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    Journal of Applied Polymer Science: Volume 91, Issue 3

    1375-2061
    5 February 2004
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High-conversion catalytic chain transfer polymerization of methyl methacrylate

S. C. J. Pierik,  A. M. van Herk, 
  • Pages: 1375-1388
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Study of heat shrinkability of crosslinked low-density polyethylene/poly(ethylene vinyl acetate) blends

Hossein Ali Khonakdar,  J. Morshedian,  H. Eslami,  F. Shokrollahi, 
  • Pages: 1389-1395
  • First Published: 19 March 2004

Damping of vinyl acetate–n-butyl acrylate copolymers

Hou-Hsein Chu,  Chi-Ming Lee,  W. G. Huang, 
  • Pages: 1396-1403
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Compatibilization of nitrile-butadiene rubber/ethylene-propylene-diene monomer blends by mercapto-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers

Marcia G. Oliveira,  Bluma G. Soares, 
  • Pages: 1404-1412
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Influence of processing on structure of β-nucleated poly(propylene) fibers

Jan Broda, 
  • Pages: 1413-1418
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Coating of porous silica beads by in situ polymerization/crosslinking of 2-hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin for reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography applications

B. Carbonnier,  L. Janus,  Y. Lekchiri,  M. Morcellet, 
  • Pages: 1419-1426
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Effect of different film preparation procedures on the thermal, morphological and mechanical properties of pure and calcite-filled HDPE films

Patit P. Kundu,  Jagannath Biswas,  Hyun Kim,  Chee-Won Chung,  Soonja Choe, 
  • Pages: 1427-1434
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Morphology, crystallization and melting properties of isotactic polypropylene blended with lignin

Maurizio Canetti,  Aurelio De Chirico,  Guido Audisio, 
  • Pages: 1435-1442
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Dry-peelable temporary protective coatings from waterborne self-crosslinkable sulfourethane–silanol dispersions

Kevin Lewandowski,  Larry R. Krepski,  Daniel E. Mickus, 
  • Pages: 1443-1449
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Kinetics of microwave-assisted polymerization of ϵ-caprolactone

G. Sivalingam,  Nitin Agarwal,  Giridhar Madras, 
  • Pages: 1450-1456
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Study on the dynamic self-organization of montmorillonite in two phases

Shaofeng Wang,  Yuan Hu,  Lei Song,  Jie Liu,  Zuyao Chen,  Weicheng Fan, 
  • Pages: 1457-1462
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Thermal and mechanical properties of poly(butylene succinate) nanocomposites with various organo-modified montmorillonites

Yoshihiro Someya,  Toshiyuki Nakazato,  Naozumi Teramoto,  Mitsuhiro Shibata, 
  • Pages: 1463-1475
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Direct measurement of gas solubilities in polymers with a high-pressure microbalance

N. Von Solms,  J. K. Nielsen,  O. Hassager,  A. Rubin,  A. Y. Dandekar,  S. I. Andersen,  E. H. Stenby, 
  • Pages: 1476-1488
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Effect of a natural magnesium silicate treated with a new coupling agent on the properties of ethylene–propylene–diene rubber compounds

J. López Valentín,  A. Rodríguez Díaz,  L. Ibarra Rueda,  L. González Hernández, 
  • Pages: 1489-1493
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

An analysis of the changes in the structure and tensile properties of polytetrafluoroethylene films under vacuum ultraviolet irradiation

Guirong Peng,  Hongbin Geng,  Zushun Lü,  Dezhuang Yang,  Shiyu He, 
  • Pages: 1494-1497
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Kinetics of the in situ polymerization and in situ compatibilization of poly(propylene) and polyamide 6 blends

Guo-Hua Hu,  Hervé Cartier,  Lian-Fang Feng,  Bo-Geng Li, 
  • Pages: 1498-1504
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Effects of convergent flow on in situ fibrillation of TLCP in PEN

L. Li,  C. L. Chan,  C. Y. Yue,  Y. C. Lam,  K. C. Tam, 
  • Pages: 1505-1513
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

The effect of vibration injection molding on mechanical properties of polyolefin parts

Zheng Yan,  Kai Zhi Shen,  Jie Zhang, 
  • Pages: 1514-1518
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Study of microwave irradiation polymerization mechanism in the presence of carriers

Jianmei Lu,  Shun-Jun Ji,  Jianfei Wu,  Feng Guo,  Hui Zhou,  Xiulin Zhu, 
  • Pages: 1519-1524
  • First Published: 25 November 2003

Degradation of polyethylene during extrusion. II. Degradation of low-density polyethylene, linear low-density polyethylene, and high-density polyethylene in film extrusion

