1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Synthesis and characterization of poly(N-propionyl)iminoethylene

   • B. L. Rivas
   • S. I. Ananías

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 8

3. Molecular engineering of liquid crystalline polymers by living polymerization

   • Virgil Percec
   • Myongsoo Lee
   • Dimitris Tomazos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 15

4. Stereoselective anionic ring opening polymerization of 1,1-dimethyl-1-silacyclobutene

   • Macrus Theurig
   • William P. Weber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 21

   

5. Synthesis of polymers with cryptand-like units via radical cyclopolymerization of diacrylate and dimethacrylate derived from diaza-12-crown-4, and the binding property for lithium ion

   • Masahiro Miyajima
   • Katsuyuki Tsuda
   • Kazuaki Yokota

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

6. Copolymerization of diphenylmethane andp-xylene by oxidative coupling

   • Motomichi Inoue
   • Sergio Cantua
   • Masanobu Nakamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 32

7. Acid-catalyzed photoaromatization of poly(cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol) derivatives into polyphenylene

   • Hwan Kyu Kim
   • Christopher K. Ober

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 40

8. Comparison of polymerization catalyzed by thesyn andanti diastereomers of [ethylidene(1-η ⁵-tetramethylcyclopentadienyl)(1-η ⁵-indenyl)]titanium dichloride and methylaluminoxane

   • Geraldo Hidalgo Llinas
   • James C. W. Chien

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 45

9. Influence of the termonomer on the synthesis and properties of ethylene-propylene polymers

   • Carlos M. R. Santanna
   • Elisabeth Ermel
   • Juan R. Quijada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 53

10. The influence of some synthesis parameters on Ziegler-Natta catalyst performance

    • Fernanda M. B. Coutinho
    • Marcos A. S. Costa
    • Luiz C. Santa Maria

    OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 59

11. Eu³⁺ ions in the modified matrix polyethylene/poly(acrylic acid)

    • Maria Irismar N. Ximenes
    • Osvaldo A. Serra
    • Glaucione G. de Barros

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 68

12. Photoinduced ionic conductivity in poly[(ω-methoxy)oligo(oxyethylene)methacrylate] doped with triphenylmethane derivatives

    • Nobuo Kubo
    • Norihisa Kobayashi
    • Ryo Hirohashi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 74

13. ESR study on radical polymerization of styrene

    • Bunichiro Yamada
    • Masakazu Kageoka
    • Takayuki Otsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 80

14. An interpretation of NMR data of 4-ethoxy-4′-cyanobiphenyl in the nematic state-internal rotation around the O−CH₂ bond

    • Noritaka Kimura
    • Akihiro Abe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 85

15. Analysis of the 300 and 600 MHz¹H-NMR spectra of poly(3-vinyl thiopene)

    • D. L. Trumbo
    • F. T. Lin
    • H. J. Harwood

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 94

16. Characterization of metal-ion containing polyesters

    • B. White
    • G. Liu
    • G. J. Vancso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 101

17. Effects of dangling chains on some dynamic mechanical properties of model poly(dimethylsiloxane) networks

    • A. L. Andrady
    • M. A. Llorente
    • J. E. Mark

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 108

18. Effects of elongational flow on the isotropic-nematic phase transition in freely-jointed rod systems

    • Sang Moo Eom
    • In Jae Chung

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 116

19. Announcement and call for papers

    Announcement Pages: A3 - A3

20. Content to volume 269

    Legacy Pages: A4 - A4