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synthetic strategies, physical properties, and applications
1 online resource (xx, 419 pages) : illustrations
Polymers may be classified as either homopolymers, consisting of one single repeating unit, or copolymers, consisting of two or more distinct repeating units. Block copolymers contain long contiguous blocks of two or more repeating units in the same polymer chain. Covering one of the hottest topics in polymer chemistry, Block Copolymers provides a coherent overview of the synthetic routes, physical properties, and applications of block copolymers. This pioneering text provides not only a guideline for developing synthetic strategies for creating block copolymers with defined characteristics, b.
Block copolymers by anionic polymerization -- Block copolymers by cationic polymerization -- Block copolymers by living free radical polymerization -- Block copolymers by group transfer polymerization -- Block copolymers by ring opening metathesis polymerization -- Synthesis of block copolymers by a combination of different polymerization methods -- Synthesis of block copolymers by chemical modification -- Nonlinear block copolymers -- Molecular characterization of block copolymers -- Dilute solutions of block copolymers in nonselective solvents -- Dilute solutions of block copolymers in selective solvents -- Absorption of block copolymers at solid-liquid interfaces -- Theory -- Structure factors and chain architecture -- Block copolymer phase state -- Viscoelastic properties of block copolymers -- Phase transformation kinetics -- Block copolymers with strongly interacting groups -- Block copolymer morphology -- Block copolymer dynamics -- Block copolymer applications.
Nikos Hadjichristidis, Stergios Pispas, George Floudas.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2003