Thorbjörn Andersson,  Berit Stålbom,  Bengt Wesslén, 
  • Pages: 1525-1537
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Nonequilibrium particle morphology development in seeded emulsion polymerization. III. Effect of initiator end groups

Jeffrey M. Stubbs,  Donald C. Sundberg, 
  • Pages: 1538-1551
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Blends of plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) and waste flexible poly(vinyl chloride) with waste nitrile rubber powder

S. S. Ghaisas,  D. D. Kale,  J. G. Kim,  B. W. Jo, 
  • Pages: 1552-1558
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Drawing properties of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fibers prepared at varying formation temperatures

Jen-Taut Yeh,  Yue-Tang Lin,  Huang-Bin Jiang, 
  • Pages: 1559-1570
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Crosslinking of polyvinyl chloride by electron beam irradiation in the presence of ethylene–vinyl acetate copolymer

Shifeng Wang,  Yong Zhang,  Yinxi Zhang,  Changming Zhang,  Enjun Li, 
  • Pages: 1571-1575
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Influence of plasticizer type and storage conditions on properties of poly(methyl vinyl ether-co-maleic anhydride) bioadhesive films

Paul A. McCarron,  A. David Woolfson,  Ryan F. Donnelly,  Gavin P. Andrews,  Agnieszka Zawislak,  John H. Price, 
  • Pages: 1576-1589
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Studies of electrical and mechanical properties of poly(vinyl chloride) mixed with electrically conductive additives

A. L. G. Saad,  H. A. Aziz,  O. I. H. Dimitry, 
  • Pages: 1590-1598
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Inhibitor radicals in styrene polymerization

M. V. Motyakin,  A. M. Wasserman,  P. E. Stott,  G. E. Zaikov, 
  • Pages: 1599-1603
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Eucalyptus tar pitch pretreatment for carbon material processing

Marcos J. Prauchner,  Vânya M. D. Pasa,  Choyu Otani,  Satika Otani,  Sonia M. C. de Menezes, 
  • Pages: 1604-1611
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Preparation and characterization by radiation of hydrogels of PVA and PVP containing Aloe vera

Kyoung Ran Park,  Young Chang Nho, 
  • Pages: 1612-1618
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Self crosslinkable blends of polychloroprene and phosphorylated cashew nut shell liquid prepolymer

A. R. R. Menon,  L. L. Y. Visconte, 
  • Pages: 1619-1625
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Differential scanning calorimetry investigation of formation of poly(ethylene glycol) hydrate with controlled freeze–thawing of aqueous protein solution

Anna Hillgren,  Maggie Aldén, 
  • Pages: 1626-1634
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Study on isotactic polypropylene/zinc-neutralized sulfonated ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber/CaCO3 ternary blends†

Mingjia Zheng,  Huilin Li, 
  • Pages: 1635-1640
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Gel swelling properties of alginate fibers

Yimin Qin, 
  • Pages: 1641-1645
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Ultrasonic devulcanization of carbon black–filled ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber

J. Yun,  V. V. Yashin,  A. I. Isayev, 
  • Pages: 1646-1656
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Study of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) as an engineering thermoplastics material

Jialiang Zhang, 
  • Pages: 1657-1666
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

UV-radiation–induced preirradiation grafting of methyl methacrylate onto lignocellulose fiber in an aqueous medium and characterization

Ferdous Khan,  S. R. Ahmad,  E. Kronfli, 
  • Pages: 1667-1675
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Preparation and characterization of poly(L-lactide)/ poly(ϵ-caprolactone) fibrous scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering

Jin Zhao,  Xiaoyan Yuan,  Yuanlu Cui,  Quanbo Ge,  Kangde Yao, 
  • Pages: 1676-1684
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Effect of the addition of acrylonitrile/ethylene–propylene–diene monomer (EPDM)/styrene graft copolymer on the morphology–properties relationships in poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile)/EPDM rubber blends

Xiongwei Qu,  Shurui Shang,  Guodong Liu,  Shengwen Zhang,  Yan Zhang,  Liucheng Zhang, 
  • Pages: 1685-1697
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Crosslinking studies on poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-1,4-phenylene bisacrylate)

Hongming Ma,  Marian Vargas,  David M. Collard,  Satish Kumar,  David A. Schiraldi, 
  • Pages: 1698-1702
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Milling-induced esterification between cellulose and maleated polypropylene

Wulin Qiu,  Farao Zhang,  Takashi Endo,  Takahiro Hirotsu, 
  • Pages: 1703-1709
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Physical properties of polycaproamide/cationic dyeable poly(ethylene terephthalate) polyblended fibers

