Preface
M. Matsuo
Preparation and Properties of Polystyrene/ SEBS Blends
with Compositional Gradients in Their Sheet Direction
Yasuyuki Agari*, Taichi Yamamoto, Ryoki Nomura ............... 1
Determination of Intermolecular Acetyl Distribution of
Cellulose Triacetate by Reversed Phase High Performance
Liquid Chromatography
Tanemi Asai*, Shu Shimamoto, Tohru Shibata, Tadatomo
Kawai, Shinya Teramachi ...................................... 5
Biaxial Orientation in Triple Centrifuged Natural Rubber
Mohammad Mahay Alam, Tsutomu Asano* ......................... 13
New Evidence for the Mechanism of the Pore Formation
in Polymerising High Internal Phase Emulsions or Why
polyHIPEs Have an Interconnected Pore Network Structure
Angelika Menner, Alexander Bismarck* ........................ 19
Application and Modification of Cyclometalated
Ruthenium(II) Complex [Ru(o-C6H4-2-C,H4N)- (MeCN)4]PF6
for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Francisco Diaz Camacho, Salvador Lopez Morales,
Ronan Le Lagadec, Larissa Alexandrova* ...................... 25
Synthesis of Low Dielectric Constant Polyetherimide Films
Bor-Kuan Chen*, Yu-Ting Fang, Jing-Ru Cheng ................. 34
Supramolecular Structure of N,N-Bis(2-hydroxy-benzyl)
alkylamine: From Hydrogen Bond Assembly to Coordination
Network in Guest Acceptance
Suttinun Phongtamrug, Suwabun Chirachanchai*,
Kohji Tashiro ............................................... 40
Synthesis and Electrorheological Characterization of
Polyaniline/Barium Titanate Hybrid Suspension
Fei Fei Fang, Ji Hye Kim, Hyoung Jin Choi* .................. 49
Reinforcement of Biodegradable Poly(DL-lactic acid)
Material by Equal-Channel Angular Extrusion
Hongxiang Cui*, Lianhong Zhang, Jianguo Gong, Yuchun Ma,
Wang Ying ................................................... 55
Application of Modified Natural Oils as Reactive Diluents
for Epoxy Resins
Piotr Czub .................................................. 60
Agarose Sols and Gels Revisited
Jean-Michel Guenet*, Cyrille Rochas ......................... 65
Paclitaxel-Warfarin Interaction in Solution
Stefan Wunderlich, Manfred Zähres, Byung-Wook Jo,
Michael Hess* ............................................... 71
A "ladder" Morphology in an ABC Triblock Copolymer
Takeshi Kaneko, Kazuya Suda, Kotaro Satoh, Masami
Kamigaito, Toshinori Kato, Tomohiro Ono, Eiji
Nakamura, Toshio Nishi, Hiroshi Jinnai* ..................... 80
RTL Investigation on the Radiochemical Oxidation of
Polyolefins
Silviu Jipa, Traian Zaharescu*, Wilhelm Kappel,
Radu Setnescu, Călin Oros ................................... 87
Crystal Transformation and Development of Tensile
Properties upon Drawing of Poly(L-lactic acid) by
Solid-State Coextrusion: Effects of Molecular Weight
Daisuke Sawai, Takafumi Yokoyama, Tetsuo Kanamoto*,
Moon Sungil, Suong-Hyu Hyon, Liuba P. Myasnikova ............ 93
Re-examination of the Reactivity of N-Carboxy Amino
Acid Anhydrides 1. Polymerisation of Amino Acid NCAs
in Acetonitrile and in the Solid State in Hexane
Hitoshi Kanazawa*, Aya Inada, Nobukazu Kawana .............. 104
Structural and Dynamical Properties of n-Alkane
Molecules in Clathrate Phase of Syndiotactic
Polystyrene
Fumitoshi Kaneko*, Yukihiro Uda, Tatsuya Kawaguchi,
Koichi Ute, Osama Yamamuro ................................. 113
Magnetic Alignment of Rhodamine В Intercalated in
Synthetic Mica
Tsunehisa Kimura*, Taichi Uemura, Takumasa Kimura,
Shinsuke Takagi, Haruo Inoue ............................... 120
Melting Processing of Biodegradable Cellulose
Diacetate/Starch Composites
S.Y. Lee, M.S. Cho, J.D. Nam, Y. Lee* ...................... 126
Study of the Impact Resistance of Physically and Dynamically
Vulcanized Mixtures of PP/EPDM
Edwin A. Murillo, Betty L. Löpez* .......................... 131
Pre-Averagcd Sampling On the Entanglement Kinetics for
Polymer Dynamics
Kazushi Horio, Yuichi Masubuchi* ........................... 140
Characterization of PVA and Chitosan/ PVA Blends Prepared
from Aqueous Solutions of Various Na2S04 Concentrations
Petronela Drambei, Yumiko Nakano, Yuezhen Bin,
Tsumuko Okuno, Masaru Matsuo* .............................. 146
Interpenetrating Polymer Networks with Spatially Graded
Morphology Controllable by UV-Radiation Curing
Hideyuki Nakanishi, Nobuhiro Namikawa, Tomohisa Norisuye,
