Synthetic Methods
in Step-Growth Polymers

edited by Martin E. Rogers
and Timothy E. Long

This reference volume provides a concise source of information on synthetic techniques, purification, and characterization methods for step-growth polymers and also addresses future synthetic trends.

This applications-oriented handbook is a one-stop, at-your-fingertips source of information for researchers, technologists, and industrial managers. Encompassing a single reference of the classical and state-of-the-art synthetic techniques for preparing polymers via step-growth polymerization, this text provides a historical background of step-growth polymerization, baic informathion regarding major classes of step-growth polymers, and experimental techniques such as purification, synthesis, and characterization.

Coverage includes:

• Polyurethanes and Polyureas
• Polyimides and Other High-Temperature Polymers
• Non-Traditional Step-Growth Polymerizations—ADMET
• Non-Traditional Step-Growth Polymerization—Transition Metal Coupling
• Depolymerization and Recycling

All chapters are contributed by leading experts in their respective fields. Chemists, chemical engineers, and materials scientitsts, as well as industrial, academic, and government libraries, will find Synthetic Methods in Step-Growth Polymers to be an unparalleled resource for this category of polymerization.

Contents

1. Introduction to Synthetic Methods in Step-Growth Polymers
2. Polyesters
3. Polyamides
4. Polyurethanes and Polyureas
5. Polyimides and Other High-Temperature Polymers
6. Synthesis of Poly(arylene ether)s
7. Chemistry and Properties of Phenolic Resins and Networks
8. Nontraditional Step-Growth Polymerization: ADMET
9. Nontraditional Step-Growth Polymerization: Transition Metal Coupling
10. Depolymerization and Recycling

Index

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