Keven Hsiao,  Wen-Chin Tsen,  Yao-Chi Shu, 
  • Pages: 1710-1715
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Grafting, blending, and biodegradability of cellulose acetate

K. H. Guruprasad,  G. M. Shashidhara, 
  • Pages: 1716-1723
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Experimental and theoretical studies of polymer/solvent viscosity mixtures

Hamid Modarress,  Mohsen Mohsen-Nia,  Mahmood Akhavan Mahdavi, 
  • Pages: 1724-1729
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Dielectric strength of the blends of virgin and recycled HDPE

S. A. Cruz,  M. Zanin, 
  • Pages: 1730-1735
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Compatibilization of polystyrene and polyamide 6 mixtures with poly(styrene-co-sodium acrylate)

H. Rodríguez-Ríos,  S. M. Nuño-Donlucas,  J. E. Puig,  R. González-Núñez,  P. C. Schulz, 
  • Pages: 1736-1745
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Performance of neural networks for predicting yarn properties using principal component analysis

R. Chattopadhyay,  Anirban Guha,  Jayadeva, 
  • Pages: 1746-1751
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Rheological behavior of reactive blending of epoxidized natural rubber with cassava starch and epoxidized natural rubber with natural rubber and cassava starch

C. Nakason,  A. Kaesaman,  W. Sainamsai,  S. Kiatkamjonwong, 
  • Pages: 1752-1762
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Treatment of Caribbean pine by in situ polymerization of styrene and furfuryl alcohol

Washington Luiz Esteves Magalhães,  Renato Romano da Silva, 
  • Pages: 1763-1769
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Synthesis and electrorheology of potato starch phosphate

Dong P. Park,  Jun H. Sung,  Chul Am Kim,  Hyoung J. Choi,  Myung S. Jhon, 
  • Pages: 1770-1773
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Mechanical, surface, and thermal properties of polyamideimide–polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposites fabricated by sol–gel process

Young-Wook Park,  Dong-Sung Lee,  Sang-Hyun Kim, 
  • Pages: 1774-1783
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Volume strain changes of plasticized poly(vinylidene fluoride) during tensile and creep tests

L. Cangemi,  S. Elkoun,  C. G'Sell,  Y. Meimon, 
  • Pages: 1784-1791
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Preparation and characterization of thermosensitive beads with macroporous structures

Caihua Ni,  Zheng Wang,  Xiao Xia Zhu, 
  • Pages: 1792-1797
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Surface properties of miscible poly(1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate)/phenoxy blends

H. L. Huang,  S. H. Goh,  Doreen M. Y. Lai,  C. H. A. Huan,  A. T. S. Wee, 
  • Pages: 1798-1805
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Maleic anhydride grafted thermoplastic elastomer as an interfacial modifier for polypropylene/polyamide 6 blends

Yuchun Ou,  Yuguo Lei,  Xiaoping Fang,  Guisheng Yang, 
  • Pages: 1806-1815
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Use of compatible blends to fabricate carbon black composite vapor detectors

Maurizio Penco,  Luciana Sartore,  Fabio Bignotti,  Stefania Della Sciucca,  Vittorio Ferrari,  Paolo Crescini,  Salvatore D'Antone, 
  • Pages: 1816-1821
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Synthesis, characterization, and partial hydrolysis of polyisoprene-co-poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) and electrorheological properties of its suspensions

Mustafa Yavuz,  Halil Ibrahim Ünal, 
  • Pages: 1822-1833
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Preparation and properties of nylon-1010/montmorillonite nanocomposites by melt intercalation

Zengjun Liu,  Peilin Zhou,  Deyue Yan, 
  • Pages: 1834-1841
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Synthesis of hydroxyl-terminated copolymer of styrene and 4-vinylpyridine via nitroxide-mediated living radical polymerization

Zhijun Chen,  Yuan Wang,  Yan Feng,  Xiqun Jiang,  Changzheng Yang,  Mu Wang, 
  • Pages: 1842-1847
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable low molecular weight aliphatic polyesters and their use in protein-delivery systems

Shaobing Zhou,  Xianmo Deng,  Xiaohong Li,  Wenxiang Jia,  Li Liu, 
  • Pages: 1848-1856
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Characterization of ramie yarn treated with sodium hydroxide and crosslinked by 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid

L. M. Zhou,  K. W. Yeung,  C. W. M. Yuen,  X. Zhou, 
  • Pages: 1857-1864
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Linear polymers with sulfur in the main chain. II. Synthesis of polyesters by interfacial polycondensation of bis(4,4′-hydroxyphenyl)sulfide with several aliphatic acid dichlorides and their properties

