Contents of Volume 38 - 1997 Acordi EB — Pereira RA Cho HN — Kim JK Acosta JL — del Rio C Choi YJ ~ Kim H Acosta JL — Linares A Chon YS — Suh K-D Albert K — Schlotterbeck G Chu H-H, Hwang H-Y: Stabilizing effect of the Asandei AD — Percec V cationic surfactant (CPB) in emulsion poly- merization 295 Bae J-Y — Percec V Chujo Y — Matsumi N Barth P — Knoérgen M Chujo Y — Ver Avadhani C Bednarek E — Maciejewski M Chung I, Kim SY: Synthesis and characteriza- Belfield KD, Zhang G: Photoinitiated cationic tion of poly(amide imides) containing ben- ring-opening polymerization of a cyclosi- zimidazole-rings 627 loxane 165 Chung S, Kim SY: Synthesis and characteriza- Berek D — Janco M tion of wholly aromatic polyamides con- Blanco MD — Garcia O taining pendent amino and cyano groups Bo Z, Zhang X, Yi X, Yang M, Shen J, Ren Y, 635 Xi S: The synthesis of dendrimers bearing Collina G, Braga V, Sartori F: New thermo- alkyl chains and their behavior at air-water plastic polyolefins elastomers from the interface 257 novel Multicatalysts Reactor Granule Tech- Bokaris EP: Addition polymerisation vs. nology: their relevant physical-mechanical ROMP on cyclic and strained olefins with properties after crosslinking 701 the Mo(CO);PPh;/alkylaluminums cata- Costa MAS — Coutinho FMB lysts 35 Coutin B — Gachard | Bolsinger M, Schneider HA: Poly(3,6-carbazo- Coutinho FMB, Costa MAS, Monteiro LF, de lylmethylene)s with flourinated and non- Santa Maria LC: Effect of reaction parame- flourinated tapered building side groups ters on the polymerization of methyl me- 117 thacrylate with nickel acetylaceto- Bouchal K — Valentova H nate/methylaluminoxane 303 Bove L, D’Aniello C, Gorrasi G, Guadagno L, Coutinho FMB — Vilar WD Vittoria V: Influence of ageing on the cold crystallization of glassy poly(ethylenete- D’Aniello C — Bove L rephthalate) 579 Daniels ES — Nelliappan V Braga V — Collina G de Groot JH, de Vrijer R, Wildeboer BS, Bu L — Mandras R Spaans CS, Pennings AJ: New biomedical Bucio E, Burillo G: Radiation-grafting of N,N- polyurethane ureas with high tear dimethylaminoethylmetacrylate onto poly- Strengths 211 ethylene film by preirradiation method 587 de JS. Cunha R, Gomes AS: Effect of using Burillo G > Bucio E batch or semi-batch reactor on the chemical Busfield WK, Jenkins ID, Van Le P: Initiation composition distribution of styrene-maleic mechanisms in radical polymerization: anhydride-acrylonitrile terpolymers reaction of cyanoisopropyl radicals with 595 Styrene 149 de Santa Maria LC — Coutinho FMB de Vrijer R — de Groot JH Camargo Jr SS - Gamboa KMN del Rio C, Acosta JL: Polyether-based ion con- Campana Filho SP, Regiani A, Frollini E: On ductors. 1. Structural and morphological the stiffness of the welan chain 81 characterization of precursor systems based Cardenas T. G, Salgado C. E: Metal polymers: on poly(ethylene oxide), polyphosphazene XV. Synthesis and molecular weights of and polyepichlorhydrine 63 metal poly(styrene-co-ethyl methacry- del Rio C, Martin-Alvarez PJ, Acosta JL: Ap- lates) 279 plication of a mathematical model to the Chang K-H — Kim J-B study of the glass transition temperature in Chen C — Liu W polymer electrolyte precursor systems Chen Y-J — Mandras R 353 Chen Y — Liu W Delgado AS — Spassky N Cheng HN, Gillette PC: Factor analysis in the Dias ML — Pereira RA NMR characterization of multicomponent Dominguez JM — Rabelero M polymers 555 Doyama K — Sahara M IV Dworak A: Polymerization of methyl and phe- Ito H — Maeda Y nyl oxazoline initiated with carboxylic acid Izumida R — Maeda Y chlorides 7 Janco M, Berek D, Onen