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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Corporate Authors: International Symposium on Macromolecules Florence, Italy; Elsevier Science & Technology; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Macromolecular Division
Group Author: Ciardelli, F. Francesco; Giusti, Paolo
Published: Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 1981.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: IUPAC symposium series
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Online Access: 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.