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Author(s): Helmut Ringsdorf (auth.), Virgil Percec (eds.)
Series: Advances in Polymer Science 261
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 421
Tags: Polymer Sciences; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
A Moment of Reflection: Sixty Years After the Nobel Prize for Hermann Staudinger....Pages 1-19
Hermann Staudinger and Polymer Research in Freiburg....Pages 21-37
Hermann Staudinger: Aspects of Fame and Memory, Motivation and Impact....Pages 39-52
Staudinger’s Time in Karlsruhe and His Later Relations with Karlsruhe....Pages 53-60
Why Was the Macromolecular Hypothesis Such a Big Deal?....Pages 61-80
Courageous Questioning of Established Thinking: The Life and Work of Hermann Staudinger....Pages 81-138
Staudinger’s Footprints in Japan During His 30-Day Visit in 1957....Pages 139-150
The Years After the Retirement of Hermann Staudinger: Research on Solution Properties in the Physicochemical Group of Walther Burchard....Pages 151-154
Dynamers: From Supramolecular Polymers to Adaptive Dynamic Polymers....Pages 155-172
From Synthetic Macromolecules to Biological-Like Complex Systems....Pages 173-197
The Wonder of Life in Its Chemical Aspect....Pages 199-210
Crosslinking with Hermann Staudinger....Pages 211-216
Another Important 60th Anniversary....Pages 217-228
Coordination-Driven Supramolecular Macromolecules via the Directional Bonding Approach....Pages 229-248
Bridging Polymer Science and Medicine Through Supramolecular Nanoassemblies....Pages 249-262
Stereochemical Studies at the Herman F. Mark Polymer Research Institute....Pages 263-270
Mechanically Interlaced and Interlocked Donor–Acceptor Foldamers....Pages 271-294
Probing Macromolecular and Supramolecular Structure, Dynamics, and Function by Magnetic Resonance....Pages 295-320
Twenty-First Century Polymer Science After Staudinger: The Emergence of Dendrimers/Dendritic Polymers as a Fourth Major Architecture and Window to a New Nano-periodic System....Pages 321-389
Helical Polymers for Efficient Enantiomer Separation....Pages 391-414
Back Matter....Pages 415-421
