New Monomers and Polymers

✍ Scribed by Richard W. Thomas, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, Patrick E. Cassidy (auth.), Bill M. Culbertson, Charles U. Pittman Jr. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 492
• Series: Polymer Science and Technology 25
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Interest in preparing new polymers peaked about 1966. Since that time, industrial and government support for the synthesis and study of new polymers has steadily declined. Gone are the good days when government funds supported a great push to attain ulti­ mate thermal stability for organic polymeric materials. Gone are the good days when many chemical companies, encouraged by the obvious potential for rewards, had great interest and provided support for preparing new polymers. We now often hear managers say "we have enough polymers" or "all we need to do is find additional and better ways to use existing polymers. " The latter often in­ cludes the statement, "we can get the new materials that are wanted from polymer alloys or blends. " Interest in preparing new monomers has also waned, even though it is well recognized that monomers with special functionality are greatly needed to fine-tune existing polymers for specific tasks. Shrinkage of interest in new monomer and polymer research has not come about solely as a result of the obvious maturity of the polymers industry. Since uses for polymers continue to grow and there is still room for good concepts to study, lack of market growth and fields of study have probably not significantly contribu­ ted to that shrinkage.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Polyimidines — A New Class of Polymers....Pages 1-28
Synthesis and Properties of Acetylene Terminated Aryl-Ether Oligomers....Pages 29-40
Phenylated Aromatic Heterocyclic Polyphenylenes Containing Pendant Diphenylether and Diphenylsulfide Groups....Pages 41-53
Substituted Polyamides as Precursors for Alkyl and Alkenyl Polybenzoxazoles....Pages 55-65
The Synthesis of Aromatic Polyformals....Pages 67-101
New Polymers Prepared from N-Cyanourea Compounds....Pages 103-112
Poly (N-Acyl Ethyleneimines) with Polarizable Aromatic Side Chain Substituents and Their Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Electronic Properties....Pages 113-131
Aqueous Solution Synthesis of Platinum II Polyureas, Polythioureas and Polyamides....Pages 133-148
Synthesis of Dichloropalladium II Polyamines....Pages 149-162
Star and Comb Shape Poly (Oxyethylene-g-Ethyleneimines)....Pages 163-172
Poly [Azoalkylene-N, N’-Dioxides], 2. α-4-Nitroisopropylidenebicyclohexyl-ω-Nitropoly [Azo-1, 4-Cyclohexyleneisopropylidene-1, 4-Cyclohexylene-N, N’-Dioxide] and α-4-Nitrobicyclohexyl-ω-Nitropoly [Azo-4, 4’-Bicyclohexylene-N, N’-Dioxide]....Pages 173-183
Macromolecular Dyes — Synthetic Strategies....Pages 185-200
Quaternization of Condensation Polymers....Pages 201-222
Para-Methylstyrene: A New Commercial Monomer for the Styrenics Industry....Pages 223-241
New Vinyl Organometallic Monomers: Synthesis and Polymerization Behavior....Pages 243-267
Synthesis of Organometallic Polymers for Inertial Fusion Applications....Pages 269-284
Synthesis and NMR Characterization of Copolymers of α-Fluorostyrene with Methyl Acrylate....Pages 285-309
Quinodimethane Polymers....Pages 311-327
Alkyllithium-Initiated Polymerization of Myrcene New Block Copolymers of Styrene and Myrcene....Pages 329-355
New Functional Methacrylate Polymers by Anionic Polymerization....Pages 357-380
Conductive Polymers: An Opportunity for New Monomers and Polymers....Pages 381-397
Polymerization of Butadiyne: Polymer Characterization and Properties....Pages 399-414
Synthesis of Copolymers of m-Diisopropenylbenzene and m- Dimethoxybenzene....Pages 415-429
Progress in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Ethers and Cyclic Sulfides....Pages 431-441
Back Matter....Pages 443-494

✦ Subjects

Physics, general