Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
An Overview....Pages 1-5
Globalization and Development of New Materials....Pages 7-15
Emerging Materials....Pages 17-27
Advanced Materials for Future Aerospace Programmes....Pages 29-44
Commercial Uses of Liquid Crystalline Polymers....Pages 45-61
Polymer Education in Singapore....Pages 63-74
Novel Polymeric Composite Materials for Photonics....Pages 75-91
Properties and Applications of Polymers in Optics and Electrooptics....Pages 93-106
Polymeric Electro-Optic Materials and Devices: Meeting the Challenges of Practical Applications....Pages 107-115
Liquid Crystal Nonlinear Optics....Pages 117-139
Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Functionalized Polymers....Pages 141-153
Effective Excited States for χ (3) in a Symmetric Conjugated Molecule....Pages 155-164
Second-Harmonic Blue Light Generation in Langmuirblodgett Film Waveguides by Mode Conversion and by use of the Cerenkov-Type Configuration....Pages 165-173
Techniques for Ultrastructure Synthesis: Preparation of Second Order Nonlinear Optical Materials....Pages 175-185
Plastics as Novel Optical Materials....Pages 187-195
Photoexcitations in Polydiacetylenes....Pages 197-204
Incorporation of Ladder Polymer Subunits in Formal Copolymers for Third Order Nlo Applications....Pages 205-210
Polymers with Special Optical Properties....Pages 211-217
Third Order Nonlinear Optical Interactions in Some Bioengineered Polymers....Pages 219-228
Semi- and Full Interpenetrating Polymer Networks as Stable Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials....Pages 229-237
Photo-polymerization and photo-crosslinking in the graphic arts....Pages 239-249
Conducting Polymers: Science and Technology....Pages 251-261
Control of the Mesoscopic Organization of Conjugated Thiophene Oligomers, Induced by Self-Assembly Properties....Pages 263-271
Functionalization of Conducting Polymer for Advanced Materials....Pages 273-280
Polymeric Materials Based on Azomethine Moieties for the Preparation Of Organic One-Dimensional Superlattices....Pages 281-287
Theoretical Analysis of the Vibrational Spectra of Conducting Polymers : A Model Compound Approach....Pages 289-295
A Modified Pariser-Parr-Pople Formulation for the Study of Low Lying Excitation Energies of Polyenes....Pages 297-303
Dopant and Charge Carriers Correlation in Polyaniline Prepared by Potentiostatic Method....Pages 305-309
Understanding the Novolak Synthesis Reaction....Pages 311-318
Synthesis and Polymerization of 3,3′- Difunctionalized-2,2′-Bithiophenes....Pages 319-324
Immobilization of Glucose Oxidase in Poly(2,2′-bithiophene)....Pages 325-332
Molecular Arrangement of Perconjugated Systems....Pages 333-343
Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Poly(7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-diacetate)....Pages 345-354
Carbon Clusters and Carbon Polymers: Advanced Materials with Exciting Properties....Pages 355-368
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Interaction of Metals with Polymer Surfaces: A Case Study of the Use of a Model Molecular System to Study the Nature of Charge Storage in Short Polyenes....Pages 369-382
High Resolution Xps Study of the Electronic Structure of Polyaniline....Pages 383-389
Expanding the Polyolefin Property Envelope: From Spheripol to Spherilene Technology....Pages 391-401
Organic-Inorganic Composites....Pages 403-410
Thermoplastic Geomembranes for Water Barriers....Pages 411-421
Effects of the Preparing Conditions on the Physical Properties of Surface Grown UHMW PE Fibers....Pages 423-437
Surface Characterization and Platelet Adhesion Studies of Plasma-Sulfonated Polyethylene....Pages 439-452
Development of Long-Fibre Prepreg Via Pultrusion Process....Pages 453-466
Synthesis and Properties of p-aromatic Polyamide Having Benzoxazinone Unit in the Main Chain....Pages 467-476
Rigid-Rod Polymers with Flexible n-Alkoxymethyl Side Branches....Pages 477-491
Aromatic-Heterocyclic Polymers Research at United States Air Force Wright Laboratory: Recent Developments....Pages 493-502
A Review of Stabilization Requirements Of Post Consumer Recycled Polyolefins....Pages 503-508
Biocompatible Polymers and Their Applications....Pages 509-517
Supra-Biomolecular Architectures at Functionalized Surfaces....Pages 519-530
Optical Properties oF Polyaniline Synthesized by Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions in Organic Solvents....Pages 531-537
Polynucleotide Analogues: Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties....Pages 539-549
Systematically Varying Compatibility of Styrene Containing Copolymers with Poly(Vinyl Methyl Ether)....Pages 551-560
Thermodynamics and Interfaces of Polymer Blends....Pages 561-574
Effect of Specific Interaction on Miscibility Windows of PVC/SAN’S Copolymer Blends....Pages 575-580
Molecular and Physical Structure’s Designs of High Performance Polymeric Membranes....Pages 581-589
Design of Functionality of Polymers by the use of the Property of Siloxane Linkage....Pages 591-597
Intelligent Polymer Membranes....Pages 599-605
Biosynthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoates) by Pseudomonas Putida ....Pages 607-612
Progress of Research and Development in Modification of Polymeric Materials using Radiation Technique in Indonesia....Pages 613-626
Trial Production of Condoms from Irradiated Natural Rubber Latex on a Factory Scale....Pages 627-637
The study of Composite Reinforced with Natural Fibres....Pages 639-647
Trial Production of Examination Gloves from Irradiated Natural Rubber Latex on a Factory Scale....Pages 649-657
Sol-Gel Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxopolymers....Pages 659-667
Research on Sol-Gel Optical Coatings for a Megajoule Laser at CEL-V....Pages 669-675
New Directions in Organosilicon Surface Science....Pages 677-688
Low-Pressure Membranes: New Developments and Applications....Pages 689-697
Ultra-Thin Films of Tricosanoyl and Pentacosanoyl-10:12- Diynoic Acids and the Resultant Polymers....Pages 699-709
Back Matter....Pages 711-719