Handbook of RAFT Polymerization

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Christopher Barner-Kowollik (Editor)
ISBN: 978-3-527-31924-4
Hardcover
556 pages
January 2008


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.

List of Contributors.

1. Introduction (Christopher Barner-Kowollik)

2. Quantum-Chemical Studies of RAFT Polymerization: Methodology, Structure-reactivity Correlations and Kinetic Implications (Michelle L. Coote, Elizabeth H. Krenske, Ekaterina I. Izgorodina)

3. The Mechanism and Kinetics of the RAFT Process: Overview, Rates, Stabilities, Side reactions, Product Spectrum and Outstanding Challenges (Braeme Moad, Christopher Barner-Kowollik)

4. The RAFT Process as a Kinetic Tool: Accessing Fundamental Parameters of Free Radical Polymerization (Thomas Junkers, Tara M. Lovestaead, Christopher Barner-Kowollik)

5. The Radical Chemistry of thiocarbonylthio Compounds: An Overview (Samir Z. Zard)

6. RAFT Polymerization in Bulk Monomer or in (Organic) Solution (Ezio Rizzardo, Graeme Moad, San H. Thank)

7. RAFT Polymerization in Homogeneous Aqueous Media: Initiation Systems, RAFT Agent Stability, Monomers and Polymer Structures (Andrew B. Low, Charles L. McCormic)

8. RAFT-Mediated Polymerization in Heterogeneous Systems (Carl N. Urbani, Michael J. Monteiro)

9. Complex Architecture Design via the RAFT Process: Scope, Strengths and Limitations (Martina H. Stenzel)

10. Macromolecular Design by Interchange of Xanthates: Background, Design, Scope and Applications (Daniel Taton, Mathias Destarac, Samir Z. Zard)

11. Surface and Particle Modification via the RAFT Process: Approach and Properties (Yu Li, Linda S. Schadler, Brian C. Benicewicz)

12. Polymers with Well-Defined End Groups via RAFT-Synthesis, Applications and Postmodification (Leonie Barner, Sebastein Perrier)

13. Toward New Materials Prepared via the Raft Process: From Drug Delivery to Optoelectronics? (Arnaud Fovier, Bertrand de Lambert, Marie-Therese Charreyre)

Subject Index.

Professor Barner-Kowollik completed his PhD at the University of Goettingen, before joining the Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) in Sydney, Australia. He has published over 110 peer reviewed research papers, over 80 conference papers and 5 book chapters. He has received several awards for his work, including the Rennie Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the Edgeworth David Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales.

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