Author: Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Published On: March 2008
Publisher: Wiley
Price: US $245.00
Write-up: 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 the 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
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