The Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polymers (Cambridge Solid State Science Series)

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
1.1 Vibrational spectroscopy......Page 18
1.2 Fundamentals of polymers......Page 19
1.3 The infrared and Raman spectra of polymers......Page 31
1.4 The electromagnetic spectrum -- symbols and units......Page 34
1.5 Spectrometers and experimental methods in infrared spectroscopy......Page 35
1.6 Spectrometers and experimental methods in Raman spectroscopy......Page 48
1.7 Mathematical techniques for processing spectra......Page 55
1.8 Further reading......Page 58
2.1 Interatomic forces and molecular vibrations......Page 59
2.2 Symmetry and small molecules......Page 64
2.3 Group representations......Page 73
2.4 The number of normal modes of each symmetry species......Page 82
2.5 Symmetry coordinates and internal coordinates......Page 90
2.6 Further reading......Page 94
3.1 The vibrations of regular polymer chains......Page 96
3.2 The vibrations of polymer crystals......Page 112
3.3 Further reading......Page 121
4.1 Semiclassical treatment of origins of spectra......Page 122
4.2 Polarization effects......Page 135
4.3 Vibrational assignments......Page 140
4.4 Force fields and vibrational calculations......Page 152
4.5 Finite chains......Page 171
4.6 Overtone and combination frequencies; Fermi resonance......Page 173
4.7 Further reading......Page 176
5.1 Introduction......Page 177
5.2 The interpretation of polymer spectra: factor group analysis......Page 178
5.3 The interpretation of polymer spectra: group frequencies......Page 218
5.4 Quantitative analysis......Page 230
5.5 Monomers and additives......Page 234
5.6 The characterization of oxidation and degradation......Page 238
5.7 Further reading......Page 241
6.1 The distribution of copolymerized units in the polymer chain......Page 242
6.2 Configurational and conformational isomerism......Page 249
6.3 Chain branching......Page 260
6.4 Head-to-head placements in vinyl polymers......Page 264
6.5 End groups......Page 265
6.6 Hydrogen bonding......Page 270
6.7 Chain order and crystallinity......Page 278
6.8 Chain folding in polyethylene......Page 294
6.9 Longitudinal acoustic modes......Page 300
6.10 Molecular orientation......Page 306
6.11 Further reading......Page 315
References for chapters 5 and 6......Page 317
A note on the use of the indexes......Page 321
Index of spectra illustrated......Page 322
Index of group modes......Page 323
Index of polymers......Page 325
Main index......Page 327