Advances in Polymer Synthesis

✍ Scribed by Shadpour E. Mallakpour, George B. Butler (auth.), Bill M. Culbertson, James E. McGrath (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 552
• Series: Polymer Science and Technology 31
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Polymer Science and Engineering: Challenges, Needs, and Opportunities," a report issued in 1981 by the National Research Council's ad hoc Panel on Polymer Science and Engineering gives ample support for the urgent need of increased commitment to basic studies on polymers. Needs and opportunities, mentioned in the Panel's list, included polymerization methods, specialty polymers, high performance materials, and in situ (reaction injection molding) polymerization for direct conversion of monomers/oligomers to useful shapes. Clearly, in all these and several other areas, advances in polymer synthesis are needed. Whether one takes a look at the commodity or specialty polymers area or considers areas of growing needs, such as polymers for the automotive, aerospace, electronics, communications, separations, packaging, biomedical, etc., advances in polymer synthesis are needed. Polymeric materials, as they are constantly being modified and improved, fine-tuned for current and additional needs, and more readily adopted by industry and the public, will have a vastly expanding influence on everyday life. However, lack of long-term support of meaningful size for basic research on all facets of polymer chemistry and engineering, with particular emphasis on making needed advances in polymer synthesis, could well stunt the growth of high techn.ology in our country. Expanding this thought, lack of attention to basic research on polymer synthesis could help foster or insure that we won't have materials with performance profiles to meet requirements of emerging technologies and national needs, in a reasonably economic and timely fashion.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Alternating Copolymers Via Diels — Alder and Ene Reactions with Bis-Triazolinediones....Pages 1-25
Ring Opening Polymerization of Benzoxazines — A New Route to Phenolic Resins....Pages 27-49
Polyesters and Polyamides Containing Isomeric Furan Dicarboxylic Acids....Pages 51-91
Synthesis of Segmented Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone)-Poly(Arylene Terephthalate) Copolymers....Pages 93-112
Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfones) and Poly(Arylene Ether Ketones) Derived from Tetramethyl Bisphenol A....Pages 113-131
Thermotropic Polyethers and Copolyethers: A New Class of Main Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers....Pages 133-157
Polymers from Benzene and Sulfur: Friedel and Crafts Revisited....Pages 159-172
Poly(Phenylene Sulfide)....Pages 173-185
Synthesis of Aromatic and Aliphatic Phosphorus-Containing Polyanhydrides....Pages 187-201
Functional, Telechelic Polymers Derived from Reactions of Nucleophilic Oligomers and Alkeynl Azlactones, Part I: Telechelic Acrylamides Derived from Reactions of Alkeynl Azlactones and Amine-Terminated Oligomers....Pages 203-218
Functional, Telechelic Polymers Derived from Reactions of Nucleophilic Oligomers and Alkenyl Azlactones, Part II: Multiazlactones-Alternatives to Isocyanate and Epoxy Resins?....Pages 219-233
Functional Polymers Based on p- and m-(Hydroxyphenyl)-2-Oxazolines....Pages 235-250
Oxazolidone Containing Polymers and Resins....Pages 251-273
Poly(Amide-Enamines)....Pages 275-290
Grafting and Attachment of Antiplatelet Agents to Poly(Ether-Urethanes)....Pages 291-320
Recent Advances in Anionic Polymerization....Pages 321-346
Synthesis of Tactic Poly(Alkyl Methacrylate) Homo and Copolymers....Pages 347-362
Synthesis and Characterization of Stereoblock Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)....Pages 363-380
Anionic Dispersion Polymerization of Styrene....Pages 381-404
A New Synthetic Route to Cellulosic Graft Copolymers....Pages 405-417
Synthesis and Separation of cis - and trans -3-Ethylproline; Polymerization and Conformational Studies of Poly trans -3-Ethyl-D-Proline....Pages 419-440
Synthesis and Properties of Racemic and Optically Active Substituted Poly(β-Propiolactones)....Pages 441-460
Synthesis and Copolymerization of Epoxy Ether Terminated Polystyrene Macromer....Pages 461-481
Some Novel Diene Polymers Prepared with Lanthanide Catalysts....Pages 483-504
The Free Radical Polymerization of Some Methacrylates at Very High Conversion....Pages 505-516
Back Matter....Pages 517-553

✦ Subjects

Physics, general