A, Fischer CH, Yagci El-Aasser MS — Nelliappan V Y, Schnabel W: Separation of block copol- Endo T — Wang J ymers from parent homopolymers by means of liquid chromatography at the crit- Ferreira AJB — Gamboa KMN ical adsorption point 681 Fischer CH — Janco M Jang J> Kim H Fles D > Vukovic R Jenkins ID — Busfield WK Froelich D — Valentova H Jho JY — Lee DH Frollini E — Campana Filho SP Jiang A, Hamed GR: Crosslinking of ethylene Fujimori K ~ Ha NTH propylene diene monomer (EPDM) by buckminsterfullerene 545 Gachard I, Coutin B, Sekiguchi H: Synthesis Jung JC — Kim H and characterization of polyamides based Jung M-H — Kim J-B on natural monomers: L-lysine and L-aspar- tic acid 643 Kaga H — Kakuchi T Gamboa KMN, Ferreira AJB, Camargo Jr SS, Kakuchi T, Hirahata W, Yano S, Kaga H: Syn- Soares BG: Electrical conductivity of poly- thesis and characterization of polyamides styrene/styrene-butadiene block copolymer based on cubane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid blends containing carbon black 95 651 Garcia O, Blanco MD, Gomez C, Teijon JM: Kaminsky W — Loos J Effect of the crosslinking with 1,1,1-tri- Kanayama R — Kanbara T methylolpropane trimethacrylate on 5-fluo- Kanbara T, Kanayama R, Hasegawa K: Prepar- rouracil release from poly(2-hydroxyethy] ation of new redox-active polyionenes with methacrylate) hydrogels 55 porphyrin units in the main chain 523 Geissler U —~ Lynch DE Karasz FE — Vukovic R Gillette PC — Cheng HN KaSpar M — Valentova H Goh HW — Goh SH Katime I — Rabelero M Goh SH, Lee SY, Goh HW, Ni X: Miscibility Kato T, Kubota Y, Uryu T: A new approach to of polysulfone and poly(ether sulfone) with anisotropic conductive networks. A liquid- tertiary amide polymers 197 crystalline side-chain polymer containing a Gomes AS — de JS. Cunha R thienyl moiety at the extremity of its side Gomez C — Garcia O chain 551 Gorrasi G > Bove L Kawakami Y — Shintani K Guadagno L — Bove L Kedzierski M — Maciejewski M Gunda T — Sipos L Kennedy JP — Majoros I Kim CY — Kim JK Ha NTH, Fujimori K, Tucker DJ: Monomer Kim DY > Kim JK unit sequence distribution and linkage con- Kim H, Choi YJ, Jung JC, Zin WC: Phase be- figurations at citraconic anhydride units in haviour of poly(benzophenoneimide)s hav- the copolymers of citraconic anhydride and ing n-alkyloxymethyl side chains 689 styrene prepared in carbon tetrachloride Kim H, Jang J: Synthesis and characterization 569 of vinyl silane modified imidazole copol- Hadziioannou G — Kroeze E ymer as a novel corrosion inhibitor 249 Hamed GR — Jiang A Kim J-B, Jung M-H, Chang K-H: Synthesis Hamplova V — Valentova H and polymerization of 3-(t-butoxycarbo- Hasegawa K — Kanbara T nyl)-1-vinyl-caprolactam and application as Hayashi T — Yoshimoto J deep UV resists 241 Heuert U — Knorgen M Kim JK, Hong SI, Cho HN, Kim DY, Kim CY: Hill DH — Percec V An alternating copolymer for a blue light- Hirahata W — Kakuchi T emitting diode 169 Hong SI — Kim JK Kim JY — Suh K-D Hwang H-Y — Chu H-H Kim M-Y — Lee J-Y Kim SY — Chung I Ikeda R, Uyama H, Kobayashi S: Poly(2,6-di- Kim SY — Chung S hydroxy-1,4-oxyphenylene). Synthesis of a Kitano H — Maeda Y new poly(phenylene oxide) derivative 273 Kjoniksen A-L, Nystrom B, Nakken T, Palm- Ilavsky M — Valentova H gren O, Tande T: Effect of surfactant con- centration, pH, and shear rate on the rheo- Maciejewski M, Kedzierski M, Bednarek E: logical properties of aqueous systems of a Hyperbranched phenol-formaldehyde res- hydrophobically modified chitosan and its ins 613 unmodified analogue 71 Maeda Y, Ito H, Izumida R, Kitano H: En- Klein A — Nelliappan