Hadjichristidis / Pispas / Floudas Block Copolymers

Synthetic Strategies, Physical Properties, and Applications
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-46134-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, E-Book

Polymers may be classified as either homopolymers, consisting ofone single repeating unit, or copolymers, consisting of two or moredistinct repeating units. Block copolymers contain long contiguousblocks of two or more repeating units in the same polymer chain.Covering one of the hottest topics in polymer chemistry, BlockCopolymers provides a coherent overview of the synthetic routes,physical properties, and applications of block copolymers.
This pioneering text provides not only a guideline for developingsynthetic strategies for creating block copolymers with definedcharacteristics, but also a key to the relationship between thephysical properties of block copolymers and the structure anddynamics of materials. Covering features of the chemistry andphysics of block copolymers that are not found in comparable texts,Block Copolymers illustrates the structure-activity relationship ofblock copolymers and offers suggestions for the design of specificapplications. Divided into five sections-Block Copolymersincludes chapters on:
* Block Copolymers by Chemical Modification of PrecursorPolymers
* Nonlinear Block Copolymers
* Adsorption of Block Copolymers at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
* Theory of Block Copolymer Segregation
* Phase Transformation Kinetics
* Block Copolymer Morphology
* Block Copolymer Dynamics
Polymer chemists, physicists, chemical engineers, and materialsscientists, as well as graduate students in polymer science, willfind Block Copolymers to be an invaluable text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hadjichristidis, Nikos

Pispas, Stergios

Floudas, George A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Abbreviations and Symbols.
I: BLOCK COPOLYMER SYNTHESIS.
1 Block Copolymers by Anionic Polymerization.
2 Block Copolymers by Cationic Polymerization.
3 Block Copolymers by Living Free Radical Polymerization.
4 Block Copolymers by Group Transfer Polymerization.
5 Block Copolymers by Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization.
6 Synthesis of Block Copolymers by a Combination of DifferentPolymerization Methods.
7 Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Chemical Modification.
8 Nonlinear Block Copolymers.
II: MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
9 Molecular Characterization of Block Copolymers.
III: SOLUTION PROPERTIES OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
10 Dilute Solutions of Block Copolymers in NonselectiveSolvents.
11 Dilute Solutions of Block Copolymers in SelectiveSolvents.
12 Adsorption of Block Copolymers At Solid-Liquid Interfaces.
IV: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
13 Theory.
14 Structure Factor and Chain Architecture.
15 Block Copolymer Phase State.
16 Viscoelastic Properties of Block Copolymers.
17 Phase Transformation Kinetics.
18 Block Copolymers with Strongly Interacting Groups.
19 Block Copolymer Morphology.
20 Block Copolymer Dynamics.
V: APPLICATIONS.
21 Block Copolymer Applications.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

NIKOS HADJICHRISTIDIS, PhD, is Professor in the Department ofChemistry at the University of Athens.
STERGIOS PISPAS, PhD, is a Research Associate in the Department ofChemistry at the University of Athens.
GEORGE A. FLOUDAS, PhD, is Associate Professor of Physics at theUniversity of Ioannina.