Anionic vinyl polymerization—50 years after Michael Szwarc

✍ Scribed by Durairaj Baskaran; Axel H.E. Müller

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 915 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0079-6700
• DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2007.01.003

✦ Synopsis

We present a review on the present status of anionic polymerization of important non-polar and polar vinyl monomers. After presenting the historical background-the ''pre-Szwarc'' era-we discuss the mechanisms of this polymerization, in particular several types of carbanions, their ion-pairs and their aggregates occurring in the initiation and propagation of non-polar and polar monomers, including recent developments. Finally, we discuss some important scientific and industrial applications of anionic polymerization.