NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers

R.N.IBBETT This book provides a source of information on all major aspects of NMR spectroscopy of synthetic polymers. It represents a deliberate attempt to pull together the numerous strands of the subject in a single comprehensive volume, designed to be readable at every scientific level. It is intended that the book will be of use to the vast majority of polymer scientists and NMR spec- troscopists alike. Readers new to NMR will find extensive information within the book on the available techniques, allowing full exploration of the many polymer science applications. Readers already established within a branch of NMR will find the book an excellent guide to the practical study of polymers and the inter- pretation of experimental data. Readers who have specialised in polymer NMR will find the book a valuable dictionary of proven methodologies, as well as a guide to the very latest developments in the subject. Workers from all of the main branches of polymer NMR have been invited to contribute. Each chapter therefore contains information relating to a parti- cular investigative topic, indentified mainly on the basis of technique. The book is loosely divided between solution and solid-state domains, although the numerous interconnections confirm that these two domains are parts of the same continuum. Basic principles are explained within each chapter, combined with discussions of experimental theory and applications. Examples of polymer investigations are covered generously and in many chapters there are discussions of the most recent theoretical and experimental developments.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction to NMR and its use in the study of polymer stereochemistry.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Basic principles of NMR.- 1.3 The form of a liquid-state NMR spectrum.- 1.4 Nuclear magnetic relaxation.- 1.5 Experimental practice in high-resolution solution-state NMR of polymers.- 1.6 Advanced Fourier transform techniques.- 1.7 A survey of applications of high-resolution solution-state NMR to polymers.- 1.8 The observation of polymer stereochemistry (tacticity) by NMR.- 1.9 Summary.- References.- 2 Statistical analysis of copolymer sequence distribution.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Copolymerisation statistics and models.- 2.3 Examples of the use of copolymer statistics.- 2.4 In situ methods and simulation techniques.- 2.5 Polymer modification.- 2.6 Summary.- References.- 3 Solution-state NMR determination of polymer end-groups, substituents and minor structures.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 End-groups.- 3.3 In-chain units.- 3.4 Branching.- 3.5 Chemical modification of polymers.- 3.6 Concluding comments.- References.- 4. Liquid state NMR studies of polymer dynamics and conformation.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 NMR relaxation theory.- 4.3 The dynamics of flexible molecules and macromolecules.- 4.4 The conformational states of polymers.- 4.5 Application of conformational theory to relaxation and NOE.- 4.6 Experimental methods.- References.- 5 High-resolution solid-state NMR studies of polymer chemical and physical structures.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 High-resolution NMR spectroscopy of solids.- 5.3 Acquisition and analyses of solid-state 13C NMR spectra.- 5.4 Applications of high-resolution CPMAS/DD NMR to polymer solids.- 5.5 Summary.- References.- 6 High-resolution solid-state 13C NMR studies of local motions and spin dynamics in bulk polymers.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 13C NMR investigation of local dynamics in bulk polymers at temperatures well above the glass-transition temperature.- 6.3 13C NMR investigation of local dynamics in bulk polymers at temperatures below the glass-transition temperature.- 6.4 13C NMR study of the molecular organization of some solid heterogeneous polymer systems.- 6.5 Conclusion.- References.- 7 Solid-state proton NMR studies of polymers.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Heterogeneity in solid polymers.- 7.3 Underlying theory: the dipolar interaction.- 7.4 Experimental methods.- 7.5 Lineshape/FID analysis of polymers.- 7.6 Relaxation time analysis of polymers.- 7.7 Spin diffusion in relaxation methods for polymers.- 7.8 Attempts to observe spin diffusion directly.- 7.9 Attempts to suppress spin diffusion in relaxation measurements.- 7.10 High-resolution proton methods for polymers, MAS and CRAMPS.- 7.11 Carbon detection of proton magnetisation.- 7.12 Oriented polymers.- 7.13 Conclusions.- References.- 8 Deuterium NMR of synthetic polymers.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Experimental theory.- 8.3 Polymer orientation.- 8.4 Polymer motion.- 8.5 Multi-dimensional experiments.- 8.6 Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 9 NMR in polymers using magnetic field gradients: imaging, diffusion and flow.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Theory.- 9.3 Applications of NMR imaging in polymers.- 9.4 Pulsed gradient spin echo diffusion studies in polymers.- 9.5 Flow studies using dynamic NMR imaging.- 9.6 q-Space imaging of morphology in colloidal and polymeric systems.- 9.7 Conclusions.- References.

Review :
Its chapters form a coherent whole that covers the area of the title comprehensively and neatly...nicely produced, with good-quality diagrams, and it is amply referenced for further reading...There is also a substantial index. Altogether I believe this book is to be highly recommended to all polymer chemists interested in NMR and to all NMR spectroscopists involved with polymers - Trends in Polymer Science