Catalysis in Precision Polymerization [Hardcover]

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the entire field of catalysis in polymer synthesis covering the majority of essential aspects from basic organic, organometallic and bio-chemistry to industrial production. Particular emphasis is placed on precision polymerization, where the catalyst plays a key role in the fabrication of innovative polymers. Precision polymerization enables the production of polymers with precisely controlled structures, molecular weight, distribution and stereochemistry, free from defects.Transition Metal Catalysis: Part 1.

Transition Metal Catalysis: Part 2.

Rare Earth Metal Catalysis.

Radical Polymerization Catalysis.

Anionic Catalysis.

Cationic Catalysis.

Enzymatic Catalysis.

Polymerization Without Catalyst.

Index.

Shiro Kobayashi is the editor of Catalysis in Precision Polymerization, published by Wiley.

The use of catalysts as a means of facilitating and expediting polymer synthesis has become an essential industrial tool over the past forty years. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the entire field of catalysis in polymer synthesis covering the majority of essential aspects from basic organic, organometallic and bio-chemistry to industrial production. Particular emphasis is placed on 'precision polymerization', where the catalyst plays a key role in the fabrication of innovative polymers. Precision polymerization enables the production of polymers with precisely controlled structures, molecular weight, distribution and stereochemistry, free from defects. New catalysis is now used in addition polymerization, polycondensation and polyadditions for various monomers of vinyl, diene, acetylene, hetero-multiple bond, ring-opening and enzyme-substrate types. By utilising precision polymerizationl3