Physics of Polymer Networks

Physics of Polymer Networks presents the proceedings of the 29th Europhysics Conference on Macromolecular Physics held in Merseburg, Germany. The main topics of this volume are: - Theory of networks; - Formation of networks; - Sol-gel transition; - Experimental investigations on structure and properties of polymer networks.

Theory of phantom networks topology, structure, elasticity: New and open problems. - Structural properties of randomly crosslinked polymer networks. - The dynamics of tire tread compounds and their relationship to wek skid behavior. - Relaxation in permanent networks. - Do local motions influence rheological properties near the gelation threshold? . - On the dynamics of moderately and lightly crosslinked polymer networks. - A new approach to polymer networks including finite chain extensibility, topological constraints, and constraints of overall orientation. - Formation of networks a lattice model for kinetic growth processes. - Gelation and 1, 1-transition in three-dimensional condensation and chain polymerization. - Effect of thermal history on amylose gelation. - Rheological, potentiometric and 23Na NMR studies on pectin-calcium systems. - The formation of semiinterpenetrating polymer networks by photoinduced polymerization. - Observation of the curing process of epoxy resins by inverse gas chromatography. - Fluorescence probe studies during the curing of epoxy systems. - Conditions of formation and equilibrium swelling of polymer networks formed by protein macromolecules. - Cross-link fluctuations: NMR properties and rubber elasticity. - Segmental orientation in filled networks. - Field-cycling NMR relation spectroscopy of molten linear and cross-linked polymers Observation of a T 1 ? ? 0. 25 law for semi-global chain fluctuations. - Segmental orientation of "long" and "short" chains in strained bimodal PDMS networks: A 2H-NMR study. - Small chains in a deformed network. A probe of heterogeneous deformation? . - Aggregation of free chains within a deformed network: A SANS study. - Trapped entanglements in polymer networks and their influence on the stress-strain behavior up tolarge extensions. - Physical and chemical network effects in polyurethane elastomers. - Influence of the thermodynamical quality of the solvent on the properties of polydimethylsiloxane networks in swollen and dry states. - Triblock copolymers, mesogels and deformation behavior in poor solvents. - Microemulsion mediated polymer networks. - Theory of the mechanical and swelling properties of elastomers with chemical and physical networks. - The effect of free branches on the collapse of olyelectrolyte networks. - Local order and statistics of a polymer chain in an external electric field. - Charge photogeneration in carbazole-containing compounds and valency bands of oligomers. - The peculiarities and nature of large-scale motion of highly crosslinked polymers. - FTIR spectroscopy studies on epoxy networks. - Influence of imidazole on the structure of epoxy amine networks. - Epoxy polymer networks: Relaxation processes and crack resistance. - Fluorescence study of interpenetrating network morphology of polymer films. - Kinetic regularities of polymer network thermal degradation. - Interpenetrating polymer networks based on EVA copolymer and PMMA. - Fast segmental dynamics in poly(methyl metharcrylate)-polyurethane interpenetrating networks. - Thermally and mechanically activated degradation of polyesterurethane networks. Analysis of molecular weight distribution functions. - The solidification of bulk and solution cast segmented polyurethanes.