Recent Trends in Ionic Polymerization Book

Preface   D. Baskaran   S. Sivaram
Indian Turmeric and its Use in Cationic Photopolymerizations   James V. Crivello   Umut Bulut     1
Synthesis of 3- and 4- Arm Star-Block Copolypeptides using Multifunctional Amino Initiators and High Vacuum Techniques   Thrasyvoulos Aliferis   Hermis Iatrou   Nikos Hadjichristidis   Jamie Messman   Jimmy Mays     12
Real-Time FTIR Monitoring of the Carbocationic Copolymerization of Isobutylene with Styrene   Judit E. Puskas   Polly Chan   Kimberley B. McAuley   Gabor Kaszas   Sohel Shaikh     18
Synthesis of Dendrimer-Like Star-Branched Poly(methyl methacrylate)s of Generations Consisting of Four Branched Polymer Chains at Each Junction by Iterative Methodology Involving Coupling and Transformation Reactions   Takumi Watanabe   Yuji Tsunoda   Akira Matsuo   Kenji Sugiyama   Akira Hirao     23
Successive Synthesis of Regular and Asymmetric Star-Branched Polymers by Iterative Methodology Based on Living Anionic Polymerization Using Functionalized 1,1-Diphenylethylene Derivatives   Akira Hirao   Kyoichi Inoue   Tomoya Higashihara     31
New Functional Diblock Copolymers Through Radical Addition of Mercaptans   Justyna Justynska   Zofia Hordyjewicz   Helmut Schlaad     41
Progress in Polymerization of Cyclic Esters: Mechanisms and Synthetic Applications   Tadeusz Biela   Adam Kowalski   Jan Libiszowski   Andrzej Duda   Stanislaw Penczek     47
HyperMacs. Long Chain Branched Analogues of Hyperbranched Polymers Prepared by the Polycondensation of AB[subscript 2] Macromonomers   Lian R. Hutchings   Jonathon M. Dodds   Susan J. Roberts-Bleming     56
Cationic Polymerization of Hexamethylcyclosiloxane (D[subscript 3]): Kinetics and Mechanism of Cyclics Formation   G. Toskas   M. Moreau   P. Sigwalt     68
Anionic Copolymerization of [epsilon]-Caprolactam with [omega]-Laurolactam   Jan Budin   Jan Roda   Jiri Brozek   Jaroslav Kriz     78
Kinetic Investigations of Self-Condensing Group Transfer Polymerization   Peter F. W. Simon   Axel H. E. Muller     83
Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization of Unconventional Monomers   Yusuf Yagci     193
Conducting Polymer Coated DNA   Yosef Bardavid   Alexander B. Kotlyar   Shlomo Yitzchaik     102
Polymerization Processes in Ionic Liquids. Cationic Polymerization of Styrene   Malgorzata Basko   Tadeusz Biedron   Przemyslaw Kubisa     107
Self-Nucleation Behavior of the Polyethylene Block as Function of the Confinement Degree in Polyethylene-Block-Polystyrene Diblock Copolymers   A. J. Muller   A. T. Lorenzo   M. L. Arnal   A. Boschetti de Fierro   V. Abetz     114
Closed-Loop Phase Behavior and Baroplasticity of deuterated Polystyrene-block-Poly(n-pentyl methacrylate) Copolymer investigated by SANS and FTIR Spectroscopy   Dong Hyun Lee   Hye Jeong Kim   Jin Kon Kim     123
Siloxane-containing Bifunctional Epoxide Together with Multi-functional Acrylates to Improve the Performance of Holographic Gratings   Yusuke Kawakami   Yeong Hee Cho     130
Synthesis of (meth)acrylate Block Copolymers by Ligated Anionic Polymerization   Petr Vlcek   Eva Cadova   Miroslav Janata   Petra Latalova   Ludek Toman   Jaroslav Kriz   Dana Kurkova     141
The Effect of Alkyl Side Chain and Additives on the Anionic Polymerization of Isocyanates with Carbamate Group   Yeong-Deuk Shin   M. Shahinur Rahman   Shashadhar Samal   Jae-Suk Lee     151
New Prospects for the Grafting of Functional Groups onto Aliphatic Polyesters. Ring-Opening Polymerization of [alpha]- or [gamma]-Substituted [epsilon]-Caprolactone Followed by Chemical Derivatization of the Substituents    Philippe Lecomte   Raphael Riva   Stephanie Schmeits   Jutta Rieger   Kathy Van Butsele   Christine Jerome   Robert Jerome     157
Improvement of Synthetic Vectors for Gene Therapy Using Ring-Opening Cationic Polymerization   H. Cheradame   B. Brissault   C. Guis   P. Guegan   C. Pomel   A. Kichler   J. Gau   L. Auvray     166
Enzymatic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones by Lipase Catalyst: Mechanistic Aspects   Shiro Kobayashi     178
Diphenyldiselenide As Novel Non-salt Photoinitiator for Photosensitized Cationic Polymerization of N-Vinyl Carbazole   Mukesh Kumar Gupta   Raj Pal Singh     186
Anionic High Impact Polystyrene: A New Process for Low Residual and Low Cost HIPS   Philippe Desbois   Volker Warzelhan   Norbert Niessner   Alain Deffieux   Stephane Carlotti     194
Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of 1,3-Dehydroadamantanes   Shin-ichi Matsuoka   Naoto Ogiwara   Yosuke Uehara   Takashi Ishizone     206
New Segmented Copolymers by Combination of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Ring Opening Polymerization   Wojciech Jakubowski   Krzysztof Matyjaszewski      213
The ATRP Synthesis of the Potential Thermoplastic Elastomer Poly(methyl methacrylate)-b-(lauryl methacrylate)-b-(methyl methacrylate) Hitherto Unrealized by Ionic Polymerization   Dhruba P. Chatterjee   Broja M. Mandal     224
Controlled Radical Polymerization of Furfuryl Methacrylate   Amalin A. Kavitha   Anusuya Choudhury   Nikhil K. Singha     232
Copper Catalyzed ATRP of Methyl Methacrylate Using Aliphatic [alpha]-Bromo Ketone Initiator   Anuj Mittal   Durairaj Baskaran   Swaminathan Sivaram     238
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) of Ethyl Acrylate: Its Mechanistic Studies   Haimanti Datta   Anil K. Bhowmick   Nikhil K. Singha     245