| Abstract: | Polymers have been modified, by subjecting them to reactions in solution, in the melt and in the solid state. Novel polymers with improved and optimized properties have also been created by copolymerization, chain transfer or by the design of chain termination. Even by manipulating the initiation step in polymerizations, functional and reactive groups have been introduced at the head of the polymer chain. Polymer properties have been modified by influencing physical properties of polymers by orienting, annealing and blending. |
