Written by a highly prestigious and knowledgeable team of top scientists in the field, this book provides an overview of the current status of controlled/living polymerization, combining the synthetic, mechanistic and application-oriented aspects.

From the contents:

* Anionic Vinyl Polymerization

* Carbocationic Polymerization

* Radical Polymerization

* Coordinative Polymerization of Olefins

* Ring-Opening Polymerization of Heterocycles

* Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

* Macromolecular Architectures

* Complex Functional Macromolecules

* Synthesis of Block and Graft Copolymers

* Bulk and Solution Structures of Block Copolymers

* Industrial Applications

While some of the material is based on chapters taken from the four-volume work "Macromolecular Engineering", it is completely updated and rewritten to reflect the focus of this monograph.

Must-have knowledge for polymer and organic chemists, plastics technologists, materials scientists and chemical engineers.