About the Book
The rapid development of polymer technology in recent years has produced an increasing range of new polymers and additives, and seen much innovation in processing technologies. The need for understanding the relationships between polymeric structure, processing conditions and material properties is therefore greater than ever before. The EUROMAT 2001 conference held in June 2001 in Rimini, Italy was an ideal international forum for dealing with this complex subject. Selected lectures are presented in this volume of Macromolecular Symposia, which should be of interest to scientists of polymer chemistry and of polymer blending, processing and recycling, in academia and industry, alike.
Table of Contents:
Contents of Macromol. Symp. 180 EUROMAT 2001 Rimini, Italy, 2001 Preface (Domenico Acierno, Luciano Di Maio). 1. Biaxial Orientation of Polyamide Films: Processability and Properties (L. Di Maio, P. Scarfato, L. Incarnato, D. Acierno). 2. Binary Blends Based on Poly(vinyl chloride) and Multi--Block Copolymers Containing Poly(e--caprolactone) and Poly(ethylene glycol) Segments (Maurizio Penco, Luciana Sartore, Fabio Bignotti, Mariapia Rossini, Alberto D-Amore, Federica Fassio). 3. Cast--Extruded Syndiotactic Polypropylene Films: Preliminary Structural and Mechanical Results (Liberata Guadagno, Carlo Naddeo, Concetta D-Aniello, Luciano Di Maio, Vittoria Vittoria, Domenico Acierno). 4. Gamma Radiation of EVA--AA/MMA Swollen Systems to Obtain Mechanically Improved Blends (G. Spadaro, C. Dispenza, A. M. Visco, A. Valenza). 5. Influence of "Controlled Processing Conditions" on the Solidification of iPP, PET and PA6 (Vincenzo La Carrubba, Valerio Brucato, Stefano Piccarolo). 6. Matrices for Mono--Material Composites (MMC). The Case of Poly (ethylene terephthalate) (Domenico Acierno, Eugenio Amendola, Simona Concilio, Pio Iannelli, Antonio Massa, Paola Scarfato). 7. Network Development During Epoxy Curing: Experimental Ultrasonic Data and Theoretical Predictions (C. Pindinelli, G. Montagna, V. A. M. Luprano, A. Maffezzoli). 8. Numerical Simulation of Interfacial Debonding in Particulate Composites Considering Material Inhomogeneities (Panayiotis Kakavas, Nick Anifantis). 9. Physical & Thermal Properties of Model Polysiloxane Rubbers: Impact of Crosslink Density and Tin Concentration (M. Patel, P. R. Morrell, A. R. Skinner). 10. Preparation and Characterization of Iodinated Poly(vinyl alcohol) Microfibril (Won Seok Lyoo, Sam Soo Kim, Han Do Ghim, Jae Pil Kim, Ick Chan Kwon, Chul Joo Lee). 11. Recycling of a Starch--Based Biodegradable Polymer (F. P. La Mantia, R. Scaffaro, C. Bastioli). 12. Scavenging of Halogen in Recyling of Halogen--Based Polymer Materials (Maria P. Luda, Giovanni Camino, Alexander I. Balabanovich, Andreas Hornung). 13. Self--Toughening Liquid Crystalline Vinyl Ester Adhesives (E. Amendola, M. Giamberini, C. Carfagna, V. Ambrogi). 14. Shear Flow Effects on Polymer Melts Crystallization: Kinetics Features (Lucia Bove, Maria Rossella Nobile). 15. Study of the Influence of Atmospheric Pollutants on the Natural Ageing of Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride (Naima Belhaneche--Bensemra, Naima Ouazene). 16. Study of the Migration of Additives from Plasticized PVC (Naima Belhaneche--Bensemra, Chafia Zeddam, Salah Ouahmed). 17. Study of the Miscibility and the Thermal Degradation of PVC / PMMA Blends (Naima Belhaneche--Bensemra, Belkacem Belaabed, Abdelmalik Bedda). 18. Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(3--alkylthiophenes) with NLO Chromophoric Groups in Side Chains (C. Della Casa, A. Fraleoni, P. Costa Bizzarri, M. Lanzi, L. Paganin). 19. Textiles Thermosetting by Microwaves (Maria Christina D-Arrigo, Bonaventura Focher, Gian Carlo Pellacani, Cesare Cosentino, Giangiacomo Torri). 20. The Lamellar Distributaion in Isotactic Polypropylene Modified by Nucleation and Processing (Anna Romankiewicz, Tomasz Sterzynski). 21. Thermal Degradation of Two Classes of Block Copolymers Based on Poly (lactic--glycolic acid) and Poly(e--caprolactone) or Poly(ethylene glycol) (Fabio Bignotti, Maurizio Penco, Luciano Sartore, Salvatore D-Antone, Alberto D-Amore, Gloria Spagnoli).
