Book Review: Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polymers: Principles and Practice by N.J. Everall,J.M. Chalmers and P.R. Griffiths

摘要

For many decades vibrational spectroscopy has occupied a prominent position at the heartland of applied and fundamental polymer research. Vibrational spectroscopy has had and continues to have, a vital impact in areas ranging from fundamental studies of polymer structure through to the control of manufacturing processes. This is despite the fact that, from a fundamental perspective, infrared (IR) or Raman spectroscopy might not be considered to be the 'best' technique per se for tackling a particular problem. For example, the detailed analysis of polymer tacticity, branching, sequence and end-groups would usually be more readily achieved via a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS), while a fundamental understanding of crystallinity and orientation is more easily obtained using X-ray diffraction (XRD).