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The Rise of Organophosphorus Derivatives in π-Conjugated Materials Chemistry
This chapter concerns the synthesis and properties of π-conjugated oligomers and polymers containing phosphorus moieties, an area of increasing...
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Liquid Crystalline Polymers by Metathesis Polymerization
Liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) have gained attention as materials with interesting optical, mechanical and rheological properties. This review...
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Hydrozirconation and Its Applications
Next to hydroboration and hydrostannylation, hydrozirconation is among the few general methods available for the stoichiometric conversion of readily...
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Environmental Degradation of Polyethylene
The environmental degradation of polyethylene proceeds by synergistic action of photo- and thermo-oxidative degradation and biological activity....
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Effect of Shear Flow on Polymer Blends
An overview of the various theoretical approaches to understanding the effect of shear flow on polymer blends is presented. Two differing models...
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Charge Transport and Catalysis by Molecules Confined in Polymeric Materialsand Application to Future Nanodevices for Energy Conversion
Polymeric materials confining functional molecules are one of the most promising materials for designing nanodevices for energy conversion, e.g.,...
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Determination of very broad particle size distributions via interference optics in the analytical ultracentrifuge
Dispersions play a big role in industry. Important characteristics such as viscosity and gloss depend on the particle size and the particle size...
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Ruthenium-Catalyzed C–C Bond Formation
Molecular ruthenium catalysts are now currently used to perform selective carbon–carbon bond formation by combination of simple substrates. Their...
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Equilibrium Structure of Dendrimers – Results and Open Questions
We review the problem of the structure of dendrimers in solution. Special emphasis is placed on recent theoretical work and computer simulations of...
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A Covalent Chemistry Approach to Giant Macromolecules with Cylindrical Shape and an Engineerable Interior and Surface
This article divides the synthetic routes leading to dendronized polymers into two main categories (attach-to and macromonomer) and compares their...
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PAEs with Heteroaromatic Rings
This article reviews the synthesis and chemical properties of poly(aryleneethynylene)s, PAEs, consisting of sulfur-containing heteroaromatic rings...
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Macrocycle Synthesis Through Templation
This review highlights the major advances over the last 5 years in the templated synthesis of carbon-based macrocycles. With selected examples, it...
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Surface Modification of Polyethylene
Polyolefins such as polyethylene, polypropylene and their copolymers have excellent bulk physical/chemical properties, are...
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Crosslinked Polyolefin Foams: Production, Structure, Properties, and Applications
The purpose of this paper is to review the most significant developments of the last 10 years in the field of crosslinked polyolefin foams. The...
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Efficient Methods to Compute Long-Range Interactions for Soft Matter Systems
An extensive introduction to the topic of how to compute long-range interactions efficiently is presented. First, the traditional Ewald sum for 3D...
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Effects of acetylation on thermodynamic properties of seaweed alginate in sodium chloride solutions
Alginates are polysaccharides consisting of mannuronate and guluronate units. While bacterial alginate is acetylated, seaweed alginate does not...
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Cyclopropanation with Ruthenium Catalysts
In this decade, a variety of ruthenium complexes have been intensively investigated that exhibit catalytic activity for cyclopropanation of olefins...
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Ruthenium-Promoted Radical Processes Toward Fine Chemistry
Ruthenium holds a prominent position among the many transition metals used in radical chemistry. The dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine) complex...