Introduction to the physics of reactive polymers

As discussed in the previous section, this book focusses on reactive polymer systems, from network-forming polymers to reactively modified polymer systems. Network polymers may be defined as polymer systems that contain chemical or physical networks between the constituent molecules of the system. Within the term reactively modified polymers we include polymer systems that have been modified by grafting, chemical reaction or high-energy radiation. Typically network or reactively modified polymers are manufactured by various 

We will now briefly introduce and differentiate between network and reactively modified polymers. 

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