Edited and authored by top international experts, this first book on conjugated polymers with a focus on synthesis provides a detailed overview of all modern synthetic methods for these highly interesting compounds. As such, it describes every important compound class, including polysilanes, organoboron compounds, and ferrocene-containing conjugated polymers. An indispensable source for every synthetic polymer chemist.

Autorentext

Yoshiki Chujo completed his PhD at Kyoto University in 1980 and then joined Nagoya University as an assistant professor in 1981. In 1983, he joined the group of Prof. J. E. McGrath at Virginia Tech in the U.S.A. as a postdoctoral research fellow. He returned to Kyoto University as a lecturer in 1986 and has been Professor of Polymer Chemistry there since 1994. His research interests focus on polymer synthesis, inorganic polymers, and polymeric hybrid materials. He has published more than 400 papers.

Inhalt

01 Organometallic Polycondensation for Conjugated Polymers

02 Catalyst-Transfer Condensation Polymerization for Precision Synthesis of pi-Conjugated Polymers

03 Regioregular and Regiosymmetric Polythiophenes

04 Functional Hyperbranched Polymers Constructed from Acetylenic An-Type Building Blocks

05 Through-Space Conjugated Polymers

06 Fully Conjugated Nano-Sized Macrocycles: Synthesis and Versatile Properties

07 Organoboron Conjugated Polymers

08 Recent Developments in Pi-Conjugated Macromolecules with Phosphorous Atoms in the Main Chain

09 Organo-Arsenic, Phosphorous, and Antimony Conjugated Polymers

10 Synthetic Strategies to Conjugated Main-Chain Metallopolymers

11 Helical Polyacetylene Prepared in Liquid Crystal Field