Progress in Pacific Polymer Science 2

Microcomposite Formation of p-Aramid with Inorganic Glass and Conductive Polymers.- Recent Developments in Free Radical Polymerization.- Changing Demands on the R&D Organization in an International Cooperation.- Key Issues for the Japan's Chemical Industries toward the 21st Century.- The Next Thirty Years - Will it fulfill our Expectations?.- Rigid Chain Vinyl Polymers from Multi-Substituted Ethylenes.- Silicon-Mediated Synthesis of Poly(Fluorovinyl Ethers) and Poly(Perfluoroalkenes).- Synthesis and Characterization of Perfectly Alternating Segmented Fully Cyclized Polyimide Siloxane Copolymers.- Tailored Design of New Polyphosphazenes with Special Properties.- Polymer Degradation Studies by FTIR.- Interdomain Communication via Magnetic Spin Diffusion in a Microphase-Separated Polyurethane Elastomer.- Physical Characterization of Stereocomplexes.- Characterization of Polymer Systems by Real Time Pulsed NMR.- Additivity Rule and Other Approaches to Non-Isothermal Crystallization.- Use of Two-Dimensional NMR for Polymer Characterization.- Self-Assembly of Polymer Blends at Phase Transition-Morphology Control by Pinning of Domain Growth.- Third-Ordered Susceptibilities of Nematic and Isotropic Solutions of a Rodlike Polymer (PBT).- Viscoelastic Properties of Semidilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions.- Improved Polymers for Medical Implants-Polyurethanes.- Effective Reconstitution of Cell Membrane Proteins into Artificial Cell Liposomes.- Negative Cilia Concept for Enhanced Blood Compatibility: Grafting of PEO-Sulfonate onto Polyurethane.- Orientation and Conductivity of Polyacetylene.- Functional Water Soluble Polymers.- Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polyarylates.- Recent Development Status of LCP Applications.- Synthesis and Properties of Sequentially OrderedCopolyesters and Regioregularly Ring Substituted Aromatic Homopolyesters.- Morphological Studies of High Performance Network Polymers.- A New Trend of Polymer Science and Technolgoy for Humanity.- Liquid Barrier

Keynote and lectures from invited speakers given at the "Second Pacific Polymer Conference in Otsu, Japan, are collected in this book. Element Polymer Scientists from both academic and industrial fields around the Pacific Basin contributed on the following topics: - Polymer Synthesis and Reactions - Polymer Characterization - Structure-Property-Relationships - High Performance Polymers - Bio-Related Polmyers.