Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization Progress in ATRP ACS Symposium Series

This book is focused on recent progress in the dynamically developing field of controlled/ living radical polymerization. It is a sequel to ACS Symposium Series 685, 768, 854, and 944. Volume 1023 contains 26 chapters on mechanistic, synthetic and materials aspects of ATRP. Volume 1024 contains 24 chapters on other controlled/living radical polymerization techniques.

Overview and Fundamentals of Radical Polymerization. 1. CRP - state of the art in. 2. Real and Apparent Sources of Polydispersity in Molecular Weight Distributions from Radical Polymerization. 3. Molecular Design and Polymerization Behavior of Monomers Polymerizable via Radical Ring-opening. 4. Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Observation of Radical Migration Reactions in the Polymerization of Alkyl Acrylates. Kinetics & Mechanism of ATRP. 5. "Greening" of Copper Catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Addition (ATRA) and Cyclization (ATRC) Reactions. 6. The Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Equilibrium: Structural and Medium Effects. 7. ATRP of Methacrylates Catalysed by Homo- and Heterobimetallic Ruthenium Complexes. 8. Ruthenium Carborane Complexes in Atom Transfer Radical. 9. Controlling the Fast ATRP of N-Isopropylacrylaminde in Water. 10. Controlled/"Living" Radical Polymerization of Vinyl. 11. Reversible Chain Transfer Catalyzed Polymerization (RTCP) with Alcohol Catalysts. 12. The Use of Atom Transfer Radical Coupling Reactions for the Synthesis of Various Macromolecular Structures. 13. Design of Thermoresponsive Materials by ATRP of Oligo(ethylene glycol)-based (Macro)monomers. 14. Gelation in Atom Transfer Radical Copolymerization with a Divinyl Cross-Linker. 15. Segregated Polymer Brushes via "Grafting to" and ATRP "Grafting from" Chain Anchoring. 16. Hybrid Block Copolymers Incorporating Oligosasaccharides and D Synthetic Blocks Grown by Controlled Radical Polymerization. 17. Controlled radical polymerizations as versatile synthetic routes for conjugated rod-coil block copolymers and their use as active polymer semiconducting materials in flexible organic electronic devices and systems. 18. Linear Viscoelasticity of Polymer Tethered Highly Grafted Nanoparticles. 19. Physical and mechanical properties of amphiphilic and adaptative polymer conetworks produced by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. 20. Acrylate Based Copolymers by ATRP: The Effect of Molecular Structure on Thermo-Mechanical Properties. 21. Novel Baroplastic Materials. Industrial Aspects of ATRP . 22. Functionalisation of polyHIPE Materials by ATRP Surface Grafting. 23. Systematic Polymeric Libraries via Atom Transfer Radical. 24. Polypropylene-graft-poly(methyl methacrylate) Graft Copolymers: Synthesis and Compatibilization of Polypropylene/Polylactide. 25. Novel Polyolefin Hybrids via Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization. 26. Opportunities in Controlled Radical Polymerization.

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. His research focus is on macromolecular engineering, especially on the synthesis of well-defined copolymers using atom transfer radical polymerization and other controlled/living polymerization techniques. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the Polish Academy of Sciences and is the editor of the journals Progress in Polymer Science and Central European Journal of Chemistry. Professor Matyjaszewski authored 13 books, over 60 book chapters, more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and holds 38 US patents. He received several awards from the American Chemical Society, including the 2009 Presidential Award in Green Chemistry.