Specialty Monomers and Polymers. Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Content: Specialty polymers : diverse properties and applications / Kathleen O. Havelka -- Synthesis and aqueous solution behavior of novel polyampholytes containing zwitterionic monomers 3-[(2-acrylamido-2-methyl propyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate or 3-(N, N-diallyl-N-methylammonio)-1-propanesulfonate / R. Scott Armentrout, Erich E. Kathmann, and Charles L. McCormick -- Synthesis and emulsion copolymerizations of styrene sulfonate monomers for cross-linked polyampholyte latexes / Kenneth W. Hampton and Warren T. Ford -- Water soluble polymers produced by homogeneous dispersion polymerization / Patrick G. Murray and Manian Ramesh -- Emulsion polymerizations with 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid / Geoffrey P. Marks and Alan C. Clark -- Photoinitiated polymerization of a semifluorinated liquid crystalline monomer exhibiting a reduced rate in the smectic phase / C.E. Hoyle ... [et al.] -- Single-molecular assemblies of hydrophobically-modified polyelectrolytes and their functionalization / Yotaro Morishima and Akihito Hashidzume -- Dendritic macromolecules : hype or unique specialty materials / Craig J. Hawker and Marcelo Piotti -- New N-vinylformamide derivatives as reactive monomers and polymers / R.K. Pinschmidt, Jr. and N. Chen -- Epoxy-based thermoplastics : new polymers with unusual property profiles / Jerry E. White ... [et al.] -- Allyl alcohol- and allyl alkoxylate-based polymers / Shao-Hua Guo -- New monomers from vegetable oils / E.H. Brister ... [et al.] -- Surface modification of silica particles and silica glass beads / R.M. Ottenbrite ... [et al.] -- Amine functional specialty polymers as adhesives in multilayer film composite structures / C. Chappell, Jr., E.L. Mason, and J.A. Siddiqui -- Sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid polymers as agents for controlling mist in aqueous fluids / Richard A. Denis, Sanjay Kalhan, and Steve R. Twining -- New saccharide-derived monomers and their use in water-treatment polymers / J.S. Thomaides ... [et al.] -- Water soluble poly(acrylic acid-co-itaconic acid-co-N-vinylpyrrolidone) materials : optimization of monomer ratios for copolymer application in glass-ionomer type dental restoratives / B.M. Culbertson, D. Xie, and W.M. Johnston.