Written by a highly prestigious and knowledgeable team of top scientists in the field, this book provides an overview of the current status of controlled/living polymerization, combining the synthetic, mechanistic and application-oriented aspects. From the contents: * Anionic Vinyl Polymerization * Carbocationic Polymerization * Radical Polymerization * Coordinative Polymerization of Olefins * Ring-Opening Polymerization of Heterocycles * Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization * Macromolecular Architectures * Complex Functional Macromolecules * Synthesis of Block and Graft Copolymers * Bulk and Solution Structures of Block Copolymers * Industrial Applications While some of the material is based on chapters taken from the four-volume work "e;Macromolecular Engineering"e;, it is completely updated and rewritten to reflect the focus of this monograph. Must-have knowledge for polymer and organic chemists, plastics technologists, materials scientists and chemical engineers.

Written by a highly prestigious and knowledgeable team of top scientists in the field, this book provides an overview of the current status of controlled/living polymerization, combining the synthetic, mechanistic and application-oriented aspects.From the contents:* Anionic Vinyl Polymerization* Carbocationic Polymerization* Radical Polymerization* Coordinative Polymerization of Olefins* Ring-Opening Polymerization of Heterocycles* Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization* Macromolecular Architectures* Complex Functional Macromolecules* Synthesis of Block and Graft Copolymers* Bulk and Solution Structures of Block Copolymers* Industrial ApplicationsWhile some of the material is based on chapters taken from the four-volume work "Macromolecular Engineering", it is completely updated and rewritten to reflect the focus of this monograph.Must-have knowledge for polymer and organic chemists, plastics technologists, materials scientists and chemical engineers.

ANIONIC VINYL POLYMERIZATIONIntroductionStructure of CarbanionsInitiationMechanism of Styrene and Diene PolymerizationMechanism of Anionic Polymerization of Acrylic MonomersSome Applications of Anionic PolymerizationConclusions and OutlookCARBOCATIONIC POLYMERIZATIONIntroductionMechanistic and Kinetic Details of Living Cationic PolymerizationLiving Cationic PolymerizationFunctional Polymers by Living Cationic PolymerizationTelechelic PolymersMacromonomersLinear Diblock CopolymersLinear Triblock CopolymersBlock Copolymers with Nonlinear ArchitectureBranched and Hyperbranched PolymersSurface Initiated Polymerization - Polymer BrushesConclusionsRADICAL POLYMERIZATIONIntroductionTypical Features of Radical PolymerizationControlled Reversible-Deactivation Radical PolymerizationSFRP: NMP and OMRP Systems - Examples and PeculiaritiesATRP - Examples and PeculiaritiesDegenerative Transfer Processes and RAFTRelative Advantages and Limitations of SFRP, ATRP, and DT ProcessesControlled Polymer Architectures by CRP: TopologyChain CompositionFunctional PolymersApplications of Materials Prepared by CRPOutlookLIVING TRANSITION METAL-CATALYZED ALKENE PÜOLYMERIZATION: POLYOLEFIN SYNTHESIS AND NEW POLYMER ARCHITECTURESIntroductionLiving Alpha-Olefin PolymerizationLiving Propylene PolymerizationLiving Polymerization of EthyleneLiving Nonconjugated Diene PolymerizationLiving Homo- and Copolymerization of Cyclic OlefinsRandom CopolymersBlock CopolymersOutlook and SummaryLIVING RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF HETEROCYCLIC MONOMERSIntroductionAnionic and Coordination Living Ring-Opening Polymerization (LROP)Cationic CROP and LROPCROP and LROP Conducted in DispersionsConclusionsLIVING RING-OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATIONOverview of Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)Initiators for Living ROMPApplications of Polymers Synthesized using ROMP: From Novel Materials to Commerical ProductsChallenges and Perspectives for the FutureConclusionMACROMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES BY LIVING AND CONTROLLED/ LIVING POLYMERIZATIONSIntroductionStar PolymersComb PolymersCyclic PolymersDendritic PolymersComplex Macromolecular ArchitecturesApplicationsConclusionsSYNTHESIS OF BLOCK AND GRAFT COPOLYMERSIntroductionPrinciples of Block CopolymerizationABA Triblock Copolymers(AB)n Linear Multiblock CopolymersABC Triblock TerpolymersSynthesis of ABCA Tetra- and ABCBA Pentablock TerpolymersSynthesis of ABCD QuaterpolymersApplicationsConcluding RemarksMORPHOLOGIES IN BLOCK COPOLYMERSIntroductionBlock Copolymers in Bulk StateBlock Copolymer Thin FilmsBlock Copolymer MicellesApplicationsSummary and OutlookINDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONSIntroductionSynthesis of Anionic Styrenic Block CopolymersAdhesives and SealantsCompounding ApplicationsPolymer ModificationCross-Linked SystemsBitumen ModificationFootwearViscosity Modification and Other Highly Diluted SBC ApplicationsEmerging Technology in Block Copolymers