Organic and Physical Chemistry of Polymers

by Gnanou, Yves; Fontanille, Michel

• ISBN13: 9780471725435
• ISBN10: 0471725439
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

Organic and Physical Chemistry of Polymers provides a thorough introduction to the fundamentals of polymers, including their structure and synthesis as well as their chemical and physical properties. This accessible guide illuminates the increasingly important role of polymers in modern chemistry, beginning with the essentials, then covering thermodynamics, conformation, morphology, and measurements of molar masses; polymerization mechanisms, reaction of polymers, synthesis of block and graft polymers, and complex topologies; and the mechanical properties, rheology, polymer processing, and fabrication of fibers and films.

Author Biography

Yves Gnanou is Director of Research at the Centre Nationalde la Recherche Scientifique in the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques of Université Bordeaux 1 in Pessac, France.

Michel Fontanille is an Emeritus Professor at Université Bordeaux 1 in Pessac, France.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Cohesive Energies of Polymeric Systems	p. 13
Molecular Structure of Polymers	p. 19
Thermodynamics of Macromolecular Systems	p. 49
Conformational Structures and Morphologies	p. 89
Determination of Molar Masses and Study of Conformations and Morphologies by Physical Methods	p. 147
Step-Growth Polymerizations	p. 213
Chain Polymerizations	p. 249
Reactivity and Chemical Modification of Polymers	p. 357
Macromolecular Synthesis	p. 377
Thermomechanical Properties of Polymers	p. 401
Mechanical Properties of Polymers	p. 427
Rheology, Formulation, and Polymer Processing Techniques	p. 467
Natural and Artificial Polymers	p. 493
Linear (monodimensional) Synthetic Polymers	p. 513
Three-Dimensional Synthetic Polymers	p. 583
Index	p. 607
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