Cyclic Polymers

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Semlyen, J. Anthony. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Polymers.; Biochemistry.; Condensed matter.; Polymer Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Organic Chemistry.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Condensed Matter Physics.
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Cyclic Polymers (Second Edition) reviews the many recent advances in this rapidly expanding subject since the publication of the first edition in 1986. The preparation, characterisation, properties and applications of a wide range of organic and inorganic cyclic oligomers and polymers are described...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Cyclic Polymers - The First 40 Years
• Circular DNA
• Cyclic Peptides
• Cyclic Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides
• Cyclic Polysiloxanes
• Cyclic Oligomers of Polycarbonates and Polyesters
• Large Crown Ethers, Cyclic Polyethers and Cyclic Block Copolyethers
• Large Cyclic Esters and Ether-Esters
• Cyclomer Technology for High Performance Polymers
• Organic Cyclic Polymers
• Neutron Scattering and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations of Cyclic Polymers
• Rotaxanes
• Oligomeric and Polymeric Catenanes
• Cyclic Inorganic Oligomers and Polymers
• Cyclisation and the Formation, Structure and Properties of Polymer Networks
• Theoretical Aspects of Cyclic Polymers: Effects of Excluded Volume Interactions.