Spanning the entire field from fundamentals to applications in material science, this one-stop source is the first comprehensive reference for polymer, physical and surface chemists, materials scientists, chemical engineers, and those chemists working in industry. From the contents: * Introduction: Living Free Radical Polymerization and the RAFT Process * Fundamental Structure-Reactivity Correlations Governing the RAFT Process * Mechanism and Kinetics * The RAFT Process as a Kinetic Tool * Theory and Practice in Technical Applications * RAFT Polymerization in Bulk and Organic Solvents, as well as Homogeneous Aqueous Systems * Emulsion and Mini-Emulsion Polymerization * Complex Architecture Design * Macromolecular Design via the Interchange of Xanthates * Surface Modification * Stability and Physical Properties of RAFT Polymers * Novel Materials: From Drug Delivery to Opto-Electronics * Outlook and Future Developments

Spanning the entire field from fundamentals to applications in material science, this one-stop source is the first comprehensive reference for polymer, physical and surface chemists, materials scientists, chemical engineers, and those chemists working in industry.From the contents:* Introduction: Living Free Radical Polymerization and the RAFT Process* Fundamental Structure-Reactivity Correlations Governing the RAFT Process* Mechanism and Kinetics* The RAFT Process as a Kinetic Tool* Theory and Practice in Technical Applications* RAFT Polymerization in Bulk and Organic Solvents, as well as Homogeneous Aqueous Systems* Emulsion and Mini-Emulsion Polymerization* Complex Architecture Design* Macromolecular Design via the Interchange of Xanthates* Surface Modification* Stability and Physical Properties of RAFT Polymers* Novel Materials: From Drug Delivery to Opto-Electronics* Outlook and Future Developments

Introduction: Living Free Radical Polymerization and the RAFT ProcessFundamental Structure-Reactivity Correlations Governing the RAFT Process: A Quantum Chemical ApproachThe Mechanism and Kinetics of the RAFT Process: Overview, Rates, Stabilities, Side Reactions, Product Spectrum and Outstanding ChallengesThe RAFT Process as a Kinetic Tool: Accessing Fundamental Parameters of Free Radical PolymerizationThe Chemistry of Thiocarbonylthio Compounds: An OverviewRAFT Polymerization in Bulk and Organic Solvents: RAFT Agent Design, Monomer Range, Synthetic Procedures and Polymerization ProtocolsRAFT Polymerization in Homogeneous Aqueous Systems: Initiation Systems, RAFT Agent Stability, Monomers and Polymer StructuresRAFT in Emulsion and Mini-Emulsion Polymerization: Fundamentals and ApplicationsComplex Architecture Design via the RAFT Process: Scope, Strengths and LimitationsMacromolecular Design via the Interchange of Xanthates: Design, Scope and ApplicationsSurface and Particle Modification via the RAFT Process: Approach and PropertiesStability and Physical Properties of RAFT Polymers -- Functional Polymers -- Post ModificationTowards Novel Materials Prepared via the RAFT Process: From Drug Delivery to Opto-Electronics