Organic and physical chemistry of polymers

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.

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Yves Gnanou is Director of Research at the Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique in the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymeres Organiques of Universite Bordeaux I in Pessac, France.

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Experienced researchers and teachers Gnanou and Fontanille (both, Universite Bordeaux) here provide a fundamental treatise on polymer chemistry, with some additional introductory material on the mechanics, processing, and applications of various polymers. The 16 chapters cover aspects of polymer configuration and conformation, thermodynamics of polymer solutions, assembly structures, synthesis and modification, thermal transitions, and mechanical and rheological properties and processing. Three of the chapters are devoted to brief descriptions of the structure and applications of a variety of natural and artificial polymers, linear synthetic polymers, and three-dimensional polymer structures. An abbreviated list of additional references is included at the end of each chapter. The book is not unique, being quite basic and the latest of many books covering the same topics, but it is among the most comprehensive. Although intended as a work for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in physical and/or polymer chemistry, its usefulness in that regard is limited due to the absence of examples, exercises, or problems for the student. It is valuable as a reference source for students or practitioners who desire a broad, general, basic introduction to the chemistry and properties of polymers. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals/practitioners. R. Darby emeritus, Texas A&M University

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

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