Author: Philippe Dubois (Editor), Olivier Coulembier (Editor), Jean-Marie Raquez (Editor)

Published On: March, 2009

Publisher: Wiley

Price: US $215.00

Write-up:
This comprehensive, truly one-stop reference discusses monomers, methods, stereochemistry, industrial applications and more. Chapters written by internationally acclaimed experts in their respective fields cover both basic principles and up-to-date information, ranging from the controlled ring-opening polymerisation methods to polymer materials of industrial interest. All main classes of monomers including heterocyclics, cyclic olefins and alkynes and cycloalkanes are discussed separately as well as their specificities regarding the ring-opening polymerisation techniques, the mechanisms, the degree of control, the properties of the related polymers and their applications. The two last chapters are devoted to the implementation of green chemistry in ring-opening polymerisation processes.

Of much interest to chemists in academia and industry.

Table of Content include:
1 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Ring-Opening Polymerisation
2 General Mechanisms in Ring-Opening Polymerisation
3 Siloxane-Containing Polymers
4 Sulfur–Nitrogen–Phosphorus-Containing Polymers
5 Polymerisation of Cyclic Depsipeptides, Ureas and Urethanes
6 Polyethers and Polyoxazolines
7 Polyamides
8 Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerisation
9 Polyesters from β-Lactones
10 Polyesters from Dilactones
11 Polyesters from Large Lactones
12 Polycarbonates
13 Polymerisation of Cycloalkanes
14 Metal-Free Catalysis in Ring-Opening Polymerisation
15 Enzyme-Mediated Ring-Opening Polymerisation