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Table of Contents:
Preface.
Abbreviations and Symbols.
I: BLOCK COPOLYMER SYNTHESIS.
1 BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION.
1. Synthesis of AB Diblock Copolymers.
2. Synthesis of Triblock Copolymers.
3. Linear Block Copolymers With More Than Three
Blocks.
2 BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION.
1. Synthesis of AB Diblock Copolymers.
2. Synthesis of Triblock Copolymers.
3 BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY LIVING FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION.
1. Synthesis of AB Diblock Copolymers.
2. Synthesis of ABA Triblock Copolymers.
3. Synthesis of ABC Triblock Terpolymers and
ABCD Tetrablock Quarterpolymers.
4 BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY GROUP TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION.
1. Synthesis of AB Diblock Copolymers.
2. Synthesis of ABA Triblock Copolymers.
3. Synthesis of ABC Triblock Terpolymers.
5 BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY RING OPENING METATHESIS
POLYMERIZATION.
1. Synthesis of AB Diblock Copolymers.
2. Synthesis of ABA Triblock Copolymers.
6 SYNTHESIS OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY A COMBINATION
OF DIFFERENT POLYMERIZATION METHODS.
1. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Anionic
to Cationic Mechanism Transformation.
2. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Anionic
to Living Free Radical Mechanism Transformation.
3. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Cationic
to Anionic Mechanism Transformation.
4. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Cationic
to Onium Mechanism Transformation.
5. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Cationic
to Living Free Radical Mechanism Transformation.
6. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Living
Free Radical to Cationic Mechanism Transformation.
7. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Ring Opening
Metathesis to Living Free Radical Mechanism Transformation.
8. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Ring Opening
Metathesis to Group Transfer Mechanism Transformation.
9. Other Combinations.
10. Bifunctional (DUAL) Initiators.
11. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Direct
Coupling of Preformed Living Blocks.
12. Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Coupling
of End-functionalized Prepolymers.
7 SYNTHESIS OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS BY CHEMICAL
MODIFICATION.
1. Hydrogenation.
2. Hydrolysis.
3. Quaternization.
4. Sulfonation.
5. Hydroboration/Oxidation.
6. Epoxidation.
7. Chloro/BromoMethylation.
8. Hydrosilylation.
8 NONLINEAR BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
1. Star Block Copolymers.
2. Graft Copolymers.
3. Miktoarm Star Copolymers.
4. Other Complex Architectures.
II: MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
9 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
1. Purification of Block Copolymers by Fractionation.
2. Molecular Characterization.
III: SOLUTION PROPERTIES OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
10 DILUTE SOLUTIONS OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS IN
NONSELECTIVE SOLVENTS.
11 DILUTE SOLUTIONS OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS IN
SELECTIVE SOLVENTS.
1. Thermodynamics of Micellization.
2. Phenomenology of Block Copolymer Micellar
Structure.
3. Experimental Techniques for Studying Micelle
Formation.
4. Equilibrium Structure of Block Copolymer
Micelles.
5. Effect of Architecture.
6. Kinetics of Micellization.
7. Solubilization of Low Molecular Weight Substances
in Block Copolymer Micelles.
8. Ionic Block Copolymer Micelles.
12 ADSORPTION OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS AT SOLID-LIQUID
INTERFACES.
1. Phenomenology of Block Copolymer Adsorption.
2. Experimental Techniques for Studying Block
Copolymer Adsorption.
3. Theories of Block Copolymer Adsorption.
4. Experiments on Block Copolymer Adsorption.
IV: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
13 THEORY.
1. Strong Segregation Limit (SSL).
2. Weak Segregation Limit (WSL).
3. Structure Factor.
4. Intermediate Segregation Limit (ISL) and
Self-consistent Field Theory (SCFT).
14 STRUCTURE FACTOR AND CHAIN ARCHITECTURE.
1. Graft Copolymers.
2. AnBn Star Block Copolymers.
3. (AB)n STAR COPOLYMERS.
4. ABA Triblock Copolymers.
5. Tapered Block Copolymers.
6. Multiblock Copolymers.
15 BLOCK COPOLYMER PHASE STATE.
1. Fluctuation Effects.
2. Conformational Asymmetry.
3. The Known Phase Diagrams.
4. The PEO-PI Phase Diagram.
5. The PS-PI-PEO Phase Diagram.
16 VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
1. Localization of the (Apparent) Order-to-Disorder
Transition.
2. Viscoelastic Spectrum of Block Copolymers.
3. Viscoelastic Response of Ordered Phases.
4. Flow-induced Alignment of Block Copolymer
Melts.
17 PHASE TRANSFORMATION KINETICS.
1. Detection and Analysis of the Ordering Kinetics.
2. The Equilibrium Order-to-disorder Transition
Temperature.
3. Effect of Fluctuations.
4. Grain Growth.
5. Effect of Block Copolymer Architecture.
6. Transitions Between Different Ordered States.
18 BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH STRONGLY INTERACTING
GROUPS.
1. Cylinder-forming Functionalized SI Diblock
Copolymers.
2. Lamellar-forming Functionalized Diblock
and Triblock Copolymers.
3. ABC Block Copolymers With a Short but Strongly
Interacting Middle Block.
4. Effect of Salt on the Lamellar Spacing and
Microdomain Morphology.
19 BLOCK COPOLYMER MORPHOLOGY.
1. Rod-Coil Copolymers.
2. ABC Triblock Terpolymers.
3. More Complexity With ABCs.
4. ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymers With Amorphous
Blocks.
5. ABC Star Terpolymers With Crystallizable
Blocks.
6. Architecture-induced Phase Transformations.
20 BLOCK COPOLYMER DYNAMICS.
1. Dynamic Structure Factor of Disordered Diblock
Copolymers.
2. Dynamic Structure Factor of Ordered Diblock
Copolymers.
3. Dielectric Relaxation in Diblock Copolymers
in the Disordered and Ordered Phases.
4. Dynamic Interfacial Width in Block Copolymers.
5. Dielectric Relaxation in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer
Blends.
V: APPLICATIONS.
21 BLOCK COPOLYMER APPLICATIONS.
1. Commercialized Applications.
2. Potential Applications.
Index.
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