Biological and Synthetic Polymer Networks

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Covalent, Thermoreversible and Entangled Networks: An Attempt at Comparison....Pages 3-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Structure and Rheology of Fibrin Networks....Pages 41-55
Non-Gaussian Elastic Properties in Biopolymer Networks....Pages 57-77
Fibrinogen and Fibrin Studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering....Pages 79-85
The Effect of Gelation on Water-Protein Interaction....Pages 87-93
Structure Determination of Different Casein Components....Pages 95-111
Galactomannan—Borate Systems: A Complexation Study....Pages 113-126
Formation of Thermally Reversible Networks from Starch Polysaccharides....Pages 127-139
Insect Cuticle as a Covalently Crosslinked Protein Network....Pages 141-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Intramolecular Reaction and Network Formation and Properties....Pages 153-183
The Physics of Temporary Polymer Networks: A Comparison of Theory and Experiment....Pages 185-205
Kinetics of Ring Formation in Polymerization Reactions....Pages 207-217
Calculation of Average Network Parameters Using Combined Kinetic and Markovian Analysis....Pages 219-231
Effect of Dilution During Network Formation on Cyclization and Topological Constraints in Polyurethane Networks....Pages 233-242
 13 C-NMR Analysis of Crosslinking Sites in Branched Polyesters....Pages 243-254
Fluoroelastomers: Reaction Products in Early Stages of Network Formation....Pages 255-265
A Model for Inhomogeneous Network Formation by Chain-Reaction Polymerization....Pages 267-276
Sol—Gel Transition Induced by Friedel—Crafts Crosslinking of Polystyrene Solutions....Pages 277-290
Physico-Chemistry of the Hydrolysed Polyacrylamide—Chromium III Interaction in Relation to Rheological Properties....Pages 291-303
Cured Epoxy Resins: Measurements in Dilute and Semidilute Solution....Pages 305-319
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Networks as the Basis of Pre-Thickening SMC....Pages 321-334
Special Features of Network Build-Up in Curing of Polyepoxides Based on N,N -Diglycidylaniline Derivatives....Pages 335-344
The Influence of Vitrification on the Formation of Densely Crosslinked Networks Using Photopolymerization....Pages 345-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Orientational Behaviour of Free Polymer Chains Dissolved in a Strained Network: A Deuterium Magnetic Resonance Investigation....Pages 359-367
Polymer Coil Relaxation in Uniaxially Elongated Poly(ethylethylene) Observed by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering....Pages 369-382
The Scattering of Light by Swollen Networks....Pages 383-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Swelling of Polymer Networks....Pages 403-414
Differential Swelling of Elastomers....Pages 415-433
Phase Transition in Swollen Gels. 10. Effect of the Positive Charge and its Position in the Side Chain on the Collapse and Mechanical Behaviour of Poly(Acrylamide) Networks....Pages 435-447
Deswelling of Gels Induced by Unidirectional Compression....Pages 449-460
On the Temperature Dependence of Equilibrium Concentration of Slightly Crosslinked Gels....Pages 461-469
NMR Approach to the Swelling Process of PDMS Networks and Silica-Filled Siloxanes....Pages 471-482
Investigation on Polystyrene Networks Containing Pendent Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Chains....Pages 483-493
Front Matter....Pages 495-495
Anisotropy of Rubber Networks Crosslinked in States of Strain....Pages 497-508
High-Vinyl Polybutadiene Crosslinked in the Strained State to Different Degrees of Crosslinking....Pages 509-516
A Simple Model of Random Tetrafunctional Networks with Defects....Pages 517-530
Back Matter....Pages 531-548