Since Hermann Staudinger coined the concept of macromolecules as covalently linked very large molecular entities in 1922, the main focus of ongoing research has been on the synthesis of polymers and copolymers leading to a great variety of stable, structural, and functional materials. On the other hand, during the last 15 years the knowledge about supramolecular self-organization of polymers with low molecular-weight compounds by reversible non-covalent interactions gained increasing attention. In particular, the interactions of cyclic molecules, called hosts, with polymersbecame increasingly...
Since Hermann Staudinger coined the concept of macromolecules as covalently linked very large molecular entities in 1922, the main focus of ongoing re...
While books have been written on many topics of Polymer Science, no comp- hensive treatise o n l ong-chain b ranching has e ver b een c omposed.This se ries o f reviews in Volume 142 an d 143 o f Advances in P olymer Science tries to fill this gap by highlighting active areas of research on branched polymers. Long-chain branching is a p henomenon observed in s ynthetic polymers and in some natural polysaccharides.It has l ong been r ecognized as a ma jor molecular parameter of macromolecules.Its presence was first surmised by H.Staudinger and G.V.Schulz (Ber.68,2320,1935).Interestingly, their...
While books have been written on many topics of Polymer Science, no comp- hensive treatise o n l ong-chain b ranching has e ver b een c omposed.This s...
This title covers molecular simulation aproaches for multiphase polymer systems, adhesion and fracture of interfaces between immiscible polymers - from the molecular to the continuum scale, and recent progress of gel theory - ring, excluded volume and dimension.
This title covers molecular simulation aproaches for multiphase polymer systems, adhesion and fracture of interfaces between immiscible polymers - fro...
