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Description:
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Soluble polymers as supports are gaining more attention now . Developing new polymers , new reagents and catalysts , new separation systems are thus of great interest as these sorts of materials' applications in synthesis and catalysis increase . The work described in the succeeding chapters describes my efforts to synthesize new catalysts that can be attached to polymer supports , to study their catalytic activity and to study separation efficiency . Most of the work focus is on polyacrylamide polymers . Both organometallic catalysts and organic catalysts have been studied . Liquid /liquid separation was the technique mainly investigated . In addition , a new separation scheme called latent biphasic system which is a new liquid /liquid separation method is described . Finally , studies with the Cremer group where the LCST behavior of polyacrylamides was studied using dark field methods are also discussed . |