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Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of Polymeric Networks and Gels

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Shaul M. Aharoni

    1. Polymer Science Laboratories, Allied-Signal Inc. Research & Technology, Morristown, USA

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Fractal Aspects of Polymer Networks and Gels

    1. Fractal Properties of Branched Polymers

      • M. Daoud
      Pages 1-11

    2. Novel Network Structures: Fractal-Rigid-Flexible Networks

      • T. A. Vilgis
      Pages 13-30

    3. The Fractal Nature of One-Step Rigid Networks and Their Gels

      • Shaul M. Aharoni
      Pages 31-40

    4. Static and Dynamic Light Scattering from Solutions and Gels of RF Particles

      • Patricia M. Cotts
      Pages 41-51

    5. Suppression of Fluctuation-Dominated Kinetics by Mixing

      • I. M. Sokolov, A. Blumen
      Pages 53-65

  3. Rigid and Semiflexible Networks and Gels

    1. Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystal Polymers

      • S. F. Edwards
      Pages 67-77

    2. One-Step and Two-Step Rigid Polyamide Networks and Gels: Similarities and Differences

      • Shaul M. Aharoni
      Pages 79-91

    3. New Insights into Aromatic Polyamide Networks from Molecular Modeling

      • W. B. Hammond, S. M. Aharoni, S. A. Curran
      Pages 93-112

    4. Networks with Semi-Flexible Chains

      • B. Erman, I. Bahar, A. Kloczkowski, J. E. Mark
      Pages 113-126

    5. Mesophase Polysiloxane Networks: Mechanical and Thermo- Mechanical Behavior

      • Y. K. Godovsky
      Pages 127-145

    6. Oriented Liquid Crystalline Network Polymers

      • B. A. Rozenberg, L. L. Gur’eva
      Pages 147-164

    7. Crosslink Products, Mechanism, and Network Structure of Benzocyclobutene Terminated Bisphenol a Polycarbonates

      • Maurice J. Marks
      Pages 165-177

    8. Rigid Hypercrosslinked Polystyrene Networks with Unexpected Mobility

      • Vadim A. Davankov, Maria P. Tsyurupa
      Pages 179-200

  4. Networks and Gels in Force Fields

    1. Molecular Modeling of the Mechanical Properties of Crosslinked Networks

      • Yves Termonia
      Pages 201-207

    2. Atomistic Nature of Stress in Polymer Networks

      • J. H. Weiner, J. Gao
      Pages 209-215

    3. Investigation of Gelation Processes and Gel Structures by Means of Mechanical Property Measurements

      • N. Ichise, Y. Yang, Z. Li, Q. Yuan, J. E. Mark, E. K. M. Chan et al.
      Pages 217-225

    4. Theory of Strain-Induced Crystallization in Real Elastomeric Networks

      • A. Kloczkowski, J. E. Mark, M. A. Sharaf, B. Erman
      Pages 227-241

    5. Kinetics of Gelation Monitored Through Dynamics

      • Donald F. Hodgson, Qun Yu, Eric J. Amis
      Pages 243-253

    6. Light Scattering Studies of the Structure of Rigid Polyamide Gels

      • M. E. McDonnell, K. Zero, S. M. Aharoni
      Pages 255-268
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Polymer science is a technology-driven science. More often than not, technological breakthroughs opened the gates to rapid fundamental and theoretical advances, dramatically broadening the understanding of experimental observations, and expanding the science itself. Some of the breakthroughs involved the creation of new materials. Among these one may enumerate the vulcanization of natural rubber, the derivatization of cellulose, the giant advances right before and during World War II in the preparation and characterization of synthetic elastomers and semi­ crystalline polymers such as polyesters and polyamides, the subsequent creation of aromatic high-temperature resistant amorphous and semi-crystal­ line polymers, and the more recent development of liquid-crystalline polymers mostly with n~in-chain mesogenicity. other breakthroughs involve the development of powerful characterization techniques. Among the recent ones, the photon correlation spectroscopy owes its success to the advent of laser technology, small angle neutron scattering evolved from n~clear reactors technology, and modern solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy exists because of advances in superconductivity. The growing need for high modulus, high-temperature resistant polymers is opening at present a new technology, that of more or less rigid networks. The use of such networks is rapidly growing in applications where they are used as such or where they serve as matrices for fibers or other load­ bearing elements. The rigid networks are largely aromatic. Many of them are prepared from multifunctional wholly or almost-wholly aromatic kernels, while others contain large amount of stiff difunctional residus leading to the presence of many main-chain "liquid-crystalline" segments in the"infinite" network.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Polymer Science Laboratories, Allied-Signal Inc. Research & Technology, Morristown, USA

    Shaul M. Aharoni

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