Introduction -- 1 Classification of Polymers with respect to Reactivity toward Nitrogen Oxides -- 1.2 Interaction of Rubbers with NO2 -- 1.3 Interaction of NO2 with Aliphatic Polyamides and Polyurethanes -- References -- 2 Properties and Applications of Aminoxyl Radicals in Polymer Chemistry -- 2.1 Structure and Physical Properties of Stable Radicals -- 2.2 ESR Spectroscopy of ARs -- 2.3 Chemical Properties of ARs -- 2.4 Applications of ARs -- 2.5 Generation of ARs in Reactions of Spin Trapping -- 2.6 Synthesis of Polymers Containing Stable ARs -- References -- 3 Interaction of Polymers with Nitric Oxide -- 3.1 Interaction of NO with Organic Compounds -- 3.2 Reactions of NO with Macroradicals Generated by the Photolysis and Radiolysis of Polymers -- 3.2.1 Synthesis of Spin-Labelled Fluorinated Polymers by Free-Radical Reaction in the Presence of NO -- 3.2.2 Photolysis of Polymethylmethacrylate and Acetyl Cellulose in NO -- 3.2.3 Radiolysis of Acetyl Cellulose and Polymethylmethacrylate in NO -- 3.3 Interaction of Polymeric Hydroperoxides with NO -- References -- 4 Free-Radical Conversions of Polymers Initiated by Nitrogen Trioxide -- 4.1 Methods of Generation of NO3 -- 4.2 Photochemistry of NO3 -- 4.3 Interaction of NO3 with Organic Compounds -- 4.4 Cross-linking of Macromolecules via the Photoreactions of NO3 -- References -- 5 Reactions of Nitrogen Dioxide with Organic Compounds -- 5.1 Reactions of NO2 with Alkanes -- 5.2 Reactions of NO2 with Aromatic Compounds -- 5.3 Reactions of NO2 with Phenols -- 5.4. Interaction of NO2 with Alkenes, Dienes and Polyenes -- 5.5 Radical Conversions of p-benzoquinones in Reactions with NO2 -- References -- 6 Nitrogen Dioxide Monoradicals in Reactions of Modification and Degradation of Macromolecules -- 6.1 Formation of Spin-Labelled Polymers in Reactions of NO2 with the Double Bonds of Macromolecules.

6.2 ESR Imaging in Studies of the Spatial Distribution of the Reaction Front of NO2 in Polymers -- 6.3 Polymer Degradation in Reactions of Peroxide Macroradicals with NO2 -- References -- 7 Role of Nitrogen Dioxide Dimers in Reactions with Polymers -- 7.1 Formation of Nitrosonium Complexes from Organic Compounds and NO2 -- 7.2 Direct Experimental Detection of Primary Radical Cations and Products of Their Decomposition in the Reactions of Nitrosyl Nitrate -- 7.3 Oxidative Generation of Stable Nitrogen-Containing Radicals in Aliphatic Polyamides and Polyvinylpyrrolidone -- 7.4 Ion-Radical Conversions of Aromatic Polyamides in the Presence of NO2 -- 7.5 Oxidative Radical Generation via NO2 Dimer Conversions Induced by the Amide Groups of Macromolecules -- 7.6 Interaction of Aromatic Polyimides with NO2 -- References -- Abbreviations -- Index.