Integration of Fundamental Polymer Science and Technology—2

1: Chemistry.- Regio- and Stereospecificity in Propylene Polymerization with Chiral Catalytic Systems.- Chemical Aspects in the Synthesis of Poly(e-Caprolactam) for the RIM Process.- Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Carbonates and Formation of Blockcopolymers.- Preparation of Block Copoly(arylene Sulphides) Utilising Preferential Polymer Formation in Polymerisation of Copper(I) 4-Bromothiophenoxides.- Recent Advances in Cationic Polymerization.- Fast Ton Conduction in Comb Shaped Polymers.- Stabilization of Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) (PET) against Hydrolysis by Carboxylic End Group Capping.- Graft Copolymerization of Styrene-Maleic Anhydride and Cis- Polybutadiene.- A Study of Infrared Laser-Initiated Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate.- Cationic Transannular Oligomerization of 1,5-Cyclooctadiene.- Alternating Copolymers via Complexed Monomers.- New Fluorinated Silicones and Polystyrenes.- Ionomer Model Systems—Synthesis-Characterization-Rheology.- Study on the Kinetics of Emulsion Polymerization by Regressive Simulation.- Polysiloxanes with Pendant Carbazole Groups. Preparation and Photoconductivity.- 13C-NMR Study of the Microstructure of Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol Copolymers.- 2: Chain-Dynamics/Conformation.- Monte Carlo Study of Cyclic Polymers.- Conformational Analysis and Order-Disorder Transitions in Flexible Molecular Chains.- The Iterative Convolution Technique and its Application to the Excluded Volume Problem in the Configurational Properties of Polymers.- Mechanical and Thermophysical Properties of Polymers and Chemical Structure: from Computer Simulations to Experimental Data.- Influence of Chain Semiflexibility on the Properties of Polymer Liquid Crystals.- Conformationally Disordered Mesomorphic Phases on Cyclododecane and Cyclotetradecane.- Dynamics at Interfaces.- Super-Slow Motions in Crystalline Polyoxymethylene, a Complete Elucidation Using 2D Solid State NMR.- Molecular Mobility of Oligomeric Methyl-H-Siloxanes.- Conformational Changes in a Series of Soluble Polydiacetylenes.- Transient Electric Birefringence Studies on Polyelectrolyte Solutions.- Electric Birefringence Relaxation of Polyelectrolytes without Added Salt.- Single and Double Structure of Xanthan.- 3: Thermodynamics/Blends.- Mean Field Lattice Equations of State.- Light Scattering Characterization of Polymer Blends in Solution.- On the Interpenetration Effect of Two Homogeneous Polymers Differing in Molecular Weight in a Good Solvent.- Determination of Binodal and Spinodal Points by Means of the Pressure Pulse Induced Critical Scattering Method.- The Simha-Somcynsky Hole Theory: Thermodynamic Properties Based on Compositional Derivatives.- Miscibility and Melt Morphology of Binary Polymer Blends of Solution Chlorinated Polyethylene and Polycaprolactone.- A Uniform Characterisation of the Particle Size and Particle Size Distribution in Polymer Mixtures.- Nylon-Rubber Blends.- Specific Interactions and Interdiffusion in Polymer Blends by FT-IR Spectroscopy.- Miscibility of Poly(carbonate) and Copolyester of Poly(ethyleneterephthalate-Co-P-Hydroxybenzoate).- Structured Polymer Blends-1.- 4: Networks/Gels.- Thermodynamics of Swelling of Model Networks.- Theoretical Treatment of Network Formation in a Three-Stage Process.- Azo-Group Containing Styrene-Butadiene-Copolymer System for Self-Crosslinking.- Thermoreversible Gelation of Synthetic Polymers.- Thermoreversible Gelation of Atactic Polystyrene: Phase Transformation and Morphology.- Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes.- The Photoacoustic Effect for the Polymeric Network.- 5: Crystallization.- Analysis of Condis Crystals.- Chain Folding and Conformational Disorder in Cycloalkane Crystallites—A Model for Polyethylene.- Polymer Crystallization: a Monte Carlo Simulation of Lamellar Growth.- What do Long Alkanes Reveal about Polymers?.- The Effect of Side Groups on the Crystallization of Polymers; an X-Ray Diffraction Approach.- Kinetics and Mechanisms of Flow-Induced Crystallization.- Structure and Crystallization of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Ethylene Copolymers including very Low Density Polyethylens.- Solution Induced Crystallization of Polycarbonate by THF.- 6: Structure/Morphology.- Rigid Rod Polymers with Flexible Side Chains: a New Class of Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- Solid State NMR Studies of the Relationship between Polymer Structure/Dynamics at the Segmental Level and Macroscopic Physical Properties.- Element Specific Microscopic Imaging of Polymeric Materials.- Optical Anisotropy of Polycarbonates.- Birefringence in Injection-Moulded Optical Components.- Curie Transition of the 70/30 Polyvinylidene-Trifluor Ethylene Copolymer as Revealed by X-Ray Synchrotron Radiation.- A Real-Time X-Ray Study of the Drawing of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene using Synchrotron Radiation.- 13C Solid-State NMR and DSC Studies of the Effects of ?-Irradiation of LLDPE.- Electric Field Stimulated Changes of the Structure of LDPE.- Raman Microprobe Spectra of a Spin-Oriented and Drawn PET Filament.- Effect of Trace Amounts of ZnO on Crystallinity and Mechanical Properties of Irradiated Polyethylene.- A Fourier-Transform Infrared Study on the Polymer-Water Molecular Interaction for Hydrophobic Polymers.- Novel Modified Hemodialytic Film. The Study on the Permeability and Structural Characteristic of Poly[(ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol)/Acrylamide] Grafting Film.- 7: Rheology/Processing.- A New Reptation Model for Polymeric Liquids.- Melt Strength Behaviour of Polyethylenes and Polyethylene Blends and Its Relation to Bubble Stability in Film Blowing.- Rheological Properties of Thermoplastic Elastomers by Hydrogen Bonding.- A Classification of Crystallization Phenomena for Conditions of Polymer Processing.- Processing and Properties of UHMW-PE.- Rolltrusion: Double-Orientation of Polymers using a Single Step Process.- Rheology of Chemically Reacting Polymers.- Rheology of Reacting Polymer Systems near the Gel Point.- The Reactive Processing of Composite Materials: Structure- Property Relations in RRIM Copolyurethanes.- Structure-Property Relationships in Diamine-Extended, RIM Poly(urethane-Urea)s.- Influences of Processing on the Electrical Degradation of Quartz- Filled Epoxy Resin.- Deformation and Break-Up of Droplets in Elongational Flow.- 8: Fibres/Composites.- A New Deformation Model for PETP Fibres….- The Structural Mechanics of Nylon and Polyester Fibres: Approaches to Theoretical Understanding.- Compressive Failure in High Modulus Polymeric Fibres.- Recent Progress in the Development of High Modulus Flexible Polymers.- Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymers with Flexible Chain Elements. Synthesis, Spinning and Mechanical Properties.- Micromechanics of Deformation of High Modulus Polymer Fibres and Composites.- Developments and Applications of Continuous Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics.- Theoretical Study of the Stress Transfer in Fiber-Reinforced Composites.- Composite Modelling: Polyetheretherketone/Carbon Fibre Composite (APC-2). Experimental Evaluation of Cross-Plied Laminates and Theoretical Prediction of Their Properties.- Evaluation of Coir and Jute Fibres as Reinforcement in Organic Matrix Resins.