Research Catalog

Title

Syndiotactic polystyrene : synthesis, characterization, processing, and applications / edited by Jürgen Schellenberg.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schellenberg, Jürgen

Description

xxv, 453 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Subjects

• Microcrystalline polymers
• Polystyrene

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Historical Overview and Commercialization of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Michael Malanga, Osamu Isogai, Takeshi Yamada, Shigeo Iwasaki and Masahiko Kuramoto -- Pt. II. Preparation of Syndiotactic Polystyrene -- 2. Transition Metal Catalysts for Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Norio Tomotsu, Thomas H. Newman, Mizutomo Takeuchi, Richard Campbell Jr. and Jurgen Schellenberg -- 3. Cocatalysts for the Syndiospecifi c Styrene Polymerization / Norio Tomotsu, Hiroshi Maezawa and Thomas H. Newman -- 4. Mechanisms for Stereochemical Control in the Syndiotactic Polymerization of Styrene / Norio Tomotsu, Thomas H. Newman and Richard Campbell Jr. -- 5. Copolymerization of Ethylene with Styrene: Design of Effi cient Transition Metal Complex Catalysts / Kotohiro Nomura -- 6. Structure and Properties of Tetrabenzo[a,c,g,i]fluorenyl-Based Titanium Catalysts / Rudiger Beckhaus, Kai Schroder and Jurgen Schellenberg -- 7. Rare-Earth Metal Complexes as Catalysts for Syndiospecific Styrene Polymerization / Klaus Beckerle and Jun Okuda -- 8. Syndiospecific Styrene Polymerization with Heterogenized Transition Metal Catalysts / Kyu Yong Choi -- Pt. III. Structure and Fundamental Properties of Syndiotactic Polystyrene -- 9. Structure, Morphology, and Crystallization Behavior of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Andrea Sorrentino and Vittoria Vittoria -- 10. Preparation, Structure, Properties, and Applications of Co-Crystals and Nanoporous Crystalline Phases of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Gaetano Guerra, Alexandra Romina Albunia and Concetta D'Aniello -- 11. Crystallization Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Tomoaki Takebe and Komei Yamasaki -- Pt. IV. Commercial Processes for Manufacturing of Syndiotactic Polystyrene -- 12. Processes for the Production of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Masao Aida, David Habermann, Hans-Joachim Leder, and Jurgen Schellenberg -- Pt. V. Properties, Processing, and Applications of Syndiotactic Polystyrene -- 13. Properties of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Tomoaki Takebe, Komei Yamasaki, Keisuke Funaki and Michael Malanga -- 14. Melt Processing of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / David Bank, Kevin Nichols, Harold Fowler, Jason Reese and Gerry Billovits -- 15. Applications of Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Tom Fiola, Akihiko Okada, Masami Mihara and Kevin Nichols -- 16. Blends of Syndiotactic Polystyrene with Polyamide / Kevin Nichols, Akihiko Okada and Hiroki Fukui -- 17. Blends of Syndiotactic Polystyrene with Polystyrenes / Tomoaki Takebe, Komei Yamasaki, Akihiko Okada and Takuma Aoyama -- 18. Compatibilizers for Impact-Modifi ed Syndiotactic Polystyrene / Tomoaki Takebe, Akihiko Okada and Nobuyuki Sato -- Pt. VI. Polymers Based on Syndiotactic Polystyrenes -- 19. Functionalization and Block/Graft Reactions of Syndiotactic Polystyrene Using Borane Comonomers and Chain Transfer Agents / T. C. Mike Chung -- 20. Nanocomposites Based on Syndiotactic Polystyrene / O. Ok Park and Mun Ho Kim.

ISBN

• 9780470286883 (cloth)
• 0470286881 (cloth)

LCCN

• 2009020802
• 40017403682

OCLC

• ocn366469007
• 366469007
• SCSB-5501459

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries