About the Book
This volume contains papers based on the main lectures, oral communications and selected posters presented at the 4th International Conference of Polymer-Solvent Complexes and Intercalates held as the 63rd meeting of Prague Meetings on Macromolecules in Prague in July 2002. Many aspects of the polymer-solvent interactions, structure and dynamics in solution, gels, solids and interfaces are discussed in detail. Also illustrated is evidence of the growing impact of this field on various research areas.
Table of Contents:
Preface (J. Spevacek). 1. Polymer--Solvent Complexes and Intercalates Prepared under Various Conditions (jean--Michel Guenet). 2. Microscopically--viewed Structural Changes in Solvent--induced Phase Transitions of Synthetic Polymers (Kohji Tashiro, Akiko Yoshioka and Tomoko Hashida). 3. Highly Conductive Oriented PEO--Based Polymer Electrolytes (D. Golodnitsky, E. Livshits and E. Peled). 4. On the Structure of Sulfonic Acid Doped Thermoreversible Polyaniline Gels (Tushar Jana, Jhunu Chatterjee and Arun K. Nandi). 5. Conformational Characteristics of Stereoregular PMMA and of the Stereocomplex: New Insights from FTIR Measurements (Oleg N. Tretinnikov). 6. Reorganization of the Structures, Morphologies, and Conformations of Polymers by Coalescence from Their Crystalline Inclusion Compounds Formed with Cyclodextrins (Alan E. Tonelli). 7. Water--Protein and Ligand--Protein Interactions as Determined by Selective NMR Relaxation Studies (Claudio Rossi, Silvia Martini, Maso Ricci, Maria Pia Picchi and Claudia Bonechi). 8. Functional Polymeric Materials: Complexing Amphiphiles as Structure--Inducing Elements (Gerrit ten Brinke and Olli Ikkala). 9. Solid State NMR Study of Intercalate Complexes of Poly)ethylene oxide) and Small Molecules (Jiri Spevacek and Jiri Brus). 10. On the Clathrate Structures of Syndiotatic Poly(m--methylsyrene) (Oreste Tarallo, Annamaria Buono, Valeria Califano and Vittorio Petraccone). 11. Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(ethylene oxide) in Mixtures with Tetrahydronaphthalene and Oligo (dimenthyl siloxane--b--ethylene oxide) Copolymer (Samy A. Madbouly). 12. Free Energy and Dimensions of Macromolecules under Confinement in Layered Assemblies (Peter Cifra, Tomas Bleha and Zuzana Skrinarova). 13. Depth Profiling of Polymer Films by Confocal Raman Spectroscopy (Stephen J. Spells, Helmut Reinecke, Javier Sacristan, Jack Yarwood and Carmen Mijangos). 14. The Gel--like Structure of Polymer in Thin Films: An Explanation of the Thickness Dependent Glass Transition (Yves Grohens, Loic Hamon, Jiri Spevacek and Yves Holl). 15. Starch--Modified Filters Used for the Removal of Dyes from Waste Water (Frank Delval, Gregorio Crini, Joel Vebrel, Michael Knorr, Gilles Sauvin and Emmanuel Conte). 16. Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol)--graft--Polyacrylamide Copolymers Depending on the Graft Length. 1. Redistribution of Hydrogen Bonds and its Influence on the Copolymer Behavior in Aquenous Solution (Tatyana Zheltonozhskaya, Olga Demchenko, Irina Rakovich, Jean--Michel Guenet and Vladimir Syromyatnikov). 17. Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol)--graft--Polyacrylamide Copolymers Depending on the Graft Length. 2. Thermal Properties in the Bulk State (Olga Demchenko, Tatyana Zheltonozhskaya, Jean--Michel Guenet, Svetlana Filipchenko and Vladimir Syromyatinkov). 18. Properties of Poly(vinyl--alcohol)--graft--Polyacrylamide Copolymers Depending on the Graft Length. 