A practical overview of significant advances in polymer chemistry

This guide provides academic, government, and industrial researchers and managers with a snapshot explanation of specific advances in nine selected areas of polymer chemistry. To compile this formation, the author reviewed 2006-2007 US patents in twenty-three broad subject areas:

Additives

Adhesives

Bioactive

Coatings

Cosmetics

Dental

Electroactive

Energetic Polymers

Fibers

Fluorine

Gels

Imaging Agents

Ink

Liquid Crystals

Nanoparticles

New Synthetic Methods

Optical Materials

Photoactive Polymers

Polymerization Methods

Regulators

Photoresists

Separations

Thermosets

Advances in Polymer Chemistry and Methods Reported in Recent US Patents provides systematically organized and concise coverage of:

Newer bulk anionic, cationic, and free radical polymerization methods, and their impact within selected industrial applications such as electronics, biomedical/biomaterials, and adhesives

Bulk and surface cross-linking agents using selected bi- and tri-functional reagents, photochemical methods, or free radical agents

Cationic and cationic ring opening polymerization reaction, including a description of di- and tri-heterocyclic monomers and their use in medical devices

The first section focuses exclusively on polymerization reactions. For each entry, explicit experimental procedures of all intermediates, polymers, and materials characterization methods are provided. In addition, each entry is referenced with relevant US patents, methods for preparing derivatives and analogues, and product applications. The second section emphasizes modificationof existing polymeric materials using well-established synthetic organic methods, photochemical reactions, and pyrolysis and thermal rearrangements. Methods for preparing and using cross-linking agents are also provided.

This guide helps practicing chemists and researchers stay up to date on developments and identify trends. It's also an excellent reference for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in related chemistry courses.

A look at where novel polymer chemistry is heading

Covering patent literature and process improvements in twenty-four polymer subject areas, "Patent Applications: A Tool for Identifying Advances in Polymer Chemistry" R &D provides researchers with current polymer research not yet published in journals or patents. The review and analysis by the author offers a more thorough understanding and concise package of the patent application. In addition extensive structure depictions of intermediates, products, and derivatives allow the researcher to better visualize material applications both in and beyond polymer chemistry.

The coverage includes the following polymeric categories: AdditivesAdhesivesCosmeticsCrystalline MaterialsDyesElectrically Active PolymersEnergetic PolymersEngineered PlasticsFibersFuel CellsImproved Synthetic MethodsInitiators/ModifiersLight Emitting PolymersMedical PolymersNitric Oxide Releasing AgentsOpticalPharmaceuticalsPhotoresistsPhototherapyRecording MaterialsStentsSuturesTissue ReplacementViscoelastic Polymers

With this thorough and accurate survey, DeRosa provides a practical resource for polymer and organic chemists, as well as graduate students, to identify research and market trends, and to stay up-to-date on current developments in the field.