6th Annual Unesco School & Iupac Conference On Macromolecules & Materials Science

by Editor: Ronald D. Sanderson (University of Stellenbosch, Institute f. Polymer Science); Editor: Harald Pasch (Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut)

• ISBN13: 9783527310470
• ISBN10: 3527310479
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

The UNESCO School and Conference on Macromolecules & Materials Science is held annually in different locations in South Africa. World authorities in various fields of macromolecular science are invited to give tutorials at the UNESCO School and informative penuries at the conference. The exposure to new ideas and advanced concepts in macromolecular Science is of great importance for South African students and senior staff alike coming from different universities and research institutions. The 6th UNESCO School & IUPAC Conference focused on polymer properties with a special session on the characterization of polyolefins. Abridged versions of a number of papers are compiled to create the present volume of Macromolecular Symposia.

Table of Contents

Preface (H. Pasch).

1. Persistence Length of Cartilage Aggrecan Macromolecules Measured via Atomic Force Microscopy (L. Ng, et al.).

2. Polymer Morphology: A Guide to Macromolecular Self-Organization (D. Bassett).

3. Crazing and Fracture in Polymers: Micro-Mechanisms and Effect of molecular Variables (H. Kausch, et al.).

4. Environmental Stress Cracking of Polymers Monitored by Fatigue Crack Growth Experiments (V. Altstaedt, et al.).

5. Toughness Enhancement of Nanostructured Amorphous and Semicrystalline Polymers (G. Michler, et al.). 

6. Nanostructures and Functionalities in Polymer Thin Films (M. Stamm, et al.). 

7. Structure-Property Relationships in Rubber-Modified Styrenic Polymers (W. Heckmann, et al.).

8. Microdeformation in Heterogeneous Polymers, Revealed by Electron Microscopy (C. Plummer, et al.).

9. Morphology and Properties of Particulate Filled Polymers (B. Pukánszky & J. Móczó).

10. Morphology and Properties of Poly(oxymethylene) Engineering Plastics (T. Sukhanova, et al.).

11. Linear Viscoelasticity and Non-Linear Elasticity of Block Copolymer Blends Used as soft Adhesives (A. Roos & C. Creton).

12. Micromechanical Mechanisms for Toughness Enhancement in ß-Modified Polypropylene (S. Henning, et al.).

13. Morphology and Micromechanical Behaviour of SBS Block Copolymer Systems (R. Adhikari, et al.).

14. Conductive Composite Materials of Polyethylene and Polypyrrole with High Modulus and High Strength (D. Zhu, et al.).

15. Use of the Surfmer 11-(Methacryloyloxy) undecanylsulfate MET as a Comonomer in Polystyrene and Poly (methyl methacrylate) (P. Hartmann, et al.).

16. Strain-Controlled Tensile Deformation Behaviour and Relaxation Properties of Isotactic Poly(1-butene) and Its Ethylene Copolymers (M. Al-Hussein & G. Strobl).

17. Technology and Stress Relaxation of  Biaxially Oriented Polyolefin Shrink Films (A. Bobovitch, et al.).

18. Failure Envelope Curves in Polyethylene Solids (K. Nitta & T. Ishiburo).

19. Thermal Oxidation and Its relation to Chemiluminescence from Polyolefins and Polyamides (L. Matisová-Rychlá, et al.).

20. Influence of Reactive Compatibilization on the Morphology of Polypropylene/Polystyrene Blends (J. Pionteck, et al.).

21. Side Chain Extension of Polypropylene by Aliphatic Diamine and Isocyanate (K. Kim & S. Kim).

22. new Approaches for the Development of Highly Stable Polypropylene (M. Terano, et al.).

23. Structure, Dynamics and Properties of Materials with Polymers Having Complex Architectures (T. Pakula).

24. Morphology and Temperature Phase Transitions in x,w-Alkanediols with Different Chain Lengths (V. Marikhin, et al.).

25. Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Novel Poly(Ester-Amide-Urethane)s (S. Mehdipour-Ataei & P. Einollahy).

26. Self-Diffusion of PEO-Modified Paclitaxel in Aqueous Solution: Hydrodynamic Properties (M. Hess, et al.).

27. The Use of Pressure-Volume-Temperature Measurements in Polymer Science (M. Hess).