V zyme-catalyzed peptide syntheses in Knorgen M, Heuert U, Schneider H, Barth P, aqueous polymer two-phase systems Kuhn W: Spatially resolved and integral 49 NMR investigation of the aging process of Majoros I, Marsalko TM, Kennedy JP: Synthe- carbon black filled natural rubber 101 sis and characterization of novel well-de- Kobayashi S — Ikeda R fined stars consisting of eight polyisobuty- Korematsu A, Li Y-J, Nakaya T: Synthesis and lene arms emanating from an octa(dimeth- properties of polyurethanes containing ylsiloxy)octasilsesquioxane core 15 phosphatidylcholine analogues in the main Mandras R, Bu L, Chen Y-J, Wan Y, Mays JW: chains and long-chain alkyl groups in the Synthesis and chain flexibility of poly(cy- side chains 133 clohexylethyl methacrylate) 235 Kroeze E, ten Brinke G, Hadziioannou G: Mano EB — Pereira RA Compatibilization of low-density polyethy- Marsalko6 TM — Majoros | lene/polystyrene blends by segmented Martin-Alvarez PJ — del Rio C EB(PS-block-EB),, block copolymers 203 Matsumi N, Chujo Y: Synthesis of novel orga- Kubota Y — Kato T noboron polymers by hydroboration Kuhn W — Knoérgen M polymerization of bisallene compounds Kuraoka K — Ver Avadhani C 531 Kurihara A — Sahara M Mays JW — Mandras R Kwiatkowski J — Lynch DE Mendizabal E — Rabelero M Menezes SMC — Vilar WD Lee DH, Jho JY: A method for determining se- Miura Y ~ Yamada B quence distributions in ethylene-1-butene Monteiro LF —> Coutinho FMB copolymers by '*C NMR 665 Mori A — Shintani K Lee H-J — Lee J-Y Moutinho MTM — Vilar WD Lee J-Y, Lee H-J: Synthesis and free radical Milhaupt R — Sernetz FG polymerization of 4-{1'-(2”-methacryloy- Muller R — Valentova H loxyethoxy)-5’-naphthyliminomethyli- Murakami A — Sahara M dene}-4’-nitrostilbene for nonlinear optical applications 265 Nagano Y — Yamada B Lee J-Y, Lee H-J, Kim M-Y: Synthesis of steri- Nakamura N — Sahara M cally hindered ethyl vinyl ethers containing Nakatani H, Nitta K-h, Takata T, Soga K: Poly- electron acceptors and their polymerization merization of 4-n-alkylstyrenes with typical behaviors 27 Ziegler—Natta and metallocene catalysts Lee SY — Goh SH 43 Li RKY — Tjong SC Nakaya T — Korematsu A Li WD — Tjong SC Nakken T — Kjgniksen A-L Li Y-J — Korematsu A Nelliappan V, El-Aasser MS, Klein A, Daniels Lin Y, Yuzhong L: Electrical conductivity in ES, Roberts JE: On the ['°C]T, p behavior iodine-doped nonconjugated polyaniline- of some elastomers 333 furfural 573 Ni X — Goh SH Linares A, Acosta JL: Application of a statisti- Nishinaga A — Yoshimoto J cal method to study the spherulitic growth Nitta K-h — Nakatani H of polymer blends 601 Noél C — Spassky N Liu W, Chen C, Chen Y, Xi F: Asymmetric Nomura R — Wang J polymerization of N-triphenylmethyl- Nuyken O, Rueda-Sanchez J, Voit B: Synthesis maleimide with chiral anionic initiators of graft copolymers by ring-opening poly- 509 merization of 2-nonyl- and 2-pheny|-2-ox- Loos J, Schauwienold A-M, Yan S, Petermann azoline initiated by macroinitiatiors con- J, Kaminsky W: Crystallization of syndio- taining benzylchloride functions 657 tactic polypropylene (sPP) from oriented Nystr6m B — Kjgniksen A-L melts 185 Lynch DE, Geissler U, Kwiatkowski J, Whit- Oka M — Yoshimoto J taker AK: An investigation into the synthe- Onen A > Janco M sis of polycarbazole squaraine derivatives Ooi O — Shintani K 493 Ottenbrite RM — Yin R VI Palmgren O — Kjoniksen A-L Shintani K, Ooi O, Mori A, Kawakami Y: De- Pasch H — Schlotterbeck G hydrogenative polycondensation of tele- Pennings AJ — de Groot JH chelically bis(dimethylsilyl) functionalized Percec V, Zhao