Advances in New Materials

✍ Scribed by J. C. Salamone, J. S. Riffle (auth.), J. C. Salamone, Judy S. Riffle (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 371
• Series: Contemporary Topics in Polymer Science 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. of the American Chemical Society held its The Division 15th Biennial Polymer Symposium on the topic, "Advances in New Materials," November 17-21, 1990, at the Pier 66 Resort and Marina in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A three and one­ half day program was presented by recognized leaders in major areas of new polymeric materials. The topics of the Biennial Symposium included new high performance polymers, polymers for electronic applications, electrically conducting polymers, nonlinear optics, new polymer systems, and polymers derived from biological media. These are the subject areas of this volume of "Contemporary Topics in Polymer Science". The intent of the Symposium was to focus on recent advances in polymeric materials. The technical sessions were complemented by an initial poster session which augmented the various technical sessions. A particular highlight of the meeting was the presentation to Professor Michael Szwarc of the 1990 Division of Polymer Chemistry Award by Dr. J. L. Benham, Chairman of the T Aymer Division. During his Award address, Professor Szwarc described how he had become a polymer chemist and later developed "living polymers." Without a doubt, Professor Szwarc has made a profound contribution to the polymer field, which has yielded many new forms of living polymerization.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Perspectives on the Contributions of Michael Szwarc to Polymer Science....Pages 1-3
Preparation and Polymerization of Macrocyclic Oligomers....Pages 5-19
Mechanism for the Amine-Catalyzed Formation of Polycarbonate Cyclics....Pages 21-34
Poly(Enaminonitriles): New Materials with Interesting Properties....Pages 35-46
Perfectly Alternating Segmented Polyimide Siloxane Copolymers....Pages 47-55
High Molecular Weight Aromatic Biphenylene Polymers by Nickel Coupling of Aryl Dichlorides....Pages 57-74
Cellulose-Polymer Composites with Improved Properties....Pages 75-82
Synthesis of Polyimides Utilizing the Diels-Alder Reaction....Pages 83-93
Poly(Imidazoleamides): A New Class of Heteroaromatic Polyamides....Pages 95-102
Cure Kinetics of Epoxy Cresol Novolac Encapsulant for Microelectronics Packaging....Pages 103-159
A Theoretical Treatment of the Structural Aspects of the Topochemical Polymerization of Diacetylenes....Pages 161-170
Creating Conducting Materials Through Solution Blending of Conducting Polymers with Commercial Polymers....Pages 171-179
Preparation of Substituted Polyphenylenes and Catalyzed Aromatization of Polycyclohexadienediol Derivatives....Pages 181-189
Radical Cation Salts of Simple Aromatics - A Family of Organic Metals....Pages 191-197
Approaches to Orthogonally Fused Conducting Polymers For Molecular Electronics....Pages 199-203
Polypyrroles from Isoporous Alumina Membranes....Pages 205-212
Synthesis of Conducting Composite Polymer Beads....Pages 213-220
Transparent Electrically Conductive Composites by In-Situ Crystallization of (TSet) 2 Cl in a Polymer Matrix....Pages 221-227
Polymer Electrolytes and Hydrogels from Polyethylene Glycols Cross-Linked with a Hydrophobic Polyisocyanate....Pages 229-236
Nonlinear Optical Properties of New Dye Doped Photocrosslinkable Polymers....Pages 237-246
Molecular Engineering of Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers....Pages 247-268
NLO Device Structures from Polydiacetylenes....Pages 269-277
Recent Synthetic Developments in Mainchain Chromophoric Nonlinear Optical Polymers....Pages 279-284
New Ferrocene Complexes and Polymers for Nonlinear Optical Applications....Pages 285-292
Nonlinear Optical Thin Films of Platinum Poly-Ynes....Pages 293-298
Design of New Type of Liquid Crystalline Polymers Through Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding....Pages 299-305
Production of Non-Natural and Functional Poly-β-Hydroxyalkanoates by Bacteria....Pages 307-315
Genetic Engineering of Molecular and Supramolecular Structure in Polymers....Pages 317-321
Functionalized Polyolefins via Copolymerization of Borane Monomers in Ziegler-Natta Process....Pages 323-331
Derivatives of Poly(Alkyl/Arylphosphazenes)....Pages 333-338
Crosslinking of PMMA Elastomer Block Copolymers Through PMMA Stereocomplexes....Pages 339-347
Synthesis and Characterization of Macrocyclic Poly (2-Vinyl Pyridine) and the Effect of a Rigid Coupling Agent on its Properties....Pages 349-359
Topochemically Controlled Polymerization of a Smectic Liquid Crystalline Diacrylate Monomer....Pages 361-369
Back Matter....Pages 371-380

✦ Subjects

Inorganic Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials