Thermodynamics of cationic ring-opening polymerization.- Cyclic oligomers in the cationic ring opening polymerization.- Oxiranes.- Oxetanes.- Oxolanes (Tetrahydrofurans).- Cyclic acetals.- Bicyclic monomers.- Polymers from cyclic esters.- Polymines and polysulfides.- Polyamides.- Polysiloxanes.- Polysiloxanes.- Phosphorus-containing polymers.- Cationic copolymerization of heterocyclic monomers.
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. He is also director of the Center for Macromolecular Engineering at CMU and adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the editor of the journal "Progress in Polymer Science" and "Central European Journal of Chemistry". His research focus is on macromolecular engineering, especially on synthesis of well-defined copolymers using atom transfer radical polymerization and other controlled/living polymerization techniques.