M, Bae J-Y, Asandei AD, Hill oligo(dimethylsiloxane)s or aromatics and DH: Synthesis of polyarylene homopoly- 1,3,3,5,5,7,7,7-octamethyltetrasiloxane 1 mers and copolymers via nickel(0)-cata- Siddiqui JA ~ Yin R lyzed homocoupling of arylenebismesylates Sikora A — Valentova H derived from bisphenols 515 Sipos L, Gunda T, Zsuga M: The role of com- Pereira RA, Mano EB, Dias ML, Acordi EB: plex formation in the anionic polymeriza- Comparative study on the lamellar crystal _ tionofl-lactide 609 structure of high and low density polyethy- Smit | — Vukovic R lenes 707 Soares BG — Gamboa KMN Petermann J — Loos J Soga K — Nakatani H Petermann J — Yan S Spaans CS — de Groot JH Puig CC: On the cocrystallization phenomenon Spassky N, Delgado AS, Noél C: Chirality in- in blends of high density polyethylene and duction in liquid crystalline side-chain low density polyethylene 715 polyethers prepared by copolymerization of Puig JE — Rabelero M oxiranes with mesogenic and non mesogen- ic groups 157 Rabelero M, Zacarias M, Mendizabal E, Puig Suh K-D, Chon YS, Kim JY: Preparation of JE, Dominguez JM, Katime I: High-content UV curable emulsions using PEG-modified polystyrene latex by microemulsion poly- urethane acrylates and their coating proper- merization 695 ties III: Effects of epoxy acrylate 287 Ramakrishnan S —~ Rema B Regiani A — Campana Filho SP Tagashira S ~ Yamada B Rema B, Ramakrishnan S: Studies of moisture Takata T -> Nakatani H induced crosslinking in a novel viny! ether- Tande T — Kjgniksen A-L maleic anhydride copolymer 537 Teijon JM — Garcia O Ren Y ~ Bo Z ten Brinke G — Kroeze E Rincon G A: Photodegradation of chain halog- Tian M — Zhang S enated polystyrene: Poly(c-chloro and Tjong SC, Li WD, Li RKY: Impact and tensile c-bromostyrene)s 191 dilatometric characteristics of polypropy- Roberts JE — Nelliappan V lene/high impact polypropylene blends Rueda-Sanchez J — Nuyken O 721 Tucker DJ + Ha NTH Sahara M, Nakamura N, Murakami A, Kuriha- ra A, Doyama K, Yano S: Ordered structure Uryu T > Kato T in polyester elastomers containing quater- Uyama H — Ikeda R phenyl group 563 Sakamoto K — Yamada B Valentova H, KaSpar M, Hamplova V, Bouchal Salgado C. E — Cardenas T. G K, Ilavsky M, Sikora A, Froelich D, Muller Sartori F — Collina G R: Dynamic mechanical behaviour of ran- Schauwienold A-M — Loos J dom copolymers of a LC-methacrylate and Schlotterbeck G, Pasch H, Albert K: On-line octyl methacrylate 219 HPLC 'H NMR coupling for the analysis of Van Le P — Busfield WK fatty alcohol ethoxylates 673 Ver Avadhani C, Chujo Y, Kuraoka K, Yazawa Schnabel W — Janco M T: Polyamide-silica gel hybrids containing Schneider H — Knoérgen M metal salts: Preparation via the sol-gel reac- Schneider HA — Bolsinger M tion 501 Schubert DW: Spin coating as a method for Vilar WD, Menezes SMC, Seidl PR: Charac- polymer molecular weight determination terization of hydroxyl-terminated polybuta- 177 diene. VI. Reactions with solvent during Seidl PR — Vilar WD polymerization 311 Sekiguchi H — Gachard I Vilar WD, Menezes SMC, Seid! PR: Hydroxyl- Sernetz FG, Miilhaupt R, Waymouth RM: terminated polybutadiene. IV. NMR assign- Homo-, co- and terpolymerization of ments of three main hydroxylated end 1,5-hexadiene using a methylalumoxane groups 327 activated mono-Cp-amido-complex Vilar WD, Moutinho MTM, Menezes SMC, 141 Coutinho FMB: Characterization of hy- Shen J — Bo Z droxyl-terminated polybutadiene. V. Struc- ture of polymers produced by thermal and Yang D > Yan S photochemical hydrogen peroxide decom- Yang D — Zhang S position 319 Yang M > Bo Z Vittoria