Handbook of Polymer Synthesis
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Author(s): H. Kricheldorf, O. Nuyken and G. Swift
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
ISBN: 0824754735
Format: hardback
965pp
Review Date: 01 February 2005
Review: This large volume, like its predecessor, provides a condensed but comprehensive review of the methods used for syntheses and modifications of the most important classes of polymers, but this new edition has been revised and expanded. Chapters include: Polyolefins; Polystyrenes; Polymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid and their derivatives; Polymeric dienes; Metathesis polymerisation of cycloolefins; Aromatic polyethers; Polyurethanes; Polyimides; Metal-containing macromolecules; Conducting polymers; Photoconductive polymers; Crosslinking and polymer networks; Biodegradable polymers for biomedical applications; and Controlled/Living radical polymerisation.