Surface-Initiated Polymerization I

Y. Tsujii, K. Ohno, S. Yamamoto, A. Goto, T. Fukuda: Structure and Properties of High-Density Polymer Brushes Prepared by Surface-Initiated Living Radical Polymerization.- D.J. Dyer: Photoinitiated Synthesis of Grafted Polymers.- T. Matsuda: Photoiniferter-Driven Precision Surface Graft Microarchitectures for Biomedical Applications.- R. Advincula: Polymer Brushes by Anionic and Cationic Surface Initiated Polymerization.- M.R. Buchmeiser: Metathesis Polymerization from and to Surfaces.

Rigoberto Advincula is Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston, Texas. He obtained his chemistry degrees from the University of Florida (Ph.D.) and the University of the Philippines (B.S.). He has published some 300 papers, including 120 peer reviewed publications, and recently edited a book on Polymer Brushes (Wiley-VCH 2003). He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Chemistry of Materials, Macromolecules, and Polymer for Advance Technologies journals. He is recipient of the Arthur Doolittle Award (PMSE) and Research Excellence Award (UH).

From the reviews:

This two-volume set is an excellent starting point for readers planning to enter the rapidly progressing and growing field of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) as well as for experts who wish to keep up with recent developments and trends. ...

...Overall, this set presents to date developments and progress in surface-initiated polymerization. The contributions provide sufficiently complete bibliographies that will assist readers to identify resources for continued, in-depth study. I recommend this set highly as a resource for current practitioners and those readers just beginning careers in this field, my own students included.

from: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13967-13968

"An excellent starting point for readers planning to enter the rapidly progressing and growing field of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) as well as for experts ... . Each contribution provides a reasonably current and thorough treatment of one or more aspects of the field ... . Several of the contributions do an exemplary job of teaching the reader ... . I recommend this ... highly as a resource for current practitioners and those readers just beginning careers in this field, my own students included." (Scott M. Husson, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 128 (42), 2006)

"Hailed by experts and practitioners all over the world as an excellent starting point for readers planning to enter the rapidly progressing and growing field of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) as well as for experts ... . A well-written, sensibly structured and well referenced set ... representing a serious attempt to make a state-of-the-art overview of surface-initiated polymerization possible. ... Nearly 1000 bibliographic references will assist readers to identify resources for continued, in-depth study. ... should become a staple of every library claming to cover SIP." (Current Engineering Practice, 2007)