Hadjichristidis N., Hirao A., Tezuka Y., Prez F.D. (Eds.) Complex Macromolecular Architectures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-Assembly

John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd., 2011. – 834 p. – ISBN: 0470825138The field of CMA (complex macromolecular architecture) stands at the cutting edge of materials science, and has been a locus of intense research activity in recent years. This book gives an extensive description of the synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of recently-developed advanced architectural materials with a number of potential applications. The architectural polymers, including bio-conjugated hybrid polymers with poly(amino acid)s and gluco-polymers, star-branched and dendrimer-like hyperbranched polymers, cyclic polymers, dendrigraft polymers, rod-coil and helix-coil block copolymers, are introduced chapter by chapter in the book. In particular, the book also emphasizes the topic of synthetic breakthroughs by living/controlled polymerization since 2000. Furthermore, renowned authors contribute on special topics such as helical polyisocyanates, metallopolymers, stereospecific polymers, hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers, conjugated polymers, and polyrotaxanes, which have attracted considerable interest as novel polymer materials with potential future applications. In addition, recent advances in reactive blending achieved with well-defined end-functionalized polymers are discussed from an industrial point of view. Topics on polymer-based nanotechnologies, including self-assembled architectures and suprastructures, nano-structured materials and devices, nanofabrication, surface nanostructures, and their AFM imaging analysis of hetero-phased polymers are also included. Researchers in academia and industry specializing in polymer chemistry will find this book to be an ideal survey of the most recent advances in the area. The book is also suitable as supplementary reading for students enrolled in Polymer Synthetic Chemistry, Polymer Synthesis, Polymer Design, Advanced Polymer Chemistry, Soft Matter Science, and Materials Science courses.Synthesis
Cyclic and Multicyclic Topological Polymers
Ultrarapid Approaches to Mild Macromolecular Conjugation
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Polymers
Recent Synthetic Developmentsin Miktoarm Star Polymerswith Morethan Three Different Arms
Precise Synthesis of Dendrimer-Like Star-Branched Polymers, a New Class of Well-Defined Hyperbranched Polymers
Arborescent Polymers with a Mesoscopic Scale
Hyperbranched Glyco-Conjugated Polymers
Highly Branched Functional Polymer Architectures by Click-Chemistry Strategies
Living Alkene Polymerization for Polyolefin Architectures
Precision Polyolefins
Polyhomologation: The Living Polymerization of Ylides
Phenylenevinylene Homopolymers and Block Copolymers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Block Copolymers Containing Rod Segments
Synthesis of Well-Defined Poly(meth)acrylamides with Varied Stereoregularity by Living Anionic Polymerization
Complex Macromolecular Chimeras
Characterization and Self-Assembly
Self-Assembly and Applications of Polyferrocenylsilane Block Copolymers
Functional Polymeric Nanostructures Prepared by Self-Assembly and Beyond
Morphologies of Block and Star-Branched Polymers with Three Components
Morphologies and Photophysical Properties of Conjugated Rod–Coil Block Copolymers
Bulk Self-Assembly of Linear Hybrid Polypeptide-Based Diblock and Triblock Copolymers
AFM Study of Comb (Co)Polymers with Complex Chain Architecture
Tunable Thermoresponsive Polymers by Molecular Design
Fluorine-Containing Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Application as a Template for Nanocellular and Porous Structures Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Architectural Polymers, Nanostructures, and Hierarchical Structures from Block Copolymers
Block Copolymer Nanostructured Thin Films for Advanced Patterning
Ring Polymers: Effective Isolation and Unique Properties