Photochemistry and Photophysics of Polymer Materials

Norman S. Allen , PhD, DSc, is Professor and Chair of Applied Chemistry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Professor Allen has published some 600 papers, articles, books, and book chapters. He is the founder and a member of the editorial board of the journal Dyes and Pigments . He is also founder of the journal Polymer Photochemistry and is on the editorial board of Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology and Polymer Degradation and Stability . Professor Allen is also Editor in Chief of the Open Materials Science Journal . From 1978-2007 he was the specialist reporter for the section on "Polymer Photochemistry" in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Photochemistry series.

Preface. Contributors. 1 Energy Transfer and Electronic Energy Migration Processes ( Li-Juan Fan and Wayne E. Jones Jr. ). 2 Optical Properties of Polyelectrolytes ( Linda Swanson ). 3 Chemiluminescence Processes in Polymeric Materials ( Teresa Corrales, Carmen Peinado, Concha Abrusci, Norman S. Allen, and Fernando Catalina ). 4 Nonlinear Optical Polymeric Materials ( Mirko Faccini, David N. Reinhoudt, and Willem Verboom ). 5 Metallodendrimers: Photophysical Properties and Related Applications ( Gregory Franc and Ashok K. Kakkar ). 6 Photochromic Polymers for Optical Data Storage: Azobenzenes and Photodimers ( Avtar S. Matharu and P.S. Ramanujam ). 7 Optical and Luminescence Properties and Applications of Metal Complex-Based Polymers ( Joe A. Crayston and Joanne R. Ritchie ). 8 Photovoltaic Polymer Materials ( Hazel Assender and Aaron Barkhouse ). 9 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes ( Sebastien Forget, Sebastien Chenais, and Alain Siove ). 10 Photoinitiators for Free Radical Polymerization Reactions ( Jean Pierre Fouassier, Xavier Allonas, Jacques Lalevee, and Celine Dietlin ) 11 Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization: Reactivity and Mechanistic Aspects ( Muhammet U. Kahveci, Ali Gorkem Yilmaz, and Yusuf Yagci ). 12 Photoimaging and Lithographic Processes in Polymers ( Marius Gabriel Ivan and Juan Cesar (Tito) Scaiano ). 13 Photografting of Polymeric Materials ( Ali Ekrem Muftuoglu, Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen, and Yusuf Yagci ). 14 Photoablation of Polymer Materials ( Lukas Urech and Thomas Lippert ). 15 Photodegradation Processes In Polymeric Materials ( Jean-Luc Gardette, Agnes Rivaton, and Sandrine Therias ). 16 Photodegradable Polymers ( Sahar Al-Malaika, C. Hewitt, and H.H. Sheena ). 17 Photostabilisation of Polymer Materials ( Pieter Gijsman ). Index.