New Trends in Physics and Physucal Chemistry of Polymers

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes—1988 Recipient of the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry....Pages 5-7
Dynamics of Adsorbed Polymers....Pages 9-18
Equilibrium Structure of the Fluid Interface....Pages 19-40
Displacement of Homopolymer from a Surface by a Block Copolymer....Pages 41-46
The Modification of Surface Forces by Grafted Polymer Chains....Pages 47-56
Persistence Length in Microemulsion Systems....Pages 57-62
Polymer Adsorption at the Solid-Liquid Interface: The Interfacial Concentration Profile....Pages 63-80
Chiral Discrimination in Monolayer Packing of Hexade-Canol-Thiophosphoryl-2-Phenylglycinol with two Chiral Center in the Polar Head-Group....Pages 81-87
Discussion....Pages 89-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
New Perspective on Polymer Adhesion Mechanisms....Pages 95-127
Dynamics and Fractal Structure of Polymer Interfaces....Pages 129-136
Size Exclusion Chromatography and Surface Effects in Porous Fractals....Pages 137-157
Dry Spreading of Polymer Liquids on Solid Surfaces: Role of Long Range Forces, Precursor Film Profiles and Specific Polymeric Effects....Pages 159-170
Wetting Phenomena....Pages 171-183
Application of Hard-Soft Acid-Base (HSAB) Principle to Solid Adhesion and Surface Interactions Between Metals and Polymers....Pages 185-196
Discussion....Pages 201-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Diffusion of Polymer in Binary and Ternary Semidilute Solutions....Pages 207-228
The Scaling Laws in Ternary Systems: Polymer-Polymer-Good Solvent. An Experimental Study....Pages 229-237
Excimer Studies of Polymer Solutions Over the Entire Concentration Range....Pages 239-253
Polymers at Interfaces: A Study by Neutron Reflection....Pages 255-267
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Theory of Dynamic Screening in Macromolecular Solutions....Pages 269-283
Tracer Diffusion in Polymer-Like Networks....Pages 285-291
Dynamical Properties of Semidilute Polymer Solutions at the Theta Temperature....Pages 293-305
Discussion....Pages 307-308
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Self-consistent Fields and Critical Exponents for Polymers....Pages 311-318
Diffusion in Block Copolymers and Isotopic Polymer Mixtures....Pages 319-343
Mutual Diffusion in the Miscible Polymer Blend: Polystyrene:Poly (Xylenyl Ether)....Pages 345-354
Self-Diffusion of Poly(Dimethylsiloxane) Chains....Pages 355-365
Chain Segment Ordering in Strained Rubbers....Pages 367-374
Viscoelasticity and Self-Diffusion in Miscible Heteropolymer Blends....Pages 375-383
Discussion....Pages 385-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Molecular Weight Dependence of the Viscosity of a Homogeneous Polymer Melt....Pages 389-396
Dynamics of Entangled Polymers: Reptation....Pages 397-417
The Entanglement Concept in Polymer Physics Revisited....Pages 419-448
Repton Model of Entangled Polymers....Pages 455-469
On the Effect of Positional Order on the Scattering by Copolymers and Networks with Labeled Crosslinks....Pages 471-482
Calculation of Elastic Small-Angle Neutron Scattering from Labeled Gels....Pages 483-496
Discussion....Pages 497-500
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
Phase Transitions in Polymer Solutions....Pages 503-530
Percolation Type Growth Process of Clusters Near the Gelation Threshold....Pages 531-545
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
The Biased Reptation Model of DNA Gel Electrophoresis....Pages 547-600
Final Remarks....Pages 601-602
Conformation of a Polymer in Liquid Crystal Polymer....Pages 603-604
Discussion....Pages 605-605
Back Matter....Pages 607-660