1. Preface

   • John M. Zeigler

   EditorialNotes Pages: 245 - 246

2. Synthesis and properties of liquid crystalline polysiloxanes

   • Sylvie Boileau
   • Dominique Teyssié

   Symposium Review Pages: 247 - 275

3. Structure and properties of ceramic fibers prepared from organosilicon polymers

   • Jonathan Lipowitz

   Symposium Review Pages: 277 - 297

4. Kinetically controlled siloxane ring-opening polymerization

   • Julian Chojnowski

   Symposium Review Pages: 299 - 323

5. Mechanistic studies of platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation

   • J. Stein
   • L. N. Lewis
   • K. X. Lettko

   Symposium Paper Pages: 325 - 334

6. Synthesis and sol-gel polymerization of [Si₈O₁₂](OCH₃)₈

   • C. S. Brevett
   • P. C. Cagle
   • G. C. Ruben

   Symposium Paper Pages: 335 - 342

7. Excited states of polysilanes: High-resolution spectroscopy and molecular modeling

   • A. Tilgner
   • H. P. Trommsdorff
   • R. M. Hochstrasser

   Symposium Paper Pages: 343 - 360

8. Synthesis of siloxanes containing reactive side chains

   • S. K. Duplock
   • J. G. Matisons
   • R. F. O. Warren

   Symposium Paper Pages: 361 - 375

9. Molecular mechanics studies of model polysilanes

   • Samuel H. Tersigni
   • Peter Ritter
   • William J. Welsh

   Symposium Paper Pages: 377 - 388

10. Phosphazene-bound Rose Bengal: A novel photosensitizer for singlet oxygen generation

    • Giacomo Facchin
    • Francesco Minto
    • Pietro Bortolus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 395

11. Synthesis and test of styrene—Cyclosiloxane and butadiene-cyclosiloxane block copolymers containing ultraviolet (UV) absorber and antioxidant groups

    • H. Friedrich
    • I. Jansen
    • K. Rühlmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 415

12. Synthesis and characterization of coordination polymers of Hg(II) with poly(thiooxamides)

    • Milind Khandwe
    • Anjali Bajpai
    • U. D. N. Bajpai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 426