Macromolecular Engineering, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Recent Advances

This volume Macromolecular Engineering: Recent Advances has been developed based on the 1 st International Conference on "Advanced Polymers Via Macromolecular Engineering" (APME '95), June 24-29, 1995 at the Vassar College campus, Poughkeepsie, New York. In APME '95, 100 oral and over 50 poster presentations are to be delivered from scientists around the globe. The scientific program covers recent advances in macromolecu­ lar engineering. It is our vision that the knowledge of the past and the promise of the future are blended together in APME '95 to enrich and stimulate the scientists, which will bring about the progress of macromolecular engineering. Scientists from over 30 countries will be joining together to share this vision. Although over 150 papers are to be presented in APME '95 conference, we could not include all the papers in this book for a variety of reasons, most importantly the authors willingness to contribute to this volume in time to meet the deadline. However, the 24 comprehensive chapters included in this volume are a true reflection of some of the important themes of macromolecular engineering that are part of the APME '95 conference. We believe macromolecular engineering is the key to developing new polymeric materials and, to this end, it is hoped this volume will aid in this introspection.

1. Group Transfer Polymerization and Its Relationship to Other Living Systems.- 2. Fundamentals and Practical Aspects of “Living” Radical Polymerization.- Living Carbocationic Copolymerizations. Part 1.- 3. The Constant Copolymer Composition Technique (III).- Living Carbocationic Copolymerizations. Part 2.- 3. Application of the Constant Copolymer Composition Technique for the Synthesis of Isobutylene/p-Methylstyrene Copolymers.- 4. Hexaarmed Polystyrene Stars from a Newly Designed Initiator of Carbocationic Polymerization.- 5. Photoinitiation of Ionic Polymerizations.- 6. Synthesis and Photopolymerization of 1-Propenyl Ether Monomers.- 7. Design of Macromolecular Prodrug Forms of Antitumor Agents.- 8. Transparent Multiphasic Oxygen Permeable Hydrogels Based on Siloxanic Statistical Copolymers.- 9. Preparation of Tubular Polymers from Cyclodextrins.- 10. Multi-Component Polymers Containing Polyisobutylene via Multi-Mode Polymerization.- 11. Macrophotoinitiators: Synthesis and Their Use in Block Copolymerization.- 12. Amphiphilic Polymer Networks by Copolymerization of bis-Macromonomers.- 13. Stereospecific Polymerization and Copolymerization of Stereoregular PMMA Macromonomers.- 14. Acrylic Graft Copolymers via Macromonomers: Synthesis and Characterisation.- 15. Anionic Synthesis of Macromonomers and Graft Copolymers with Well-Defined Structures.- 16. New Superstructures from Block and Graft Copolymers with Precisely Controlled Chain Architecture.- 17. Molecular Organization of Polystyrene and Polymethylmethacrylate with Fluorocarbon Side Chains.- 18. Synthesis of 1-10 Micron Polymer Particles by the New Grafting-Precipitation Method (GPM).- 19. Design and Control of the Structure of Polymers and Molecular Aggregates in the Solid Lattice: Synthetic and Self-AssemblyApproach.- 20. Polyaddition of H3PO4 and Its Derivatives to Diepoxides via Activated Monomer Mechanism: Polymer Structures and Functionalization.- 21. Functional Polymers with Various Macrocyclic Chain Architectures and Well-Defined Dimensions.- 22. Functionalized Polymers: Synthesis and Modification.- 23. Polymers with Triazene Units in the Main Chain: Application for Laser-Lithography.- 24. Synthesis and Properties of Poly(Aryl Ether Ketone) Possessing Crosslinking Groups: Application for Electronic Device.