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Polymerization Reactions (Overview)

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Polymer synthesis; Polymerization

Definition

Polymerization reactions mean the synthetic chemistry or methodology to prepare large molecular weight products (polymers) from small molecular weight substances (monomers).

Introduction

It is no wonder that a large number of polymers ranging from biological to non-biological materials very much contribute to us. Biological polymers are naturally occurring as exemplified by proteins, (deoxy)ribonucleic acids, and polysaccharides that form the basis of life. Biological polymers are highly important; however, this essay deals with non-biological synthetic polymers used for plastics, rubbers, fibers, and resins. These polymeric materials are indispensable for the mankind living in the real world. For more than a century, new polymerization reactions have been developing as a technique for obtaining new (nano)materials [1]. From the mechanistic viewpoint, the polymerization reactions can be roughly divided into two types known as the...

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan

    Koji Takagi

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  1. Center for Fiber and Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Shiro Kobayashi

  2. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

    Klaus Müllen

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Takagi, K. (2015). Polymerization Reactions (Overview). In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_199

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