3. Benzene Solubilization by Solutions of the Copolymer (Nina Zagdanskaya, Lesya Momot, Tatyana Zheltonozhskaya, Jean--Michel Guenet, Vladimir Syromyatinikov). 19. Conformational Changes in Poly(vinyl alcohol)--graft--Polyacrylamide in Aqueous Solutions vs Graft Content (Nataliya Kutsevol, Tatyana Zheltonozhskaya, Nataliya Melnik, Jean--Michel Guenet, Vladimir Syromyatnikov). 20. Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Membranes: As a Hydrogel Support for Use in Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography (Gulay Bayramogly, and M. Yakup Arica). 21. A Novel pH Sensitive Porous Membrane Carrier for Various Biomedical Applications Based on pHEMA/chitosan: Preparation and Its Drug Release Characteristics (Gulay Bayramogly, and M. Yakup Arica). 22. Dye--Ligand Immobilized IPNs Membrane for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions (Gulay Bayramoglu, Emine Yalcin, Omer Genc and M. Yakup Arica) 23. Rationalizing the Meaning of Coefficients in Flory--Huggins Approach to Polymer--Solvent Interactions (Emilio Lucchelli and Luciano Hankova). 24. 1H NMR Relaxation Study of Polymer--Solvent Interactions During Thermotropic Phase Transition in Aqueous Solutions (Jiri Spevacek and Lenka Hanykova). 25. 1H NMR Study of Phase Transition of Uncharged and Negatively Chrged Poly(N--isopropylmethacrylamide) in D2O Solutions (Larisa Starovoytova, Jiri Spevacek, Lenka Hanykova and Michall Ilavsky). 26. Polymer--colloid Complexes in Three--component Systems: Poly(styrene--alt--maleic acid)--Poly(ethylene oxide)--Silica Sol in Aqueous Medium (Natalya Permyakova, Tatyana Zheltonozhskaya, Nikolay Strilchyk, Nina Zagdanskaya, Lesya Momot and Vladimir Syromyatnikov). 27. Formation of Poly(ethylene glycol) Inclusion Complexes in Aqueous Soltuions of Mixed Cyclodextrins (Jiri Horsky and Zuzana Walterova). 28. Self--assembling Complexes with Magnetic Properties (Sandrine Poux, Annette Thierry, Cyrille Rochas, Mark M. Green and Jean--Michel Guenet). 29. Wettability of Acrylate Copolymer Surfaces after Ageing in Water (Yves Grohens, Stephane Ulve, Karine Vallee--Rehel, Jean Jacques Peeon and Dominique Haras). 30. Evaluation of the Fractional Crystallization of Isotactic Polyprolene and High Density Polyethylenes in Their Blends with Cycloolefin Copolymers (Sylvie Pimbert). 31. Recognition of the Syndiotactic Polypropylene Polymorphs via Dyanamic--mechanical Analysis (Giuliana Gorrasi, Liberata Guadagno, Concetta D'Aniello, Carlo Naddeo, Gennaro Romano and Vittoria Vittoria). 32. Starch Swelling and Its Role in Modern Ceramic Chaping Technology (Eva Tynova, Willi Pabst and Jan Mikac). 33. Dynamic Properties of Protein--Like Heteropolymers: A Computer Simulation Study (Piotr Romiszowski and Andrzej Sikorski). 34. Conductive Polymer Composites (CPC): Influence of Processing Conditions, Shear Rate and Temperature on Electrical Properties of Poly(butylenes terephthalate)/poly(amide 12--b--tetramethyleneglycol)--Carbon Black Blends (Jean--Francois Feller and Enora Petitjean). 35. Mechanical and Rheological Properties of Poly(ethylene--co--ethyl acrylate) as a Function of Carbon Black Content (Jean--Francois Feller and Isabelle Linossier). 36. Photo--Aging of a Thermoplastic Aromatic Polyurethane in Contact with Artificial Sweat (Claude Dubois, Joel Vebrel, Valerie Rigny--Bourgeois and Yves Grohens). 37. A Comparative Study of the Rheological and Structural Properties of Gelatin Gels of Mammalian and Fish Origins (Anne Simon, Yves Grohens, Laurent Vandanjon, Patrick Bourseau, Eric Balnois and Guy Levesque).
