This report contains a review of the state of the art in photoinitiated polymerisation. The review is divided into two main parts. The first part is devoted to a basic description of the different photoinitiation processes encountered. In the second part photopolymerisation reactions are presented and discussed. This review is published together with an indexed section containing bibliographic references and abstracts to the cited articles.

Photoinitiated Polymerization discusses the latest developments in photoinitiated polymerization. This book includes the current state of free radical, cationic, and based catalyzed photopolymerization and their applications.

Volume one deals primarily with the basic principles of radiation curing: UV-curing; EB-curing; microwave curing; oligomer/resin technology; chemistry of imaging science; testing methods; equipment; coatings applications and emerging trends in photopolymers for holographic recording and laser induced reactions.

A comprehensive encyclopaedic dictionary on polymer technology with expanded entries - trade name and trade marks, list of abbreviations and property tables.

The 3rd edition of this important dictionary offers more than 12,000 entries with expanded encyclopaedic-style definitions making this major reference work invaluable to practitioners, researchers and students working in the area of polymer science and technology. This new edition now includes entries on computer simulation and modeling, surface and interfacial properties and their characterization, functional and smart polymers. New and controlled architectures of polymers, especially dendrimers and controlled radical polymerization are also covered.

Photochemical Processes in Polymer Chemistry-2 contains invited lectures presented at the Second IUPAC Symposium on Photochemical Processes in Polymer Chemistry held at Leuven, Belgium on June 2-4, 1976. This book contains 11 papers separated as chapters. Topics include energy transfer processes; photoinitiation of polymerization; solid-state polymerization mechanisms; photoinduced ionic polymerizations; and photoconductive polymers. This text also discusses energy transfer phenomena in high polymer systems; laser spectroscopical methods for the study of primary processes during the photodegradation; photooxidation of high polymers; and reaction selectivity and molecular association in photochemical reactions of nucleic acids and their constituents. New developments in photochromic polymers and related phenomena, as well as the design of photoreactive polymer systems for imaging processes are also explained.

CONTENTS: Preface; Particle boards based on rice husk; Stabilisation of polymers with natural antioxidants; Mechanical performance of composites based on ethylene vinyl-acetate (eva) matrix with powdered in filler; Prediction of mechanical behaviour of hips/pp blends from solubility parameters; Bio-damages of materials. Adhesion of microorganisms on materials surface; Intensification of dust removal process of complex aerohydrodynamic research and the effectiveness of arresting dispersed particles for barbotage -- rotation; Application of a model based on consecutive reactions to polymer degradation; Transport of water as structurally sensitive process characterising morphology of biodegradable polymer systems; Retention Volumes of organic substances on the ester phases; Clay filled rigid polyurethane foams; Kinetics of bimolecular radicals decay in different polymeric matrixes; Mechanism of generation of stable nitrogen-containing radicals in the presence of nitrogen oxides; Hard and soft approaches to analysis of kinetic data; Free-radical mechanisms of formation of polysaccharides radiation destruction products; Generalisation of effects of solvent polymer interaction by means of linear multi-parametric equations; Index.

The term latex covers emulsion polymers, polymer dispersions and polymer colloids. This review report provides a general overview of the emulsion polymerisation processes and explains how the resulting latices are used in industrial applications. The classes of emulsion polymers are surveyed and the commercial technologies and potential future uses discussed. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Polymer Library gives useful references for further reading.