List of Contributors |
Introduction / Christopher Barner-Kowollik1: |
Quantum-Chemical Studies of RAFT Polymerization: Methodology, Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Kinetic Implications / Michelle L. Coote ; Elizabeth H. Krenske ; Ekaterina I. Izgorodina2: |
Methodology / 2.1: |
Computational Modeling of RAFT Kinetics / 2.3: |
Structure-Reactivity Studies / 2.4: |
Abbreviations / 2.5: |
The Mechanism and Kinetics of the RAFT Process: Overview, Rates, Stabilities, Side Reactions, Product Spectrum and Outstanding Challenges / Graeme Moad3: |
History / 3.1: |
Preequilibrium Kinetics and Mechanism / 3.2: |
Main Equilibrium Kinetics and Mechanism / 3.3: |
Mechanisms for Rate Retardation/Inhibition - Outstanding Questions / 3.4: |
RAFT Copolymerization: Block and Statistical Copolymers / 3.5: |
The Kinetics and Mechanism of Star and Graft Polymer Formation Processes / 3.6: |
Mechanism and Kinetics as a Guide for the Synthetic Polymer Chemist / 3.7: |
The RAFT Process as a Kinetic Tool: Accessing Fundamental Parameters of Free Radical Polymerization / Thomas Junkers ; Tara M. Lovestead4: |
Chain-Length-Dependent Termination: A Brief Overview / 4.1: |
RAFT Chemistry as a Tool for Elucidating the Chain Length Dependence of kt / 4.3: |
Chain-Length-Dependent Propagation Rate Coefficients / 4.4: |
The Radical Chemistry of Thiocarbonylthio Compounds: An Overview / Samir Z. Zard5: |
Historical Overview and Early Chemistry / 5.1: |
The Barton-McCombie Deoxygenation / 5.2: |
A Minor Mechanistic Controversy / 5.3: |
A New Degenerative Radical Process / 5.4: |
Synthetic Routes to Thiocarbonylthio Derivatives / 5.5: |
Some Synthetic Applications of the Degenerative Radical Transfer to Small Molecules / 5.6: |
Applications to Controlled Radical Polymerizations / 5.7: |
Concluding Remarks / 5.8: |
RAFT Polymerization in Bulk Monomer or in (Organic) Solution / Ezio Rizzardo ; San H. Thang6: |
RAFT Agents / 6.1: |
RAFT Polymerization / 6.3: |
RAFT Polymerization Conditions / 6.4: |
RAFT Polymerization in Homogeneous Aqueous Media: Initiation Systems, RAFT Agent Stability, Monomers and Polymer Structures / Andrew B. Lowe ; Charles L. McCormick6.5: |
Initiation Systems / 7.1: |
RAFT Agent Stability / 7.3: |
Suitable Monomers / 7.4: |
Examples of Experimental Procedures / 7.5: |
RAFT-Mediated Polymerization in Heterogeneous Systems / Carl N. Urbani ; Michael J. Monteiro8: |
Effect of Ctr,.RAFT on Mn and PDI in Homogeneous Systems / 8.1: |
Raft in Heterogeneous Systems / 8.3: |
Conclusion / 8.4: |
Complex Architecture Design via the RAFT Process: Scope, Strengths and Limitations / Martina H. Stenzel9: |
Complex Polymer Architectures / 9.1: |
Block Copolymers / 9.2: |
Star Polymers via RAFT Polymerization / 9.3: |
Comb Polymers / 9.4: |
Other Complex Architectures / 9.5: |
Conclusions / 9.6: |
Macromolecular Design by Interchange of Xanthates: Background, Design, Scope and Applications / Daniel Taton ; Mathias Destarac10: |
History of MADIX Polymerization / 10.1: |
Mechanism of MADIX Polymerization / 10.3: |
Kinetics of MADIX Polymerization / 10.4: |
Choice of MADIX Agents / 10.5: |
Synthesis of MADIX Agents / 10.6: |
Experimental Conditions in MADIX / 10.7: |
Monomers Polymerizable by MADIX / 10.8: |
MADIX Polymerization in Waterborne Dispersed Media / 10.9: |
Macromolecular Engineering by MADIX / 10.10: |
Methodologies to Remove the Dithiocarbonate End Groups / 10.11: |
Applications of MADIX (co)polymers / 10.12: |
Surface and Particle Modification via the RAFT Process: Approach and Properties / Yu Li ; Linda S. Schadler ; Brian C. Benicewicz11: |
Approach / 11.1: |
Properties / 11.3: |
Acknowledgment / 11.4: |
Polymers with Well-Defined End Groups via RAFT-Synthesis, Applications and Postmodifications / Leonie Barner ; Sébastien Perrier12: |
Terminal Functionalities Introduced via the CTA / 12.1: |
RAFT in Combination with Other Polymerization Techniques / 12.3: |
Stability of the Thiocarbonylthio End Group and Its Modification Postpolymerization / 12.4: |
Toward New Materials Prepared via the RAFT Process: From Drug Delivery to Optoelectronics? / Arnaud Favier ; Bertrand de Lambert ; Marie-Thérèse Charreyre12.5: |
Bio-Related Applications / 13.1: |
Polymer Based Materials for Various Applications / 13.3: |
Subject Index / 13.4: |
List of Contributors |
Introduction / Christopher Barner-Kowollik1: |
Quantum-Chemical Studies of RAFT Polymerization: Methodology, Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Kinetic Implications / Michelle L. Coote ; Elizabeth H. Krenske ; Ekaterina I. Izgorodina2: |
Methodology / 2.1: |
Computational Modeling of RAFT Kinetics / 2.3: |
Structure-Reactivity Studies / 2.4: |