NMR Methods for Characterization of Synthetic and Natural Polymers

Since the introduction of FT-NMR spectroscopy around five decades ago, NMR has achieved significant advances in hardware and methodologies, accompanied with the enhancement of spectral resolution and signal sensitivity. Rapid developments in the polymers field mean that accurate and quantitative characterization of polymer structures and dynamics is the keystone for precisely regulating and controlling the physical and chemical properties of the polymer. This book specifically focuses on NMR investigation of complex polymers for the polymer community as well as NMR spectroscopists, and will push the development of both fields. It covers the latest advances, for example high field DNP and ultrafast MAS methodologies, and show how these novel NMR methods characterize various synthetic and natural polymers.

From the book series:
New Developments in NMR

NMR Methods for Characterization of Synthetic and Natural Polymers Editors: Rongchun Zhang, Toshikazu Miyoshi, Pingchuan Sun

Front Matter

Foreword

Preface

Editor Biographies

Contents

Applications of NMR in Polymer Characterization – An Introduction

Application of STD NMR in Organic/Inorganic Polymer Materials

Diffusion and Relaxometry to Study Carbohydrates Dissolved in Ionic Liquids

High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HRMAS) Pulse Field Gradient (PFG) NMR Diffusometry Studies of Swollen Polymers

Application of On-line SEC-NMR and DOSY for Practical Polymer Characterization

Dynamics of Polymer Systems Studied by NMR Field-cycling Relaxometry

HR-MAS NMR Characterization of Thermo-responsive Polymer Gels: Network Collapse Dynamics and Intermolecular Interactions

Rubber-state NMR Spectroscopy

Polymer Blends, Nanocomposites, Rubbers and π-Conjugated Polymers

NMR Investigations of Interfaces in Tapered and Inverse-tapered Copolymers in the Solid State

Nanostructures, Conformations, and Intermolecular Interactions in Natural Biopolymers Revealed by Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy

Chain Proximity of Polystyrene in Bulk Polymer, Polymer Blend and Nanocomposites

Dipolar Based NMR Methods for Probing Intermediate Regime Motions in Polymers

Structure and Molecular Dynamics of Semicrystalline Polymers as Studied by Solid-state NMR

Solid-state NMR of Organic Electronics

Molecular Chain Packing and Conformation in π-Conjugated Polymers from Solid-state NMR

Applications of Solid-state NMR in Crystalline Solid Polymer Electrolytes

NMR Characterization of Silk

Solid-state NMR and Membrane Proteins: Key Interactions in Biomacromolecules

Development of Sulfur-33 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Structural Study of Crosslinked Rubber

Very Fast MAS NMR >60 kHz for Structural Elucidation

Structural Investigations of Polymer Materials by Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation Solid-state NMR

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