About the Book
The 2002 IUPAC World Polymer Congress organized by the Polymer Division, Chinese Chemical Society was held in Beijing, China, July 7-12, 2002. This scientific program of the Congress involved plenary sessions and the following eight scientific sessions: Polymer Synthesis and Reactions; Structure and Properties of Polymers; Macromolecular Architecture; Polymer Blends and Composites; Functional Polymers; Bio-Related and Medical Polymers; Polymers and Environment; and Polymer Engineering and Processing. This issue contains some of the plenary lectures and incited lectures presented at the Congress.
Table of Contents:
Contents of Macromolecular Symposia 195 2002 IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Beijing (China), 2002 Preface (M. Xu). 1. Developments in Understanding the Formation, Structure and Properties of Polymer Networks (R.F.T. Stepto, J.I. Cail, D.J.R. Taylor, I.M. Ward, R.A. Jones). 2. Polymer Industry and Innovation in Macromolecule Science and Technology in China (Hong Dingyi). 3. New Trends in Industrial Polymer Research (Hans Uwe Schenck). 4. Controlling Polymer Structures by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Other Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations (Krzysztof Matyjaszewski). 5. Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers in the Presence of Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide (Kun--Yuan Qiu, Peng Li, Xiao--Ping Chen). 6. Ethene--Butadiene Copolymers by Single--Site Catalysts (Walter Kaminsky, Benjamin Hinrichs). 7. Synthesis of Polyolefins with Unique Properties by Using Metallocene--Type Catalysts (Yukio Imanishi, Naofumi Naga, Michiyo Tsubooka). 8. Syntheses and Characterizations of Polypropene, Polystyrene and Their Block Copolymers with Titanocene Catalysts (Shangan Lin, Qing Wu, Rui Chen, Fangming Zhu). 9. Recent Advances in the Anionic Synthesis of Chain--End Functionalized Polymers (Roderic P. Quirk, Tae--Hee Cheong, Kevin Jiang, Deanna L. Gomochak, Taejun Yoo, Keith T. Andes, Robert T. Mathers). 10. Stereocontrol Using Lewis Acids in Radical Polymerization (Yoshio Okamoto, Shigeki Habaue, Yutaka Isobe, Yoshikatsu Suito). 11. Homo-- and Copolymerization of Styrene Using Combined Diphenylzinc--Additive Initiator Systems (Franco M. Rabagliati, Monica A. Perez, Rodrigo A. Cancino, Francisco J. (Rodriguez, Carlos J. Caro). 12. Ring--Opening Polymerizations for the Synthesis of Sequence--Controlled Copolymers (Iwhan Cho). 13. Structure--Property Correlation of Light--Emitting Polymers Containing Alternating Phenylene and Thienylene/Bithienylene Repeating Units (Jingmei Xu, Hardy S. O. Chan, S. C. Ng). 14. OCTA (Open Computational Tool for Advanced Material Technology) (Masao Doi). 15. Supramolecular Research by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy (Shuxun Cui, Wenke Zhang, Qiaobing Xu, Chi Wang, Xi Zhang). 16. Preparation of Multihollow Polymer Particles by the Alkali/Cooling Method under Partial Neutralization Conditions (Masayoshi Okubo, Masahiro Okada, Kenjin Shiba). 17. A Study on Hydrogen Bonding in Controlled--Structure Benzoxazine Model Oligomers (Ho--Dong Kim, Hatsuo Ishida). 18. Nanometer Scale Mechanical Study on Well Defined Nanostructured Chain Aggregation of Polyethylene (Binyang Du, Jieping Liu, Jian Zhang, Decai Yang, Tianbai He, Ophelia K. C. Tsui). 19. Progress in Liquid Chromatography of Synthetic Electroneutral Polymers (Dusan Berek). 20. Macromolecular Assembly: From Irregular Aggregates to Regular Nanostructures (Ming Jiang, Hongwei Duan, Daoyong Chen). 