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 Ordered Copolyesters 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 and Thermal Comfort Properties of Surgical Gowns.- Fluctuations and Beauty.- Polymer Materials which Appeal to Kansei.- Learning through Nature for the Creation of New Textile Fabrics.