Table of Contents
PREFACE ix
ABOUT THE EDITOR xi
CONTRIBUTORS xiii
PART I ESR FUNDAMENTALS 1
1 Continuous-Wave and Pulsed ESR Methods 3Gunnar Jeschke and Shulamith Schlick
2 Double Resonance ESR Methods 25Gunnar Jeschke
3 Calculating Slow-Motion ESR Spectra of Spin-Labeled Polymers 53Keith A. Earle and David E. Budil
4 ESR Imaging 85Shulamith Schlick
PART II ESR APPLICATIONS 99
5 ESR Study of Radicals in Conventional Radical Polymerization Using Radical Precursors Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization 101Atsushi Kajiwara and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
6 Local Dynamics of Polymers in Solution by Spin-Label ESR 133Jan PilarB
7 Site-Specific Information on Macromolecular Materials by Combining CW and Pulsed ESR on Spin Probes 165Gunnar Jeschke
8 ESR Methods for Assessing the Stability of Polymer Membranes Used in Fuel Cells 197Emil Roduner and Shulamith Schlick
9 Spatially Resolved Degradation in Heterophasic Polymers From 1D and 2D Spectral–Spatial ESR Imaging Experiments 229Shulamith Schlick and Krzysztof Kruczala
10 ESR Studies of Photooxidation and Stabilization of Polymer Coatings 255David R. Bauer and John L. Gerlock
11 Characterization of Dendrimer Structures by ESR Techniques 279M. Francesca Ottaviani and Nicholas J. Turro
12 High-Field ESR Spectroscopy of Conductive Polymers 307Victor I. Krinichnyi
INDEX 339