Polymer Yearbook 18

Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 17
Contributors......Page 19
1.2 Poly(perylenecarboximides)......Page 23
1.3 Polyimides Based on Naphthalene-1,4,5,8-Tetracarboxylic Acid Dianhydride......Page 35
1.4 Polyimides Based on Non-condensed bis(Naphthalic Anhydrides)......Page 48
2.1 Introduction......Page 65
2.2 Topological Structure of Lignin Macromolecules......Page 66
2.3 Hydrodynamic Properties......Page 73
2.4 Summary......Page 83
3.2 Principal Groups of Lanthanide-Based Catalysts......Page 91
3.3.1 Chemical Nature of Lanthanide......Page 92
3.3 2 The Nature of the Ligand......Page 93
3.3.3 The Structure of Organometallic Component of Lanthanide Catalysts......Page 94
3.3.4 The Nature of the Solvent......Page 96
3.4 The Structure of Active Centres and the Mechanism of Stereoregulation in the Polymerisation of Butadiene......Page 97
3.5 Role of the Structure of Diene in the Mechanism of Regioand Stereoselectivity......Page 102
3.6 The Role of Anti-Syn Isomerisation of the Terminal Unit of the Growing Polymer Chain......Page 107
3.7 Conclusions......Page 110
4.1. Introduction......Page 117
4.2 Experimental......Page 119
4.3.1 Discussion of Experimental Data and Formulating the Starting Position of the Kinetic Model......Page 120
4.3.2 The Kinetic Model......Page 125
4.3.3 Calculation - Results......Page 136
4.4 Characterisation of the Peculiarities of the Linear Polymerisation of the Microheterogeneous System......Page 137
4.5 Conclusions......Page 142
5 Influence of Ultrasound on the Channels of the Forming Head in Extrusion Processes......Page 147
5.1 Construction of an Extrusion Head for Producing Polymers......Page 148
5.2 Investigation of the Hydrodynamic Performances of the Extrusion Head......Page 150
5.2.1 Investigation of Flow Characteristics of Polymer Melts......Page 151
5.3 Results of a Study on High-Elastic Rating of a Polymer Melt Spray......Page 152
5.4 Rating of Solid Properties of the Polymeric Items......Page 153
5.5 Conclusions......Page 155
6.1 Introduction......Page 157
6.2 Experimental......Page 158
6.2.1 Results and Discussion......Page 159
7.1 Introduction......Page 201
7.2 Thermo-oxidative Degradation of Polypyromellitimide, Poly(phenyl-quinoxaline) and Copoly(imidophenylquinoxalines)......Page 202
7.3 Thermo-oxidative Degradation of Poly(alkane imide)......Page 205
7.4 Thermo-oxidative Degradation of Polysulfones, Polyesterketones, Liquid-Crystal Copolyesters......Page 208
7.5 Thermo-oxidative Degradation of Polyesterimides, Polyamidoimides, Aliphatic-Aromatic Polyamides......Page 214
8.1 Introduction......Page 225
8.2 The General Principle of Selecting Polymers for Polymer Optical Fibre Coating......Page 226
8.3.1 Kinetics of Block Radical Polymerisation of Fluoroalkyl(meth)acrylates......Page 229
8.3.2 Relative Activity of Fluorine-containing Methacrylates in Bulk Radical Polymerisation......Page 237
8.3.3 Radical Polymerisation of Fluorine-containing Methacrylates in the Presence of Nitroxyl Radicals......Page 250
8.4 Some Properties of Fluorine-containing Polyalkyl(meth)acrylates and α-fluoroacrylates......Page 252
8.5 The New Fluorine Containing Copolymers - Prospective Materials for Covers of Optical Fibres......Page 259
9.2 Model Considerations......Page 267
9.3 Results and Discussion......Page 269
9.4 Conclusions......Page 273
10.1 Introduction......Page 275
10.2 Experimental......Page 276
10.3 Results and Discussion......Page 278
10.4 Summary......Page 297
11.1 Introduction......Page 301
11.2.1 Fractal Dimension......Page 309
11.3 Polymer Fractal......Page 311
11.4 Statistical Fractal......Page 318
11.5 Experimental Determination of Fractal Dimensions......Page 321
11.6 Levels of Fractality......Page 323
11.7 Fractal Characteristics of Macromolecules......Page 328
11.8 The Dimension of the Sections of a Macromolecule Between Topological Fixing Points......Page 337
11.9.1 The Model of a Network Polymer......Page 341
11.9.2 Scaling Representation of a Macromolecule......Page 344
11.9.3 Estimation of Structural Parameters......Page 348
11.10 Description of Molecular Mobility Using Fractal Characteristics......Page 351
11.11 Conclusions......Page 355
12.1 Introduction......Page 365
12.2 Experimental......Page 366
12.3.1 Description of the Aggregation of Particles in the Framework of the Models of Irreversible Aggregation......Page 368
12.3.2 Effect of the Surface Structure of the Filler on Adhesion......Page 372
12.3.3 Interfacial Adhesion and the Strength of the Interfacial Layer......Page 376
12.3.4 The Level of Interfacial Adhesion and Mechanical Characteristics of Composites......Page 380
13.2 Experimental......Page 389
13.3 Results and Discussion......Page 390
13.4 Summary......Page 393
14.2 Results and Discussion......Page 395
15.2 Experimental......Page 403
15.3 Results and Discussion......Page 404
15.4 Summary......Page 406
16.2 Theoretical Basis......Page 409
16.3 A Comparison of Calculated and Experimental Results......Page 411
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 417
Author Index......Page 423
Index......Page 427