Natural and Synthetic Polymers - Challenges and Perspectives

by Symposium Editor: Waldo Argüelles-Monal; Editor: I. Meisel; Associate Editor: C. S. Kniep; Associate Editor: S. Spiegel; Assistant Editor: K. Grieve

• ISBN13: 9783527303304
• ISBN10: 3527303308
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

The 7th Latin American Symposium on Polymers (SLAP2 2000), sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, was held in Havanna, Cuba, in November 2000. Topics covered included chemical modifications and specialty polymers, polymer processing, composites, biomass utilisation, biopolymers and natural polymers, biodegradation, recycling, biomedical applications and polymer physics. The present volume of Macromolecular Symposia collects some of the invited lectures giving an overview on the main challenges and perspectives in current macromolecular science.

Table of Contents

Preface (W. Argnelles-Monal).

Overview on Structural Characterization of Chitosan Molecules in Relation with their Behavior in Solution (J. Brugnerotto, et al.).

Wet-Spinning and Applications of Functional Fibers Based on Chitin and Chitosan (S. Hirano).

Polymerization and Copolymerization of Styrene by Ph2Zn-Mettallocene-MAO Initiator Systems (F. M. Rabagliati, et al.).

Synthesis and Rheological Characterization of Linear and Star-Shaped Polydimethylsiloxanes (J. A. Ressia, et al.).

Raman Microspectroscopy of Polymeric Materials (J. C. Merino, wt al.).

Encapsulation of a Self-assembling Bicopper Complex in Polymer Nanowires (S. Poux, et al.).

Contribution of Polymeric Supports to the Development of Tissue Engineering (J. S. Ramßn, et al.).

Synthesis of Block Copolymers Consisting of Liquid Crystalline and Amorphous Segments by Living/Controlled Radical Polymerization (C. A. Barbos, et al.).

Chitosan Based Polyelectrolyte Complexes (C. Peniche and W. Argnelles-Monal).