Monitoring Polymerization Reactions – From Fundamentals to Applications

This book discusses practical aspects of polymerization monitoring, making use of ample case studies, and including strategies for implementation and benefits to R&D and industrial production. Along with an overview of fundamentals, the book describes specific spectroscopic and other monitoring methods like Raman and Mie imaging, light scattering, infra-red spectroscopy, and calorimetry. The text also features a chapter on Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization reactions (ACOMP), and coverage of new online means of detection and applications such as natural products, and stimuli responsive and bioactive polymers.