The Foundations of Geometry

Thoroughly updated, Introduction to Polymers, Third Edition presents the science underpinning the synthesis, characterization and properties of polymers. The material has been completely reorganized and expanded to include important new topics and provide a coherent platform for teaching and learning the fundamental aspects of contemporary polymer CONCEPTS, NOMENCLATURE AND SYNTHESIS OF POLYMERSConcepts and NomenclatureThe Origins of Polymer Science and the Polymer IndustryBasic Definitions and NomenclatureMolar Mass and Degree of PolymerizationPrinciples of PolymerizationIntroductionClassification of Polymerization ReactionsMonomer Functionality and Polymer Skeletal StructureFunctional Group Reactivity and Molecular Size: The Principle of Equal ReactivityStep PolymerizationIntroductionLinear Step PolymerizationNon-Linear Step PolymerizationRadical PolymerizationIntroduction to Radical PolymerizationThe Chemistry of Conventional Free-Radical PolymerizationKinetics of Conventional Free-Radical PolymerizationFree-Radical Polymerization ProcessesReversible-Deactivation ('Living') Radical PolymerizationsNon-Linear Radical PolymerizationsIonic PolymerizationIntroduction to Ionic PolymerizationCationic PolymerizationAnionic PolymerizationGroup-Transfer PolymerizationStereochemistry and Coordination PolymerizationIntroduction to Stereochemistry of PolymerizationTacticity of PolymersGeometric Isomerism in Polymers Prepared from Conjugated DienesZiegler-Natta Coordination PolymerizationMetallocene Coordination PolymerizationRing-Opening PolymerizationIntroduction to Ring-Opening PolymerizationCationic Ring-Opening PolymerizationAnionic Ring-Opening PolymerizationFree-Radical Ring-Opening PolymerizationRing-Opening Metathesis PolymerizationSpecialized Methods of Polymer SynthesisIntroductionSolid-State Topochemical PolymerizationPolymerization by Oxidative CouplingPrecursor Routes to Intractable PolymersSupramolecular Polymerization (Polyassociation)CopolymerizationIntroductionStep CopolymerizationChain CopolymerizationBlock Copolymer SynthesisGraft Copolymer SynthesisCHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMERSTheoretical Description of Polymers in SolutionIntroductionThermodynamics of Polymer SolutionsChain Focusing on polymers, this edition aims to explore aspects of their chemistry, structure and mechanical properties. New topics discussed include ring-opening polymerization, special methods of polmerization, dynamic light scattering, small angle X-ray and neutron scattering.