Principles of Polymer Design and Synthesis

• Main Author: Su, Wei-Fang. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry, 82
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Industrial engineering.; Surfaces (Physics).; Polymer Sciences.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38730-2

How can a scientist or engineer synthesize and utilize polymers to solve our daily problems? This introductory text, aimed at the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, provides future scientists and engineers with the fundamental knowledge of polymer design and synthesis to achieve specific pr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Polymer Size and Polymer Solutions
• Structure, Morphology and Flow of Polymers
• Chemical and Physical Properties of Polymers
• Characterization of Polymers
• Step Polymerization
• Radical Chain Polymerization
• Ionic Chain Polymerization
• Coordination Polymerization
• Chain Co-Polymerization
• Ring-Opening Polymerization.