V — Bove L Yano S — Kakuchi T Voit B — Nuyken O Yano S — Sahara M Vukovic R, Fles D, S“mit I, Karasz FE, Wad- Yazawa T — Ver Avadhani C don A: Smectic ordering in poly(4-maleim- YiX ~ BoZ idocholesterylbenzoate), poly(6-maleimido- Yin R, Ottenbrite RM, Siddiqui JA: Synthesis cholesterylhexanoate) and alternating co- of polyorganosiloxane particles 23 polymers with styrene, a- and B-methylsty- Yoshimoto J, Nishinaga A, Oka M, Hayashi T: rene and phenylvinyl ethyl ether 347 Theoretical conformational analysis of tet- rapeptide Ac-Cys-Pro-Ala-Cys-NHMe with Waddon A — Vukovic R disulfide linkage 227 Wan Y — Mandras R Yoshimoto J, Nishinaga A, Oka M, Hayashi T: Wang J, Nomura R, Endo T: One-pot syntheses Theoretical conformational analysis of tet- of water-soluble poly(oxamide)s 125 rapeptide Ac-Cys-Pro-Gly-Cys-NHMe with Waymouth RM — Sernetz FG disulfide linkage 109 Whittaker AK — Lynch DE Yosomiya R — Zhang S Wildeboer BS — de Groot JH Yuzhong L — Lin Y Wu Z — Zhang S Zacarias M — Rabelero M Xi F > Liu W Zhang G — Belfield KD XiS— BoZ Zhang S, Zheng Y, Wu Z, Tian M, Yang D, Yosomiya R: The synthesis and thermo- Yagci Y — Janco M tropic liquid crystalline behavior of the Yamada B, Tagashira S, Sakamoto K, Nagano novel poly (aryl ether ketone)s containing Y, Miura Y: ESR study of the radical poly- chloro-side group 621 merization of styrene. 6. ESR spectra of Zhang X — Bo Z propagating radicals from deuterated sty- Zhao M — Percec V renes 339 Zheng Y — Zhang S Yan S — Loos J Zin WC — Kim H Yan S, Petermann J, Yang D: Effect of lamellar Zsuga M — Sipos L thickness on the epitaxial crystallization of PE on oriented iPP films 87 Indexed in Current Contents Subject Index Ac-Cys-Pro-Ala-Cys-NHMe 227 2,2'-Azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochlo- Ac-Cys-Pro-Gly-Cys-NHMe 109 ride 295 4-(6-(Acryloyloxy)hexyloxy)benzoic acid 551 Aging process 101 Benzimidazole 627 AIBN/styrene 149 Benzocaine 427 Air-water interface 257 N-Benzoyl-L-arginine glycinamide 49 N-Alkyl chitosan 387 Benzyloxycarbonyl 643 Alkyl vinyl ethers, electroN-rich 27 Bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene 35 4-n-Alkylstyrenes 43 Biocatalysts 49 N-Allylimidazole hydrochloride, methyldichlo- Biocompatibility 133, 365 rosilane 371 -, blood 211 Aluminoxanes 419 Biodegradable polyurethane ureas 211 Amino acids 643 Biomaterials 133 Antibacterial activity, chitosan 387 4,4’-Biphenol 621 Aprotic polar polymers 379 9,9'-Bis(4-aminopheny])florene 651 Aramides 635 Bisallene 531 Arylenebismesy lates, nickel(0)-catalyzed Bismesylates 515 homocoupling 515 Bisphenol A dicyanate ester, 13C labelled 433 Aspartic acid 643 Blends, spherulitic growth 601 Vill Block copolymer 203 Diisocyanates 125 -, separation 681 3,5-Dimethoxy-4(2’-vinyloxye)btehnozyxlyi- Blood biocompatibility 211 denemalononitrile 27 Boron 531 Dimethy1l-4-vinyloxymethy]-1,3-dioxolane Boron tribromide 273 537 Buckminsterfullerene 545 N,N-Dimethylaminoethylmetacrylate 587 1,4-Butanediisocyanate 211 Diode, blue light-emitting 169 1,4-Butaneditrifluoromethane sulfonate 523 t-Dipyridylporphyrin 523 1-Butene 665 Disulfide linkage 109, 227 3-(t-Butoxycarbonyl)-1l-vinylcaprolactam 241 4,4'-Diylaromatics 1 t-Butyloxycarbonyl 643 Dopants 573 Drug delivery 427 Carbon black 95 Drug solubilizers 359 —-, natural rubber 101 Drug-delivery systems 643 Carbon fiber 433 Carboxylic acid chlorides 7 EB(PS-block-EB)n block copolymers 203 Cetylpyridinium bromide 295 EDA complex 569 Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide 71, 411 Eicosane 689 Chemical amplification resists 241 Elastomeric