Structure-Property Relations in Polymers: Spectroscopy and Performance

Explores relationships between spectroscopic findings and physical properties of polymers. Thirty-five chapters are divided into six sections covering fundamental concepts in FT-IR, FT-Raman, fluorescence spectroscopy and FT-Mass Spectrometry of polymers; crystalline polymers and copolymers; surfaces and interfaces of polymers; spectroscopic approaches to polymers in solutions and polymer networks; spectroscopy combined with thermally induced processes in polymers; and polymer analysis and surface modifications using non-conventional energy sources. Includes tutorial chapters designed to assist newcomers to the field.

Fourier Transform Infrared and Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy of Polymers: Principles and Applications; Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polymers: Analysis, Physics, and Process Control; Spectroscopic Characterization of Polymers: Fluorescence Principles; Laser Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry for Polymer Characterization; Use of Raman Spectroscopy in Characterizing the Structure and Properties of Crystalline Polymers; Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Molecular Structure of Compatible Polymer Blends; Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as a Probe of Phase Behavior in Copolymer Blends: A Comparison of Theoretical Predictions to Experimental Data; Applications of Raman Spectroscopy to the Study of Polydiacetylenes and Related Materials; Qualitative Identification of Polymeric Materials Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; Optical Theory and Modeling of Gradients at Polymer Surfaces; Film-Air and Film-Substrate Interfaces of Latex Films Monitored by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy; Surface Analysis of Thick Polymer Films by Infrared Spectroscopy; Fundamentals and Applications of Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform (DRIFT) Spectroscopy; Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a Method for Determining Surface Structures: One- and Two-Dimensional Polymeric Copper Azoles; Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a Method for Determining Surface Structures: Thiophenol at Group Ib Metal Surfaces; Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Studies of Coatings; Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy in the Study of Paints; Fluorescence Studies of Polymer Association in Water; Metachromasy: The Interactions between Dyes and Polyelectrolytes in Aqueous Solution; Probe Spectroscopy, Free Volume Concepts, and Physical Aging of Polymer Glasses; Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Poly-(4-oxystyrenes) with Triphenylsulfonium Salts: Insight into the Photoinitiation of Chemically Amplified Resists; Polymer Characterization Using Singlet Oxygen Phosphorescence as a Spectroscopic Probe; Triplet Excimer-Monomer Equilibria as Structural Probes in Pure and Molecularly Doped Polymers; Relations between Luminescence Emission and Physical Properties of *g-Irradiated Polypropylene; Investigation of Polycarbonate Degradation by Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Its Impact on Final Performance; Photoacoustic Fourier Transform Infrared Response to Thermal and Interfacial Changes in Polymers; A Combined Differential Scanning Calorimetry-Fourier Transform Infrared Approach for the Study of Polymeric Materials; Thermogravimetric Analysis-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Technique To Probe the Thermal Degradation of Polymers; Thermal Degradation of Cotton Cellulose Studied by Fourier Transform Infrared-Photoacoustic Spectroscopy; Characterization of Polymer Building Blocks by K]+]I]D]S Ionization of Desorbed Species; Surface Analysis by Laser Ionization Applied to Polymeric Material; Spectroscopic Characterization of Films Obtained in Pulsed Radio-Frequency Plasma Discharges of Fluorocarbon Monomers; Comparative Raman and Infrared Vibrational Study of the Polymer Derived from Titanocene Dichloride and Squaric Acid; Analysis of Gas-Plasma-Modified Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Elastomer Surfaces: Attentuated-Total-Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy; Ultrasonic Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Poly(phthalocyanato) Siloxane