The synthesis of polymers with well-defined compositions, architectures, and functionalities
has long been of great interest in polymer chemistry. Typically, living polymerization …

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American Chemical Society Published on Web 12/12/2001 laboratory-scale processes for …

The modification of polymers has received much attention recently. Among the methods of
modification of polymers, grafting is one of the promising methods. In principle, graft co …

Conventional free radical polymerization (RP) has many advantages (see Chapters 2–4
discussing specific polymers prepared by radical polymerization). The procedure can be …

A novel approach is presented for the controlled intramolecular collapse of linear polymer
chains to give well-defined single-molecule nanoparticles whose structure is directly related …

A useful approach to control and estimation problems in control and communication theory
(as contrasted with classical transfer function methods, and conventional statistical …

With such a wide diversity of properties and applications, is it any wonder that industry and
academia have such a fascination with polymers? A solid introduction to such an enormous …

The functionalization of polyolefins has long been an industrially important yet scientifically
challenging research subject ever since the commercialization of polyethylene (PE) and …

This review describes hydrogels and their classifications along with the synthesis and
properties of biopolymer-dextrin based crosslinked hydrogels and their potential …

Acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization techniques and methodologies
developed over the past five years are reviewed. Through constant catalyst development …