Structural order in polymers : lectures presented at the International Symposium on Macromolecules Florence, Italy, 7-12 September 1980 /
Structural Order in Polymers.
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Pergamon Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 1981. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
Series: |
IUPAC symposium series
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080252964 |
Summary: |
Structural Order in Polymers. |
Item Description: | Sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Macromolecular Division, and others. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9781483279008 1483279006 |
Index Number: | TP1081 |
CLC: | O63-532 |
Contents: |
Front Cover; Structural Order in Polymers; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; In Memoriam GIULIO NATTA, 1903-1979; Organizing Committee; PREFACE; PART I: SPECIAL SESSION ON STEREOSPECIFIC POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS AND DIOLEFINS; CHAPTER 1. STRUCTURAL REGULARITY AND CRYSTALLINITY IN MACROMOLECULES; INTRODUCTION; STRUCTURAL ORDER AND DISORDER IN MACROMOLECULES; STEREOREGULAR VINYL POLYMERS; SPECIFICATION OF CHIRAL ELEMENTS AND STEREOCHEMICAL CONFIGURATION IN VINYL POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS OF THE CRYSTALLINE STATE IN POLYMERS. Kinetics of crystallization and morphology of semicrystalline polymersconclusions; references; chapter 2. how nature lost a monopoly; conclusion; references; chapter 3. recent advances in the study of the crystalline structure and chain conformation of stereoregular polymers; references; chapter 4. concepts on the mechanism of stereospecific propylene polymerization; introduction; determination of the number of active centers and their reactivity in propagation using selective radioactive quenching agents; supported titanium halogenides as polymerization catalysts. Role of organometallic cocatalystspolymer chain transfer; intimate mechanism of the propagation reaction; conclusion; acknowledgements; references; chapter 5. the stereospecific polymerization of dienes: mechanistic aspects; introduction; monomer insertion; formation of 1,4-polymers; polymerization to 1,2 or 3,4 polymers; concluding remarks; references; chapter 6. polypropylene: a quarter of a century of increasingly successful development; introduction; origins of polypropylene; commercial development: past, present and future; future prospects; conclusion; references. Part ii: constitutional and configurational order in synthetic polymers and biopolymerschapter 7. structural heterogeneity of lactam polymers; introduction; formation of heterogeneous structures; consequences of side reactions; references; chapter 8. synthesis of sequence defined polynucleotides via diester, triester and phosphite coupling methods; introduction; the phosphodiester approach; the phosphotriester approach; the phosphite triester approach and synthesis on a polymer support; application of polynucleotide chemistry to important biological problems; concluding remarks; references. Chapter 9. on the methodology of morphological and structure research in solid polymersintroduction; crystal lamella; the lamellar thickness (fold length); neutron scattering -- application to polymer single crystals; block c0p0lymeric composites; concluding remarks; references; chapter 10. order versus regularity in globular proteins; introduction; the polypeptide chain; the tertiary structure; the tertiary structure as an ""aperiodic crystal molecule""; the packing density of globular proteins; homologous proteins as ""isomorphous crystal molecules""; references. |