Polymer chemistry and technolog

The synthesis of new polymeric materials having complex properties has recently become of great practical importance to polymer chemistry and technology. The synthesis of new materials can be prepared by either their monomers or modification of used polymers in industry. Today, polystyrene (PS), which is widely used in industrial applications as polyolefins and polyvinylchlorides, is also used for the production of plastic materials, which are used instead of metals in technology. For this reason, it is important to synthesize different PS plastic materials. Among the modification of PS, two methods can be considered, viz. physical and chemical modifications. These methods are extensively used to increase physico-mechanical properties, such as resistance to strike, air, or temperature for the synthesizing of new PS plastic materials. 

The ability of nitrile oxides to undergo addition and cycloaddition reactions makes it possible to use them in polymer chemistry and technology. Major trends might be synthesis, modification, cross-linking of polymers, addition of nucleophiles, and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides. Taking into account the scarcity of reviews devoted to this topic, not only recent but also previous references will be cited in this subsection. 

Polymer chemistry and technology form one of the major areas of molecular and materials science. This field impinges on nearly every aspect of modem life, from electronics technology, to medicine, to the wide range of fibers, films, elastomers, and structural materials on which everyone depends. 

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T T omogeneous catalysis is of major importance in polymer chemistry - - and technology—e.g., in producing vinyl polymers, polydienes, and polycondensation polymers. It permits precise control of all reactants, usually eliminates the necessity of removing catalyst residues from the product, and allows the use of relatively simple apparatus. On the other hand, polymerizations in homogeneous media, especially bulk polymerizations of vinyl monomers, are sometimes so vigorous that proper heat removal may not be eflFected on a large scale. This drawback has limited some of the possible industrial applications (34). 

Utschick, H. Methods of Thermal Analysis Applications from Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Technology Ecomed Verlagsgesellschaft AG and Co KG Landsberg, Germany, 1999. 

Bogdal D, Prociak A. Microwave Enhanced Polymer Chemistry and Technology. Oxford Blackwell Publishing 2007. 

In the early days of polymer chemistry and technology, a new chemical modification successfully applied to one polymer was quickly evaluated with a... 

L. M. Khananashvili, Organoelement Monomers and Polymers Chemistry and Technology, Moscow, 1998, p. 528. 

The extension of these principles to molecules and macromolecules based on renewable resources has been applied to polymer chemistry and technology, mostly in two areas requiring viscous materials, namely (i) the preparation of liquid polyols to be used in the manufacture of polyurethanes, and (ii) the synthesis of macromol-ecular rheology modifiers. A typical polyol for the synthesis of polyurethane foams is obtained industrially from the oxypropylation of sorbitol, [3] whereas hydroxypropyl cellulose represents a major commodity for the rheological control of paints, foodstuff, cosmetics, etc. [4]. 

Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology Department of Chemistry 54124 Thessaloniki Greece... 

Valetski, P. M. Epoxide polymers. Polymer Chemistry and Technology, 1966, 2(64) (In Russian). 

The purpose of this chapter is to provide useful details concerning the application of microwave irradiation to polymer chemistry and technology. A survey of the past achievements in polymer synthesis and polymer composites can be found in review papers [ 1—5]. However, in this chapter a short description of the nature of microwaves as well as their interactions with matter, in particular with organic substances, is given to provide a brief review of those topics the most extensive explanation can be found in the cited books and papers [6-9]. 

A. A. Berlin, Successes of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Collection 1, Moscow, State Press for Chemical Literature, 1955, p. 67. 

Microwave-enhanced polymer chemistry and technology D. Bogdal, A. Prociak Blackwell Publishing 2007... 

Cleopatra VASILIU-OPREA held the post of Professor of Monomer and Polymer Technology and Polymer Mechanochemistry at the Gh. Asachi Technical University, Iasi, Romania. She received a chemical engineer degree at the Polytechnical Institute of Iasi, Romania, and PhD degree from the Techniche Hochschule fur Chemie, Merseburg, Germany. Prof. Vasiliu-Oprea is PhD supervisor in the fields of Polymer Chemistry and Technology and Material Science. 

Good morning. It is a pleasure for me to be here and participate in this symposium. I would like to express my thanks to the organizers for the opportunity to talk about an area of polymer chemistry and technology in which I have been involved for a period of over fifteen years. initially as a synthetic chemist in GE s Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York, and more recently in a managerial role in GE s Plastics Business in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where this work attained commercial status in 1982. 

Bogdal D, Prociak A (2007) Microwave-enhanced polymer chemistry and technology. Blackwell-Wiley, Oxford... 

Advances in polymer chemistry and technology have led to a variety of new polymers, hybrids, copolymers, etc., presenting the adhesive formulator with a wide choice of materials. Many approaches to synthesis are available ... 

Gabriel Rokicki is a chemistry professor at the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, where he received all his academic education (MSc in 1971, PhD in 1989, and tenure professor in 2002). His current scientific activities include synthesis, stmcture, and properties of polymer materials, such as aliphatic polycarbonates, polyurethanes, epoxy resins, and biodegradable polymers. He has devoted a special interest to the use of functional polymers in obtaining specialty ceramic materials as well as to polymer recycling. Earlier major interests included the utilization of carbon dioxide and cyclic carbonates in the synthesis of condensation polymers. Another topic of interest was polymeric ion-sensors based on modified calixarenes. He is the author and coauthor of 160 scientific papers and holds more than 50 patents in the above-mentioned areas. At the Faculty of Chemistry of Warsaw University of Technology, he conducts lectures on polymer chemistry and technology. 

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