21. Structure and Dynamics of Dendritic Macromolecules (Alexander N. Ozerin, Aziz M. Muzafarov, Valentin I. Gordeliy, Alexander I. Kuklin, Galina M. Ignat'eva, Mikhail A. Krykin, Lyudmila A. Ozerina, Natalia A. Shumilkina, Akhmed Kh. Islamov, Eugene Yu. Sharipov, Ruslan I. Mukhamedzyanov). 22. Synthesis and Optical Properties of Hyperbranched Polyarylenes and Linear Polyacetylenes (Zhiliang Xie, Han Peng, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jumwu Chen, Yonghua Zheng, Chengfeng Qiu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Ben Zhong Tang). 23. Polymer Dynamics of Thin Films and Monolayers (Hyuk Yu). 24. Self--Assembly in Mixtures of Block Copolymers: "Co--Surfactant Effects" on Morphology Control (Takeji Hashimoto, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Francois Court). 25. Photochemically--Induced Refractive Index and Fluoresence Patterning on Polymer Films (Kazuyuki Horie, Seiichirop Murase, Satoshi Takahashi, Madoka Teramoto, Hidemitsu Furukawa). 26. Surface Friction of Polyelectrolyte Gels (Jian Ping Gong, Go Kagata, Yoshihito Osada). 27. Highly Conducting Graphitic Carbon Films and Nano Patterns from Poly (p--phenylenevinylene) Prepared on the Surface of Silicon Wafers by the CVD Method (Kyungkon Kim, Guolun Zhong, Jung--Il Jin). 28. Excimer Suppression Mechanism in Light Emitting Polymer Blends (J.--W. Yu, J.K. Kim, D.Y. Kim, C.H. Kim, N.W. Song, D. Kim, C.Y. Kim). 29. Cell Sheet Engineering: Intelligent Polymer Patterned Surfaces for Tissue Engineered Liver (Masami Harimoto, Masayuki Yamato, Akihiko Kikuchi, Teruo Okano). 30. Synthesis of Functional Polycarbonates by Lipase--Catalyzed Ring--Opening Polymerization (Jun Feng, Renxi Zhuo, Feng He, Xuli Wang). 31. Degradable Polymers: Design, Synthesis and Testing (Anna Finne, Maria Ryner, Ann--Christine Albertsson). 32. Dextran--Spermine Conjugate: An Efficient Vector for Gene Delivery (T. Azzam, H. Eliyahu, A. Makovitzki, A. J. Domb). 33. An Important Biodegradable Polymer -- Polylactone--Family Polymer (Shenguo Wang, Qing Cai, Jianzhong Bei). 34. Aggregation of Ionic Amphiphils in Dilute Solutions Controlled by Oppositely Charged Polyelectolyte Templates (Victor A. Kasaikin, Julia A. Zakharova, Ekaterina A. Litmanovich, Elena M. Ivleva, Alexander B. Zezin, Victor A. Kabanov). 35. Coordination Structure of Active Site in Synthetic Hemoprotein (Albumin --Heme) with Dioxygen and Carbon Monoxide (Eishun Tsuchida, Akito Nakagawa, Teruyuki Komatsu). 36. Synthesis and Properties of Carbon Dioxide -- Epoxides Copolymers from Rare Earth Metal Catalyst (Zhilong Quan, Jiadong Min, Qinhai Zhou, Dong Xie, Jingjiang Liu, Xianhong Wang, Xiaojiang Zhao, Fosong Wang). 37. Novel Characterization of Branching and/or Cross--linking Structures in Condensation Polymers by Reactive Pyrolysis--Gas Chromatography in the Presence of Organic Alkaline (Shin Tsuge, Hajime Ohtani, Keishi Oba). 38. Recent Developments in Oriented Polymers for Biomedical and Engineering Applications (Ian Macmillan Ward). 39. Time--Resolved Structural Studies in Fiber Processing (Christian Burger, Shaofeng Ran, Dufei Fang, David Cookson, Kazuyuki Yabuki, Yoshihiko Termoto, Philip M. Cunniff, P. James Viccaro, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Benjamin Chu). 40. Extruder Processing for Nanoblends and Nanocomposites (Guo--Hua Hu, Lian--Fang Feng). 41. Bimodal Polyethylene Products from UNIPOL (Single Gas Phase Reactor Using Engineered Catalysts (Han--Tai Liu, Chris R. Davey, Pradeep P. Shirodkar). 42. Multibranched Star--Shaped Polyethers (Grzegorz Lapienis, Stanislaw Penczek).
