miniemulsion (M.F. Cunningham, et al.). Emulsion Polymerization of Hydrophobic Monomers (Willie Lau). Control of Microstructural Properties in Emulsion Polymerization Systems (M. Vicente, et al.).