Progress in Controlled Radical Polymerization: Mechanisms and Techniques

Preface 1. Controlled Radical Polymerization: State-of-the-Art in 2011 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 2. The Mechanism of Stereoregulation in Free-Radical Polymerization of Bulky Methacrylates Isa Degirmenci, Benjamin B. Noble, Ching Yeh Lin, and Michelle L. Coote 3. Observations of Initial Steps of Radical Polymerizations by Time-Resolved and Steady-State Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy with the Aid of ATRP Atsushi Kajiwara 4. Terminal Monomer Units in Dormant and Active Copolymer Chains Lebohang Hlalele and Bert Klumperman 5. Possibilities for Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerizations Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen, Mustafa Ciftci, Mustafa Uygun, and Yusuf Yagci 6. Highly Efficient Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis Using Sequential Copper Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne [3+2] Cycloaddition and ATRA/ATRP Carolynne L. Ricardo and Tomislav Pintauer 7. Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions for Copper-Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization at Low Catalyst Concentration Shannon R. Woodruff, Brad J. Davis, and Nicolay V. Tsarevsky 8. Homobimetallic Ethylene? and Vinylidene?Ruthenium Complexes for ATRP Yannick Borguet, Lionel Delaude, and Albert Demonceau 9. Metal-Catalyzed Step-Growth Radical Polymerization of AA and BB Monomers for Monomer Sequence Regulation Kotaro Satoh, Tomohiro Abe, and Masami Kamigaito 10. Tuning Polymer Properties through Competitive Processes Dominik Konkolewicz, Dagmar R. D'hooge, Stanislaw Sosnowski, Ryszard Szymanski, Marie-Francoise Reyniers, Guy B. Marin, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski 11. ATRPases: Using Nature's Catalysts in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizations Gergely Kali, Tilana B. Silva, Severin J. Sigg, Farzad Seidi, Kasper Renggli, and Nico Bruns 12. ARGET ATRP of BMA and BA: Exploring Limitations at Low Copper Levels Kevin A. Payne, Michael F. Cunningham, and Robin A. Hutchinson 13. Adapting Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization to Industrial Scale Production: The Ultimate ATRPSM Technology Wojciech Jakubowski 14. Radical Coupling of Polymers Formed by Cobalt-Mediated Radical Polymerization Antoine Debuigne, Marie Hurtgen, Christine Jerome, and Christophe Detrembleur 15. Investigation of Bis(acetylacetonato)iron(II) as a Moderator for the Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate Zhigang Xue and Rinaldo Poli 16. Some Recent Developments in RAFT Polymerization Graeme Moad, Erika Bicciocchi, Ming Chen, John Chiefari, Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, Matthias Haeussler, Shadi Houshyar, Daniel Keddie, Ezio Rizzardo, San H. Thang, and John Tsanaktsidis 17. Aqueous RAFT/MADIX Polymerization: Same Monomers, New Polymers? Mathias Destarac, Issam Blidi, Olivier Coutelier, Aymeric Guinaudeau, Stephane Mazieres, Eric Van Gramberen, and James Wilson 18. Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization under Microwave Heating Conditions William L. A. Brooks and Brent S. Sumerlin 19. Kinetic Simulations of RAFT-Mediated Microemulsion Polymerizations of Styrene Zhongfan Jia and Michael J. Monteiro 20. Reversible Complexation Mediated Polymerization (RCMP) of Methyl Methacrylate Atsushi Goto, Yoshinobu Tsujii, and Hironori Kaji 21. Reverse Iodine Transfer Polymerization (RITP): From Kinetics and Mechanisms to Macromolecular Engineering Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes, Alejandro-Magno Villa-Hernandez, and David Rayeroux Editors' Biographies Indexes