Water Soluble Poly-N-Vinylamides: Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties

This text concentrates mainly on the correlation of the properties of poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with other poly-N-vinylamides, but also aims to give new insight into the structural properties of water by considering the water molecules surrounding polymer chainlinks when in solution.
Discovered in Germany in 1939, poly-N-vinylamides are a part of a new generation of water soluble polymers. They are used widely in the creation of many synthetic polymeric materials and have widespread applications in medicine, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, and textiles. The only book on this unique group of polymers, this title is an essential reference to professionals involved in studying the relationship between the chemical structure of side substituents and their physico-chemical properties in aqueous solutions.