Polymer Networks

by Symposium Editor: Henryk Galina; Editor: I. Meisel; Associate Editor: C. S. Kniep; Associate Editor: S. Spiegel; Assistant Editor: K. Grieve

• ISBN13: 9783527303335
• ISBN10: 3527303332
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

This volume of Macromolecular Symposia contains lectures presented at the 15th Polymer Networks Group Meeting held in Crackow, Poland in July, 2000. Polymer networks are now recognized as a distinct and valuable field of study. This view is reflected in the high level of interest shown by participants at the meeting. In addition to theoretical findings, the topics covered by this volume include interpenetrating networks---their formation, structure and properties---and heterogeneous, filled and hybrid networks. Research into the properties of hydrophilic and hydrophobic gels is also presented, as are studies of thermoset formation and the structure of sulfur.

Table of Contents

Preface (H. Galina and, et al.).

Some Simulations on Elastomers and Rubberlike Elasticity (J. Mark).

Critical Conversions in Chain Network Polymerization (V. Irzhak, et al.).

Formation, Structure and Properties of Polymer Networks: Gel-Point Prediction in Endlinking Polymerisations (J. Cail, et al.).

Off-Latice Long-Range Percolation Modelling of a Network Polymerisation (H. Galina and J. Lechowicz).

The Structure of Amorphous Sulfur (B. Eichinger, et al.).

Motion of Star-Branched Chains in Polymer Networks: A Monte Carlo Study (A. Sikorski).

Monte Carlo Simulations of Star-Branched Polymers in a Network of Obstacles (P. Romiszowski and A. Sikorski).

Unsolved Problems in the Theory of Dynamics in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Polymer Networks (Y. Gotlib and A. Gurtovenko).

Viscoelastic Properties at the Sol-Gel Transition (E. Del Gado, et al.).

The Polyaddition, Chain, and Polycondensation Mechanisms of Formation of Networks Based on Bismaleimides (B. Rozenberg, et al.).

Designing Heterogeneity into Bimodal Elastomeric PDMS Networks (V. Galiatsatos, et al.).

Formation, Structure and Physical Properties of Ordered Polyurethane Networks (M. Ilavsk², et al.).

The Size of Cryofracture Figures in the Network of Segmented Polyurethane Elastomers (H. Janik).

The Role of Tin(II) Octoate - Azobisisobutyronitrile Complex in the Formation Rate of the Respective Networks in Simultaneous Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (M. Tabka and J. Widmaier).

The Formation and Properties of Acrylic-Polyurea Interpenetrating Networks Formed by Reaction Injection Moulding (RIM) (J. Stanford, et al.).

Dielectric and Dynamic Mechanical Studies on Homogeneous PBA/PBMA Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (P. Pissis, et al.).

Reinforcement of Elastomeric Networks by Fillers (L. Bokobza).

Structure of Polymer Solutions and Gels Containing Fillers (E. Geissler, et al.).

Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Networks (L. Matějka and O. Dukh).

Crosslink Nature in Cr(III)-Polyacrylamide Gels (K. te Nijenhuis).

Ion-exchange Induced Change in the Structure and Osmotic Properties of Sodium Polyacrylate Hydrogels (F. Horkay, et al.).

Characterization of Hydrophilic Networks Synthesized by Group Transfer Polymerization (M. Vamvakaki, et al.).

Hydrophobically Associating Water-Soluble Polymers: A Dramatic Growth of Solution Viscosity and the Specificity of Physical Gel Formation (L. Rogovina, et al.).

The Swelling Behaviour of Siloxane Elastomers in Relation to Their Microscopic Structure (A. Pouchelon, et al.).

Calorimetric Study of Photopolymerisation of Divinyl Monomers (E. Andrzejewska).

Influence of Temperature, Pressure and Connectivity on the Dynamics of a Glass-forming System Investigated by Dielectric Spectroscopy (S. Corezzi, et al.).