Synthesis of Defined Polymer Architectures

Preface (B. Voit). Graft Copolymers by Atom Transfer Polymerization (H. G. Borner & K. Matyjaszewski). Living Radical and Cationic Polymerizations in Water and Organic Media (M. Sawamoto & M. Kamigaito). Free--Radical Synthesis of Block Copolymers on an Industrial Scale (B. Raether, et al.). Contribution of Unsymmetrical Difunctional Initiators/Monomers to the Macromolecular Engineering (R. Jerome). Defined Synthesis of Copolymers Using Metallocene Catalysis (W. Kaminsky & G. Schupfner). High Molecular Weight Polypropene Elastomers via "Dual--Side" Zirconocene Dichlorides (J. Kukral & B. Rieger). Terpyridines as Supramolecular Initiators for Living Polymerization Methods (M. Heller & U. S. Schubert). Ultra--Thin Layers of Phosphorylated Cellulose Derivatives on Metal Surfaces (E. Jaehne, et al.). Fabrication of Carbon/Silica Hybrid Materials Using Cationic Polymerization and the Sol--Gel Process (S. Spange, et al.). Graft Copolymers Composed of High Molecular Weight Poly(ethylene oxide) Backbone and Poly(N--isopropylacrylamide) Side Chains and Their Thermoassociating Properties (E. Hasan, et al.). Morphological Changes in ABC Triblock Copolymers by Chemical Modification (V. Abetz, et al.). Labile Hyperbranched Polymers Used as Nanopore--Forming Agents in Polymeric Dielectrica (B. Voit, et al.). Polymerization of Hydroxymethyloxetanes -- Synthesis of Branched Polyethers with Primary Hydroxyl Groups (M. Bednarek, et al.). Amphiphilic Poly(oxazoline)s -- Synthesis and Application for Micellar Catalysis (O. Nuyken, et al.). Monolayers and Membranes from Amphiphilic Polymers (H. Xu, et al.). Shape--Persistant Macrocycles: Building Blocks for Complex Organic and Polymeric Architectures (S. Hoger, et al.).