Mechanisms of Photophysical Processes and Photochemical Reactions in Polymers

During the last two decades, photophysical and photochemical processes have become increasingly important in many branches of polymer chemistry. Tremendous advances have been made in our understanding of the theory of photoreactions and they now have many practical applications in, for example, the synthesis of photoresists for microcircuitry, polymers for xerography, photocuring of paints and resins, photodegradation and photodestabilization of polymers. Professor Rabek uses such advances to illustrate his systematic description of mechanisms for the most important photoreactions, and presents a review of the field.