materials 101 Chemically induced phase separation 477 Elastomers 101, 319, 333 Chitin 387 -, polyester, quaterphenyl 563 Chitosan 71 -,[°C]T, p behavior 333 —, quaternary ammonium salt 387 Electrical conductivity 573 Chlorohydroquinone 621 Electrolyte precursor systems 63 p-(Chloromethyl)phenyl-trimethoxysilane 23 Electrolytes 353 Chloromethylstyrene 657 Electron donor-acceptor 569 Citraconic anhydride 569 Emulsion polymerization 695 Coatings 287 Enzymatic degradation 365 —, protective organic 249 Enzymatic polymerization 273 Cold crystallization, poly(ethyleneterephtha- EPDM 545 late) 579 Epoxies, solvent-modified 477 Conductivity, electrical 573 Epoxy acrylate 287 Copolyesters 563 Epoxy/DGEBA, hydrogen bonding 439 Copper, corrosion inhibitor 249 Epoxy resins 439 Corrosion inhibitor 249 — -, LC, hydrogen bonding 447 CPB 295 ESR 339 Critical adsorption point 681 Ethene/1,5-hexadiene 141 18-Crown-6 609 Ethyl! vinyl ethers, sterically hindered 27 CTAB 411 N-Ethyl-3-hydroxymethylcarbazole 117 Cubane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid 651 1,2-(9-Ethylcarbazol-3-yl)ethene 493 Cyanate esters 433 Ethylene 419 Cyanoisopropyl radicals/styrene 149 — propylene 555 Cyclodextrins, PEO 359 Ethylene oxide 359, 673 2-Cyclohexylethanol 235 Ethylene propylene diene monomer 545 Cyclooctatetraenes 651 Ethylene-1-butene, sequence distribu- Cyclosiloxane, ring-opening polymerization 165 tion 665 Cystine 365 N-2-Ethylhexylcarbazole 169 N-Ethyliminostilbene 493 Degradation, enzymatic 365 Dendrimers 257, 613 Factor analysis 555 Dextran 49 Fatty alcohol ethoxylates, NMR 673 1,3-Di-p-aminopheny|-4-cyano-5-aminopyra- Filler, particulate electrical conducting 95 zole 635 Flory-Stockmayer model 461 Diamine, pyrazole-ring containing 635 5-Fluorouracil 55 6,4’-Diamino-2-phenylbenzimidazole 627 Formaldehyde 613 Dielectric polymers 493 Fracture toughness 477 Diffusion coefficient 55 Fullerene 545 9,9'-Dihexylfluorene 169 4,4’”-Dihydroxy-p-quaterphenyl/ethylene gly- Gellan 81 col/adipic acid 563 Glutathione reductase 365 Graft copolymers, ring-opening polymerization Metal colloids 279 657 Metal poly(styrene-co-ethy! methacrylates) 279 HDPE 707,715 Metallocenes 141 Heteroepitaxy 87 - Catalysts 43 Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide 411 Methacryloyl chloride 7 1,5-Hexadiene, methylalumoxane activated 4-{1'-(2"-Methacryloyloxyethoxy)-5'-naphthy- mono-Cp-amido-complex 141 liminomethylidene}-4’nitrostilbene 265 Hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane 165 Methyl methacrylate 303, 681 1,6-Hexanediisocyanate 211 Methyl oxazoline 7 1-(Hexyloxycarbony])ethyl 4-[4-(methacryloy- Methylaluminoxane 303 loxy)benzoyloxy]}benzoate 219 Methylmaleic anhydride 569 HI/I2 395 Methylstyrene 347 HIPP 721 —, liquid SO2 395 Homo-poly(m,p-chloromethylstyrene) 657 Methyltriethoxysilane 23 HTPB 311, 319, 327, 455 Microemulsion polymerization 695 Hydroboration 531 Microemulsions 411 Hydrogel 55 MMA 303, 681 1-Hydro-1,1,3,3,3-pentamethyldisiloxane 1 Mo(CO);PPh,/alkylaluminum catalysts 35 Hydrosilylation 371 Moisture induced crosslinking 537 4-{1'-(2”-Hydoxyethoxy)-5’'-naphthyliminom- Molecular weight 177 ethylidene}-4’nitrostilbene 265 Monolayer 257 Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene 455 Multicatalyst reactor granule technology 701 Hyperbranching 613 Multicomponent polymers, NMR 555 Imaging plate, SAXS 469 Natural rubber 101 Imidazole, vinyl silane, corrosion inhibitor 249 Network formation 461 Impact modifiers 721 Networks, anisotropic conductive 551 lon conductors, polyether-based 63 Nickel