Description
Book SynopsisLadder Polymers An essential reference covering the latest research on ladder polymers
Ladder polymers are a unique macromolecular architecture, consisting of a continuous strand of fused rings in their backbones. Such distinctive structures lead to a range of interesting thermal, optical, and electronic properties and self-assembly behaviors, which have been explored for various applications.
The book Ladder Polymers: Synthesis, Properties, Applications, and Perspectives presents a collection of diverse topics in ladder polymers consisting of historical overview, state-of-the-art research and development, and potential future directions, written by leading researchers in the related fields.
The topics include:
- Conjugated ladder polymers and graphene nanoribbons
- Nonconjugated microporous ladder polymers or polymers of intrinsic microporosity
- Covalent double-stranded polymers
- Supramolecular double-helical polymers and oligomers
- Two dimensional polymers
This book is a one-stop resource on all the critical research developments in the subject of ladder polymers for broad readership including organic, polymer, and physical chemists, materials scientists and engineers, and chemical engineers.
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Conjugated, Aromatic Ladder Polymers: From Precision Synthesis to Single Chain Spectroscopy and Strong Light-Matter Coupling
Graphene Nanoribbons as Ladder Polymers-Synthetic Challenges and Components of Future Electronics
Processing of Conjugated Ladder Polymer
Multiporphyrin arrays: from biomimetics to functional materials
Ladder Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs)
Catalytic Arene-Norbornene Annulation (CANAL) Polymerization for the Synthesis of Rigid Ladder Polymers
Simultaneous Growth in Two Dimensions: a Key to Synthetic 2D Polymers
Ladderphanes and Related Ladder Polymers
Ladder Polysiloxanes
DNA as a Ladder Polymer, from the Basics to Structured Nanomaterials
Twisted Ladder Polymers: Dynamic Properties of Cylindrical Double-Helix Oligomers with Axial Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Group
Coordination Ladder Polymers: Helical Metal Strings
Epilogue
