Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Waste/Contaminated Polystyrene Recycling through Reverse Polymerization (pp. 1-30)
Piero Frediani, Andrea Undri, Luca Rosi and Marco Frediani (Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy, and others)

Chapter 2 – Polystyrene-Based Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (pp. 31-52)
Patrizio Raffa (Department of Chemical Engineering – Product Technology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh, Groningen, The Netherlands)

Chapter 3 – Expanded Polystyrene: Thermo-Mechanical Recycling, Characterization and Application (pp. 53-74)
Matheus Poletto, Heitor L. Ornaghi Júnior and Ademir J. Zattera (Laboratory of Polymers (LPOL), University of Caxias do Sul (UCS) Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, Brazil)

Chapter 4 – Gigaporous Polystyrene Microspheres and Their Applications in High-Speed Protein Chromatography (pp. 75-114)
Jian-Bo Qu, Fang Huang, Wei-Qing Zhou, Fei Gao and Guang-Hui Ma (Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, China University of Petroleum, China)

Chapter 5 – Functional Structures Fabricated from Submicron-Scale Polystyrene Spherical Particles (pp. 115-128)
Akira Emoto and Takashi Fukuda (Doshisha University, 1-3 Tatara-miyakodani, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan, and others)

Chapter 6 – Synthesis and Applications of Ionic Polystyrenes Derived from Imidazolium-Based Polymerizable Ionic Liquids (pp. 129-142)
Jun-ichi Kadokawa (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan)

Chapter 7 – Hypercrosslinked Polystyrene: A New Life for the Old Polymer (pp. 143-200)
M. P. Tsyurupa, A. V. Pastukhov, Z .K. Blinnikova, L. A. Pavlova, M. M. Il’in, Yu. A. Davidovich and V. A. Davankov (Nesmeyanov-Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation)

Chapter 8 – Synthesis and Characterization of Polystyrene Based Nanocomposites (pp. 201-240)
Vesna V. Vodnik, Enis S. Džunuzović and Jasna V. Džunuzović (Vinèa Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

Chapter 9 – Polystyrene Spheres for Template in the Production of Nanostructured Materials (pp. 241-268)
Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto, Takashi Ogi and Kikuo Okuyama (Department Kimia, Fakultas Pendidikan Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi, Bandung, Indonesia, and others)

Chapter 10 – Applications of Polystyrene and Its Role as a Base in Industrial Chemistry (pp. 269-280)
Tanvir Arfin, Faruq Mohammad and Nor Azah Yusof (Department of Chemistry, Uka Tarsadia University, Maliba Campus, Gopal Vidyanagar, Bardoli, India, and others)

Chapter 11 – A New Equation for Homogeneous Nucleation from Polystyrene Solutions (pp. 281-290)
John H. Jennings (Jennings Research & Editing, Berkeley, CA, USA)
Index