acetylacetonate 303 iPP films 87 Nickel(0)-catalyzed homocoupling 515 Isobutene 657 4-Nitrobenzoyl chloride 627 Isotropization transition 621 4-Nitrophenyl hydrazine 635 4-Nitro-1,2-phenylenediamine 627 L-Lactide, anionic polymerization 609 NLO polymers 265 Latex 295 Nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers 265 -, solid-content 695 2-Nonyl-2-oxazoline 657 LC-methacrylate 219 Norbornadiene 35 LCE/DDS 447 Norbornene 35 -/DGEBA 439 Novolaks, hyperbranched 613 LCPs, thermotropic 621 LDPE 587, 707, 715 Octa(dimethylsiloxyl)octasilsesquioxane 15 -/PS 203 Octamethyltetrasiloxane 1 LED 169 Octyl methacrylate 219 Light-emitting diode 169 Olefinic reagent, hydrosilylation 371 Liquid rubber 319 Olefins 35 Liquiflex-H 327 —, homo-/copolymerization 419 Lithium (-)-menthoxide 509 —, sequential copolymerization 701 Lithium (+)-PMP 509 Oligo(dimethylsiloxane)s, bis(dimethylsilyl) LLDPE 665 functionalized 1 Lysine 365, 643 Oligo(ethylene oxide) 125 Lysinediisocyanate 211 Organoboron polymers 531 Organosiloxane polymer 23 Macroinitiators 657 Oxazolines 7, 657 Maleic anhydride 537, 569 Oxirane 157 - -/styrene 595 4-Oxy-5’-naphthyliminomethylidene}-4'nitro- Maleimides, N-substituted 509 stilbene 265 MAO 303 4,4’-Oxydianiline 651 Melting transition 621 Mesitylborane 531 PAIs 627 Mesylates 515 Palladium dibenzylideneacetone | X Papain 365 Poly(N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide) 197 PBCVC 24] Poly(2-nonyl-2-oxazoline) 657 PCHEM 235 Poly[N-(3,4,5-tris(4-perfluorooctylbutyl-1- PDMS 165 yloxy)benzyl)carbazole] 117 PE 587 Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) 197 —, epitaxial crystallization 87 Poly(oxamide)s, water-soluble 125 PEG 287 Poly(phenylene oxide) 273 PEO 63, 353 Poly(phenylethyl methacrylate) 235 Pepsin 365 Poly(2-phenyl-2-oxazoline) 657 Peptide syntheses, enzyme-catalyzed 49 Poly(styrene-co-methylstyrene) 43 Percolation threshold 95 Poly(thiopene) 551 PET 579 Poly(vinylcarbazole) 169 Phase separation, DHQ 563 Polyacrylate 551 PHEMA 55 Polyamide-silica gel hybrids 501 Phenol-formaldehyd resins, hyperbranched Polyamides, aromatic 635 613 —, cubane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid 651 Phenyl oxazoline 7, 657 —, nonpeptide diamine-diacid type 643 Phenylvinyl ethyl ether 347 —, honpeptidic amino acid-containing 365, 427 Phospholipid polyurethanes 133 Polyanilinefurfural 573 Photodegradation 191 Polyarylene 515 Photoinitiated polymerization 165 cis-Polybutadiene 333 Photoresists 241 Polybutadiene 455, 573 PIB 15 —, hydroxyl-terminated 311, 319, 327 PMMA 303, 601 Polycarbazole squaraine 493 PMUA 493 Polychloroprene 333 Poly chain-bromostyrene 191 Polycondensation 613 Poly chain-chlorostyrene 191 Polydiorganosiloxanes 371 Poly(alicycylmethyl methacrylate) 235 Polyelectrolytes, cationic 387 Poly(amide imides), benzimidazole-rings 627 Polyepichlorhydrine 63 Poly(aryl ether ketone)s, chloro-side group Polyester elastomers 563 621 Polyether dendrimers, amphiphilic 257 Poly(benzophenoneimide)s, n-alkyloxymethyl Polyethers, electrolytes 63 side chains 689 -, LCSC 157 Poly[butadiene-block-(styrene-block-buta- Polyethylene 587, 665 diene)n] 203 —, epitaxial crystallization 87 Poly(3-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-1-vinylcaprolactam —, high/low density 715 241 —, lamellar crystal structure 707 Poly(butyl acrylate) 333 -, UHMWPE 485 Poly(e-caprolactone) 211 Polyethylene glycol 49, 287 Poly(3,6-carbazolylmethylene)s 117 Polyionenes, redox-active 523 Poly(c-chloro and c-bromostyrene)s 191 Polyisobutylene 15 Poly(cyclohexylethyl methacrylate) 235 cis-Polyisoprene 