The past twenty years have seen extraordinary advances in electron spin resonance (ESR) techniques, particularly as they apply to polymeric materials. With contributions from over a dozen of the world's top polymer scientists, Advanced ESR Methods in Polymer Research is the first book to bring together all the current trends in this exciting field into one comprehensive reference.

Part I establishes the fundamentals of ESR, from experimental techniques to data analysis, and serves as a valuable overview for the beginning ESR student. Part II introduces the broad range of ESR applications to polymeric systems, including living radical polymerization, block copolymers, polymer solutions, ion-containing polymers, polymer lattices, membranes in fuel cells, degradation, polymer coatings, dendrimers, and conductive polymers. By exposing readers to the great potential of ESR, the authors hope to encourage more extensive application of these methods.

CONTENTS
PREFACE		ix
ABOUT THE EDITOR CONTRIBUTORS		xiii
PART I. ESR FUNDAMENTALS		3
1	Continuous-Wave and Pulsed ESR Methods Gunnar Jeschke, MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany Shulamith Schlick, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA	3
2	Double Resonance ESR Methods Gunnar Jeschke, MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany	25
3	Calculating Slow-Motion ESR Spectra of Spin-Labeled Polymers Keith A. Earle, Department of Physics, University of Albany (SUNY), Albany, New York, USA David E. Budil, Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA	53
4	ESR Imaging Shulamith Schlick, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA	85
PART II. ESR APPLICATIONS		99
5	ESR Study of Radicals in Conventional Radical Polymerization Using Radical Precursors Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Atsushi Kajiwara, Nara University of Education, Nara, Japan Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	101
6	Local Dynamics of Polymers in Solution by Spin-Label ESR Jan Pilar, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic	133
7	Site-Specific Information on Macromolecular Materials by Combining CW and Pulsed ESR on Spin Probes Gunnar Jeschke, MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany	165
8	ESR Methods for Assessing the Stability of Polymer Membranes Used in Fuel Cells Emil Roduner, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Shulamith Schlick, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA	197
9	Spatially Resolved Degradation in Heterophasic Polymers From 1D and 2D Spectral-Spatial ESR Imaging Experiments Shulamith Schlick, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA Krzysztof Kruczala, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland	229
10	ESR Studies of Photooxidation and Stabilization of Polymer Coatings David R. Bauer, Research and Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA John L. Gerlock, Ford Motor Company (retired), USA	255
11	Characterization of Dendrimer Structures by ESR Techniques M. Francesca Ottaviani, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy Nicholas J. Turro, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, USA	279
12	High-Field ESR Spectroscopy of Conductive Polymers Victor I. Krinichnyi, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia	307
INDEX		339