Handbook of Radical Polymerization
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* Provides a concise source of information on synthetic techniques, purification, and characterization methods for free-radical polymers.
* Presents information on future trends in the synthesis of free-radical polymers.

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KRZYSZTOF MATYJASZEWSKI, PhD, is J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.

THOMAS P. DAVIS, PhD, is Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales.

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Introduction (Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Thomas P. Davis).

Contributors.

1. Theory of Radical Reactions (Johan P. A. Heuts).

2. Small Radical Chemistry (Martin Newcomb).

3. General Chemistry of Radical Polymerization (Bunichiro Yamada and Per B. Zetterlund).

4. The Kinetics of Free Radical Polymerization (Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Philipp Vana, and Thomas P. Davis).

5. Copolymerization Kinetics (Michelle L. Coote and Thomas P. Davis).

6. Heterogeneous Systems (Alex M. van Herk and Michael Monteiro).

7. Industrial Applications and Processes (Michael Cunningham and Robin Hutchinson).

8. General Concepts and History of Living Radical Polymerization (Krzysztof Matyjaszewski).

9. Kinetics of Living Radical Polymerization (Takeshi Fukuda, Atsushi Goto, and Yoshinobu Tsujii).

10. Nitroxide Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (Craig J. Hawker).

11. Fundamentals of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jianhui Xia).

12. Control of Free Radical Polymerization by Chain Transfer Methods (John Chiefari and Ezio Rizzardo).

13. Control of Stereochemistry of Polymers in Radical Polymerization (Akikazu Matsumoto).

14. Macromolecular Engineering by Controlled Radical Polymerization (Yves Gnanou and Daniel Taton).

15. Experimental Procedures and Techniques for Radical Polymerization (Stefan A. F. Bon and David M. Haddleton).

16. Future Outlook and Perspectives (Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Thomas P. Davis).

Index.

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"...an excellent resource for any chemists, chemical engineers, and materials scientists working in the area?highly recommended..." (Polymer News)

"Over 900 pages of information...presented clearly and is supplemented with a thorough index for easy reference." (Materials Evaluation, November 2002)

"...very scholarly and comprehensive volume..." (Choice, Vol. 40, No. 6, February 2003)

"...an excellent resource for understanding the advances made in the scope and control of radical polymerization in recent years." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 125, No. 11, 2003)

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