Qui Tran-Cong-Miyata* ...................................... 157
(Supercritical) Ammonia for Recycling of Thermoset Polymers
Werner Mormann*, Petra Frank ............................... 165
Nucleation and Crystallization of PLDA-b-PE and PLLA-b-PE
Diblock Copolymers
Alejandro J. Müller*, Reina V. Castillo, Marc Hillmyer .... 174
Relaxation Processes in Polymer Surface Layers
Liubov Myasnikova*, Nicolai Blashenkov, Yurii Boiko,
Elena Ivan'kova, Alexei Kalachev, Dmitrii Lebedev,
Vycheslav Marikhin, Elena Radovanova ....................... 182
Ultrafast Optical Responsive SWNT/ Polymer Thin Films
in Guided Wave Mode Geometry
Jang-Hyun Ryu, Toshihiko Nagamura*, Masahiro Shigeta,
Naotoshi Nakashima ......................................... 193
Curing of Styrene-Free Unsaturated Polyester Alkyd and
Development of Novel Related Clay Nanocomposites
I. Mironi-Harpaz, M. Narkis*, A. Siegmann .................. 201
Ultrasonic Investigation of the Gelation Process
Poly(Acrylamide) Gels
Tomohisa Norisuye*, Anatoliy Strybulevych, Martin
Scanlon, John Page ......................................... 208
Polymorphism in Nylon-11: Characterization using
HTWAXS and HTFTIR
Smitha S. Nair, С. Ramesh*, K. Tashiro ..................... 216
A High Performance Flocculating Agent and Viscosifiers Based
On Cationic Guar Gum
R.P. Singh*, Sagar Pal, D. Mal ............................. 227
Measurement System for Very Small Photoelastic Constant
of Polymer Films
Mitsuo Tsukiji, Hiroyuki Kowa, Kanae Muraki, Norihiro
Umeda, Kenji Imoto, Masayoshi Kanasaki, Komei Tahara,
Katsunori Moni, Yoshiro Tajitsu* ........................... 235
Controlled Release of Model Drug from Biodegradable
Segmented Polyurethane Ureas: Morphological and Structural
Features
Thatiparti Thimma Reddy, Michiko Hadano, Atsushi
Takahara* ................................................. 241
Structural Phase Transitions of Aliphatic Nylons Viewed
from the Simultaneous Measurements of WAXD and SAXS
Kohji Tashiro*, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Yasuaki Ohta, Makoto
Hanesaka, Tomoko Hashida, Yayoi Yoshioka, Chellaswami
Ramesh ..................................................... 250
Thermally-Induced Phase Transitions in the Uniaxially-
Oriented δ Form of Syndiotactic Polystyrene
E. Bhoje Gowd, Naoya Shibayama, Kohji Tashiro* ............. 257
Structural Study on Water-induced Phase Transitions of
Polyethylene imme) as Viewedfrom the Simultaneous
Measurements of Wide-Angle X-ray Diffractions and DSC
Thermograms
Tomoko Hashida, Kohji Tashiro* ............................. 262
Structural Study of Phase Transition Behavior of
Uniaxially-Oricnted Ethylene-Tetrafluoroethylene
Alternating Copolymer
Suttinun Phongtamrug, Kohji Tashiro,* Atsushi Funaki,
Kiyotaka Aral, Shigeru Aida ................................ 268
Confirmation of Disorder Form of Poly(L-lactic acid) by
the X-ray Fiber Pattern and Polarized IR/Raman Spectra
Measured for Uniaxially-Oriented Samples
Jianming Zhang, Kohji Tashiro*, Abraham J. Domb,
Hideto Tsuji ............................................... 274
Dynamical Mechanical Analysis and Curing Analysis of
Fouling Release Coatings and Components
Ted Provder, Shyam Malliprakash, Sarjak Hemantkumar Amin,
Atheer Majid, John Texter* ................................. 279
Self-Assembly and Liquid Crystalline Properties of Ionic
Polymers and Their Nonionic Family
Takeshi Yoshimi, Seiji Ujiie* .............................. 290
Polymers for Multifunctional Textiles
Emilia Visileanu*, Alexandra Ene, Carmen Mihai,
Marek Kowalczuk ............................................ 295
Migration study of Polypropylene (PP) Oil Blends in
Food Simulants
Qian Wang*, Birgit K. Storm ................................ 307
Search of Optimum Conditions for Sublimation Growth of
Thiophene/ Phenylene Co-Oligomer Crystals
Takeshi Yamao*, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Satoshi Ota, Shu
Hotta, Reiko Azumi ......................................... 315
The Control of Thermal and Radiation Stability of
Polypropylene Containing Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles
Traian Zaharescu, Silviu Jipa, Wilhelm Kappel,
Pitt Supaphol .............................................. 319
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