Application of radical cage reactions in studies of microstructures of polymers and composites

The potentialities of radical cage reactions as a tool for investigating the chemical structures of polymers are considered. The kinetic regularities of triplet carbene reactions in the matrix-isolated state and in clusters are analysed to reveal structural features of the cage surroundings. The possibility of determination of structural characteristics of filled polymers from kinetic data is discussed. The bibliography includes 103 references.