Advances in Macromolecules Perspectives and Applications
Advances in Macromolecules demonstrates the recent advances in the research and development of macromolecules with particular emphasis on synthetic and naturally occurring polymeric materials. Many examples and figures are provided for the most investigat
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Maria Vittoria Russo Editor
Advances in Macromolecules Perspectives and Applications
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Editor Prof. Maria Vittoria Russo Universit`a di Roma Sapienza Dipto. Chimica Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 Roma Italy [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-3191-4 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3192-1 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3192-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009944206 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Macromolecular science attracted the worldwide interest since the last century and has grown dramatically nowadays due to the novel challenges and perspectives foreseen for emerging fields such as optoelectronics, biology, medicine and catalysis where these materials provide unexpected applications. Original advances are reported in a wide number of papers dealing with polymerization methods, physical phenomena, advances in chemico-physical characterization, theoretical approaches and modelling, which witness the importance of the macromolecules in a variety of interdisciplinary fields. Macromolecules fulfil many needs of the society facing global challenges, for example reuse of polymeric materials, health care, novel technologies for the development of security and defence. Macromolecules show up many tuneable properties arising from their chemical structure and functionalization, that can be modulated through the synthesis, and from their versatility for manifold applications. This book wishes to emphasize some peculiarities of the macromolecules which are considered the premises of future advanced developments. The aim is to give a glance on the opportunities offered in basic science and in most leading and sophisticated technologies, focussing mainly on research topics. On the other hand, the vastness of features and subjects related to the research in macromolecular science implies that important fields such as composites, hybrids, carbon nanotubes, plastic materials etc. will not be considered in this book, although their importance and interest is obviously paramount. Chapter 1 highlights one of the most intriguing challenges for macromolecules, that is the extraordinary properties associated to the nanostructure. Many fields of materials science are successfully applied to the macromolecules and are reviewed including novel synthetic approaches, emulsion polymerizations, self-assembly, templating and grafting techniques, electrochemistry and electrospinning, all of them investigated with the aim of achieving nanosized materials. The peculiar prope
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