Principles of Polymer Design and Synthesis [Paperback]

How can a scientist or engineer synthesize and utilize polymers to solve our daily problems? This introductory text, aimed at the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, provides future scientists and engineers with the fundamental knowledge of polymer design and synthesis to achieve specific properties required in everyday applications. In the first five chapters, this book discusses the properties and characterization of polymers, since designing a polymer initially requires us to understand the effects of chemical structure on physical and chemical characteristics. Six further chapters discuss the principles of polymerization reactions including step, radical chain, ionic chain, chain copolymerization, coordination and ring opening. Finally, material is also included on how commonly known polymers are synthesized in a laboratory and a factory. This book is suitable for a one semester course in polymer chemistry and does not demand prior knowledge of polymer science.This book offers the fundamentals of polymer design and synthesis. Discusses properties and characterization of polymers, and describes principles of polymerization reactions including step, radical chain, ionic chain, chain copolymerization and more.Introduction.- Polymer Size and Polymer Solutions.- Structure, Morphology and Flow of Polymers.- Chemical and Physical Properties of Polymers.- Characterization of Polymers.- Step Polymerization.- Radical Chain Polymerization.- Ionic Chain Polymerization.- Coordination Polymerization.- Chain Co-Polymerization.- Ring-Opening Polymerization.

Professor Su's?area of expertise is?polymeric materials. She obtained her Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts and did postdoctoral research in Northwestern University. Then she joined Westinghouse Research Center and worked on polymeric materials for electric insulations and electronic devices for 16 years where she won 6 outstanding researcher awards. She joined National Taiwan University in 1996 as full lÁ