The Concept of Micellar-Sponge Nanophases in Chemical Physics of Polymers

The monograph is intended for elucidation of the novel trend in chemical physics regarding the polymer non-crystalline phase. It stresses the physical phenomena affecting the kinetics and mechanism of chemical reactions proceeding in the non-crystalline polymer matrix (NCPM). NCPM is depicted in terms of a supramolecular (carcass-micellar) model. The model is thought to reflect heterophase packing of polymeric chains, which co-operate as a molecular-chain sponge. The NCPM model presented is proved for adequate description of principal structure-physical phenomena to elaborate the scheme of str Read more... Abstract: The monograph is intended for elucidation of the novel trend in chemical physics regarding the polymer non-crystalline phase. It stresses the physical phenomena affecting the kinetics and mechanism of chemical reactions proceeding in the non-crystalline polymer matrix (NCPM). NCPM is depicted in terms of a supramolecular (carcass-micellar) model. The model is thought to reflect heterophase packing of polymeric chains, which co-operate as a molecular-chain sponge. The NCPM model presented is proved for adequate description of principal structure-physical phenomena to elaborate the scheme of str Mikheev and Zaikov, both affiliated with the N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russia, detail structural-physical and chemical- kinetic properties of the non-crystalline phase of polymer materials. The structural model of a non-crystalline polymeric matrix (NCPM) is described, and supramolecular aspects of NCPM chemical physics are examined. Further chapters cover kinetic probing of NCPM glassy-like polymers with the help of dibenzoyl peroxide, a kinetic model of dibenzoyl peroxide chain reaction with sterically hindered phenols, dibenzoyl peroxide kinetic probing of melt and rubbery polymers, and hetero-nanophase kinetic description of photochemical reactions. VSP is a subsidiary of Brill. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)