| Hydrogen Bonded Polymers Contributor(s): Binder, Wolfgang (Editor), Binder, W. H. (Contribution by), Bouteiller, L. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 3642088139 ISBN-13: 9783642088131 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Materials Science - General - Science | Mechanics - Fluids - Technology & Engineering | Nanotechnology & Mems |
| Dewey: 547.7 |
| Series: Advances in Polymer Science |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 9.21" W x 6.14" (0.69 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Control of polymeric structure is among the most important endeavours of modern macromolecular science. In particular, tailoring the positioning and strength of intermolecular forces within macromolecules by synthetic me- odsandthusgaining structuralcontrolover the?nalpolymeric materials has become feasible, resulting in the ?eld of supramolecular polymer science. - sides other intermolecular forces, hydrogen bonds are unique intermolecular forces enabling the tuning of material properties via self-assembly processes 1 overawiderangeofinteractionstrengthrangingfromseveralkJmol tosev- 1 eraltensofkJmol . Centralfortheformationofthesestructuresareprecursor molecules of small molecular weight (usually lower than 10 000), which can assembleinsolidorsolutiontoaggregatesofde?nedgeometry. Intermolecular hydrogenbondsatde?nedpositionsofthesebuildingblocksaswellastheir- spectivestartinggeometryandtheinitialsizedeterminethemodeofassembly into supramolecular polymers forming network-, rodlike-, ?brous-, disclike-, helical-, lamellar- and chainlike architectures. In all cases, weak to strong hydrogen-bondinginteractionscanactasthecentralstructure-directingforce fortheorganizationofpolymerchainsandthusthe?nalmaterials properties. Theimportantcontributionofhydrogenbondstotheareaofsupramole- lar polymer chemistry is de?nitely outstanding, most of all since the potency of hydrogen-bonding systems has been found to be unique in relation to other supramolecular interactions. Thus the high level of structural diversity of many hydrogen-bonding systems as well as their high level of direction- ity and speci?city in recognition-phenomena is unbeaten in supramolecular chemistry. The realization, that their stability can be tuned over a wide range of binding strength is important for tuning the resulting material prop- ties, ranging from elastomeric to thermoplastic and even highly crosslinked duroplastic structures and networks. On the basis of the thermal reversib- ity, new materials with highly tunable properties can now be prepared, - ing able to change their mechanical and optoelectronic properties with very smallchangesofexternalstimuli. Thusthe?eldofhydrogen-bondedpolymers forms the basis for stimuli responsive and adaptable materials of the future." |