333 Poly(L-cystyl-L-cystine) 427 Polymaleimides 347 Poly(2,6-dihydroxy-1,4-oxyphenylene) 273 Polymer electrolyte precursor systems 353 Poly(2,6-dimethoxy-1,4-oxyphenylene) 273 Polymethacrylate 265 Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) 197 —, alkylene spacers 235 Poly(dimethylsiloxane) 165 Polyolefin elastomers 701 Poly(epichlorhydrine) 353 Polyorganosiloxane 165 Poly(ether sulfone) 197 - particles 23 Poly(ethylene oxide) 63, 1 Polyoxazoline 379, 501 Poly(ethyleneterephthalate) 579 Polyoxyethylene 287 Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) 197 Polyphosphazene 63 Poly(hexamethylene sulfoxide) 379 Polypropylene/high impact polypropylene Poly(2-hydroxyethy! methacrylate) hydrogels 721 55 —, isotactic 721 Poly(4-maleimidocholesterylbenzoate) 347 —, oriented isotactic 87 Poly(6-maleimidocholesterylhexanoate) 347 —, syndiotactic 185 Poly(methyl methacrylate) 303 Polysaccharides 71 Poly(4-methylstyrene) 43 —, bacterial 81 Polysiloxane 165 Styrene 6, radical polymerization 339 —, pendant imidazole 371 Styrene oxide, optically active 157 Polysilylenes 1 Styrene-ethy! methacrylate metal colloids 279 Polystyrene 165, 177, 339, 455, 469 Styrene-maleic anhydride-acrylonitrile 595 —, halogenated 191 Sulfone polymers 197 - /styrene-butadiene 95 4,4’-Sulfonyldianiline 651 Polystyrene latex 295 Surfactant, cationic 295 — -, high-content 695 - mixtures 673 Polysulfides 379 Sutures 643 Polysulfone 197 Syndiotacticity 185 Polysulfoxides, aliphatic 379 Polyurethane gels, pH-sensitive 403 Tetraethyl orthosilicate 23 Polyurethane ureas, new biomedical 211 Tetrahydrofuran 681 Polyurethanes 311 Tetramethoxysilane 501 —, phosphatidylcholine analogues 133 1,1,3,3-Tetramethyl-1,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol- Polyvinylidene fluoride 601 2-yloxyl 149 Porphyrins 523 Tetrapeptides 109, 227 Post-exposure delay/bake 241 Tetrasiloxanes, bifunctional 1 PP 721 Thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers 701 -, syndiotactic 185 Thermosets 439,447 PPG prepolymer/crosslinker 461 —, porous 477 PPO 273 Thermotropic LCPs 621 Pre-gel state 461 Thexylborane 531 Prepolymer, trifunctional crosslinker 461 (3-Thienyl)undecyloxy]-4'-hydroxybipheny] 1,3-Propane sufone 125 551 Propellant fuel binder 455 TLCP 621 Proteins, artificial functional 109 Toughness 477 PS/PBD 95 Triad comonomers 665 -/SB 95 sym-Triazine network 433 PVA 601 Tribological properties, UHMWPE 485 PVDF 601 1,1,1-Trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate 55 Pyrazole-ring containing diamine 635 N-Triphenylmethylmaleimide 509 (S)-(+)-1-(2-Pyrrolidinylmethy!) pyrrolidine- Triphenylphosphite 651 lithium 509 Trypsin 49, 365 Radical trapping technique 149 UAHG 403 Relaxation time 333 UHMWPE 485 Release, controlled 55 6-Undecanol 379 Resists 241 Urethane acrylate 403 Rigid-rod polymers 689 --, PEG-modified 287 ROMP 35 UV curable emulsions 287 UV resists 241 SAXS 469 SCLCPs 157 Vanadium catalytic complexes 419 Semiconducting polymers, small band gap 493 Vapor pressure osmometry 455 Silanes, trifunctional 23 Vinyl acetate, ternary microemulsions 411 Silica gel 501 Vinyl ether-maleic anhydride 537 Small-angle X-ray scattering 469 Vinyl silane 249 Sodium 4-(bromomethy])-benzenesulfonate Vinyl trimethoxy silane 249 125 Viologens 523 Sol-gel reaction 501 Spherulitic growth 601 Waterborne coatings 287 Spin coating 177 WAXS 707 Squaric acid 493 Welan chain, stiffness 81 ST/AN/MA 595 WLF equation 333 Stars 15 Styrene 7, 149, 347, 569, 695 Ziegler-Natta catalysts 43, 303, 419 -, deuterated 339 -, emulsion polymerization 295