This volume provides reviews and original papers drawn from a symposium held during the 221st ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA, on April 3-5, 2001. NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers in Solution and in the Solid State addresses both synthetic and natural polymers, with roughly equal representation from academia, industry, and government laboratories. This diversity of interest and expertise, along with the truly international nature of the symposium, assures a broad and balanced look at this field.

From the Preface: “NMR spectroscopy is a vibrant and still rapidly growing field. Its utility as a research and as a problem-solving tool is well recognized. One of the most fruitful areas of its application is polymer science. The NMR spectroscopy field has attracted a large number of talented scientists and is constantly being refreshed by fundamental research and new improved methodologies. Because of the importance of polymers to industry, substantial investment has been made in NMR spectroscopy in industrial laboratories. Thus, excellent research is being done not only in academia and in government laboratories but also in industry...”

Target Audience: Industrial or academic researchers, scientists, and technologists concerned with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of polymers.

Partial Table of Contents:

Overview — Advances in the NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers

Solid-State NMR of Polymers:

Solution and Solid-State NMR Characterization of Ethylene Oxide—Propylene Oxide Composites for Ultra-Low Dielectric Constant Applications

High-Temperature Solid-State NMR of Cross-Linked, Insoluble, and Unswellable Polymers

Structural Aspects of Low-Molecular-Weight Azocellulose Polymers: A Solid-State ¹³C NMR Study

Solution NMR of Synthetic Polymers — Multidimensional NMR Techniques:

Polymer Characterization by 3D Solution NMR

Multidimensional NMR Studies on Polyurethane-Based Dendritic Wedges

NMR of Polymers: Comparison of Some of the Standard Pulse Sequences

Solution NMR of Synthetic Polymers — Polymer Solution Studies:

Recent Advances in the NMR Description of Polypropylene

Branching Polyester Oligomers and Fractals

An NMR Study on the Bulk Cationic Copolymerization of Trioxane with 1,3-Dioxepane

In-Situ NMR Spectroscopy to Understand the Mechanism of Enzymatic Polymerization of Engineering Polymeric Materials: Poly(phenols)

Solution NMR of Biopolymers:

Origins of Flexibility in Complex Polysaccharides

Gelling Mechanisms of Glucomannan Polysaccharides and their Interactions with Proteins

Synthesis, Physical, and NMR Characteristics of Di- and Tri-Substituted Cellulose Ethers

2D NMR Analysis of Ethylcellulose

Combined NMR and Separation Techniques:

On-Line HPLC-NMR of Polymers

Complex Mixture Analysis by On-Line LC(GPC)-NMR

Copolymer Characterization by SEC-NMR and SEC-MALDI

Coupled SEC-NMR Analysis of Alginates

Dynamics of Polymers in Solution:

Local Segmental Dynamics of Polyacrylates in Concentrated Chloroform Solutions

NMR Spectroscopic Study of Ion-Conducting ¹⁵N-Labeled Polyphosphazenes

Index