Molecular Characterization and Analysis of Polymers

Written by expert contributors from the academic and industrial sectors, this book presents traditional and modern approaches to polymer characterization and analysis. The emphasis is on pragmatics, problem solving and property determination; real-world applications provide a context for key concepts. The characterizations focus on organic polymer and polymer product microstructure and composition.


Approaches molecular characterization and analysis of polymers from the viewpoint of problem-solving and polymer property characterization, rather than from a technique championing approachFocuses on providing a means to ascertaining the optimum approach or technique(s) to solve a problem/measure a property, and thereby develop an analytical competence in the molecular characterization and analysis of real-world polymer productsProvides background on polymer chemistry and microstructure, discussions of polymer chain, morphology, degradation, and product failure and additive analysis, and considers the supporting roles of modeling and high-throughput analysis

SECTION I: Introduction 1 Introduction by John M. Chalmers and Robert J. Meier 2 Polymer Chemistry and Microstructure by Jacques Devaux and Sophie Demoustier-Champagne 3 Polymeric Materials: Composition, Uses and Applications by Jack P. Candlin

SECTION II: Polymer Chain Analysis 4 Chain Structure Characterization by Gregory Beaucage and Amit S. Kulkarni 5 Chain End Characterization by Tony Jackson and Duncan Robertson 6 Determination of molecular weights and their distributions by Simone Wiegand and Werner Köhler

SECTION III: Polymer Morphology and Structure 7 Phase Structure and Morphology by Rufina G. Alamo 8 Characterization of Molecular Orientation by Michel Pézolet, Christian Pellerin and Thierry Lefèvre 9 Polymer Networks: Elastomers by James E. Mark and B. Erman

SECTION IV: Polymer Degradation 10 Polymer Degradation and Oxidation: An introduction by John M. Chalmers and Robert J. Meier 11 The role of oxidation in degradation of polymers; the relation of oxidation to the light emission from oxidized polymers by Jozef Rychlý and Lyda Matisova-Rychlá 12 ESR and ESR Imaging Methods for the Study of Oxidative Polymer Degradation by Shulamith Schlick and Krzysztof Kruczala

SECTION V: Polymer Product Analysis 13 Spatial imaging/heterogeneity by Peter Wilhelm and Boril Chernev 14 Additive analysis by John Sidwell 15 Failure, Defect and Contaminant Analysis by James D. Rancourt, Jennifer Brooks, Sue Mecham, Alan Sentnam, Brian Starr and Jason Todd 16 Surface Analysis by John M. Chalmers and Robert J. Meier

SECTION IV: Polymer and Polymer Product Development: Support Techniques 17 The Supporting Role of Molecular Modelling and Computational Chemistry in Polymer Analysis by John Kendrick 18 High