Anionic Polymerization

Schlenk Techniques for Anionic Polymerization.- High Vacuum Techniques for Anionic Polymerization.- Non-Polar Monomers: Styrene and 1,3-Butadiene Derivatives.- Anionic Polymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers: Vinylpyridines, (Meth)acrylates, (Meth)acrylamides, (Meth)acrylonitrile, Phenyl Vinyl Sulfoxide, Benzofulvene and Other Monomers.- Cyclic Monomers: Epoxides, Lactide, Lactones, Lactams, Cyclic Silicon-containing monomers, Cyclic Carbonates and others.- Ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides for preparation of polypeptides and polypeptide-based hybrid materials with various molecular architectures.- Living Anionic Polymerization of Isocyanates.- Poly(ferrocenylsilanes) with controlled macromolecular architecture by anionic polymerization: Applications in patterning and lithography.- Polymerization Using Phosphazene Bases.- Group Transfer Polymerization of Acrylic Monomers.- Surface Initiated Anionic Polymerization from Nanomaterials.- Block Copolymers by Anionic Polymerization: Recent Synthetic Routes and Developments.- Graft and Comblike Polymers.- Star-Branched Polymers (Star Polymers).- Synthesis of Dendrimer-like Polymers.- Complex Branched Polymers.- Block Copolymers Containing Polythiophene Segments.- Block Copolymers and Miktoarm Star-Branched Polymers.- Control of Surface Structure and Dynamics of Polymers Based on Precision Synthesis.- Block Copolymers as Anti-fouling and Fouling Resistant Coatings.- Micellar Structures from Anionically Synthesized Block Copolymers.- Block Copolymers for Self-assembling Lithographic Materials.- Methacrylate-Based Polymers for Industrial Uses.- The Critical Role of Anionic Polymerization for Advances in the Physics of Polyolefins.- Future Remarks.

Professor Nikos Hadjichristidis Professor of Chemical Sciences Division of Chemical and Life Sciences & Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award of ACS, Rubber Division, USA, 2011 -Cooperative Award of ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, USA,  2010 -International Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2007 Akira HIRAO, Ph.D.

Professor of Organic and Polymeric Materials Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan -Japan Polymer Society Award (2010) -member of the Editorial Board of "Macromolecules", "Polymer Journal"