Hiroshi Hirano,  Seiji Watase,  Mitsuaki Tanaka, 
  • Pages: 1865-1872
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Gas permeation performance of cellulose hollow fiber membranes made from the cellulose/N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide/H2O system

Xingming Jie,  Yiming Cao,  Bin Lin,  Quan Yuan, 
  • Pages: 1873-1880
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Lifetime assessment of epoxies by the kinetics of thermal degradation

Herbert Stutz, 
  • Pages: 1881-1886
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Miscibility and specific interactions in blends of poly(vinyl phenyl ketone hydrogenated) with poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)

M. Maldonado-Santoyo,  S. M. Nuño-Donlucas,  L. C. Cesteros,  I. Katime, 
  • Pages: 1887-1892
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Surface free-energy analysis of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone–crotonic acid) copolymers prepared by γ-ray-induced polymerization technique

Tuncer Çaykara,  Zekeriya Yerlikaya,  Ömer Kantoğlu, 
  • Pages: 1893-1897
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Characterization of mechanical properties of γAl2O3 dispersed epoxy resin cured by γ-ray radiation

Dong Jin Kim,  Phil Hyun Kang,  Young Chang Nho, 
  • Pages: 1898-1903
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Poly(N-vinylcarbazole)–clay nanocomposite materials prepared by photoinitiated polymerization with triarylsulfonium salt initiator

Yuan-Hsiang Yu,  Ching-Yi Lin,  Jui-Ming Yeh, 
  • Pages: 1904-1912
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Thiophosphoryl disulfides as crosslinking agents for chloroprene rubber

Amit Das,  Nityananda Naskar,  Dipak Kumar Basu, 
  • Pages: 1913-1919
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Lignin–polypropylene composites. II. Plasma modification of kraft lignin and particulate polypropylene

G. Toriz,  J. Ramos,  R. A. Young, 
  • Pages: 1920-1926
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Study of the effect of branch content of octene-based linear low-density polyethylene on its melt miscibility with high-density polyethylene by inverse gas chromatography

Liyan Zhao,  Phillip Choi, 
  • Pages: 1927-1931
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Uptake of Pb(II) and Cd(II) by a new phenolformaldehyde polymer resin derived by the insertion of sulfur ligands in the form of xanthate

A. Ravikumar Reddy,  K. Hussain Reddy, 
  • Pages: 1932-1936
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Infrared spectroscopic studies of poly(methyl methacrylate) doped with a new sulfur-containing ligand and its cobalt(II) complex during γ-radiolysis

S. M. Sayyah,  Z. A. El-Shafiey,  B. N. Barsoum,  A. B. Khaliel, 
  • Pages: 1937-1950
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Polymer nanocomposites formation by the use of sodium montmorillonite dispersion in alcohol and a cationic surfactant

Akinobu Sasaki,  James L. White, 
  • Pages: 1951-1957
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Kinetic features of the nonisothermal oxidative degradation of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers

L. V. Ruban,  O. V. Sychugova,  N. N. Kolesnikova,  G. E. Zaikov, 
  • Pages: 1958-1961
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Effect of poly(vinylidene fluoride) interface layer on charge storage and residual potential in amorphous selenium films

S. Chand,  G. D. Sharma,  S. Dwivedi,  R. Chandra, 
  • Pages: 1962-1966
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Instantaneous elastic recovery of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) filament

Kequan Chen,  Xiaozhen Tang, 
  • Pages: 1967-1975
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Main-chain liquid-crystalline polymers containing azobenzene mesogen having long lateral aliphatic side chain: effect of copolymerization on thermal and phase behaviors

K. Y. Sandhya,  C. K. S. Pillai, 
  • Pages: 1976-1982
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Compatibilized blends of PVC/PA12 and PVC/PP containing poly(lauryl lactam-block-caprolactone)

Byong Jun Kim,  James L. White, 
  • Pages: 1983-1992
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Bonding of vulcanized rubber to polyester cord using RFL adhesives modified with chlororesorcinolic resin

G. R. Hamed,  C. Ruksakulpiwat, 
  • Pages: 1993-1996
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Single component self-curable aqueous-based PU system with new aziridinyl curing agent

Jian-Zei Lai,  Yu-Ching Chang,  Jen-Taut Yeh,  Kan-Nan Chen, 
  • Pages: 1997-2007
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Synthesis of isobutyl maleate–divinylbenzene microspheres by different techniques of heterogeneous polymerizations

Barbara Gawdzik,  Malgorzata Maciejewska, 
  • Pages: 2008-2015
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Methyl methacrylate/N-(o-/m-/p-chlorophenyl) itaconimide copolymers: Microstructure determination by NMR spectroscopy

Vishal Anand,  Rajeev Kumar,  Veena Choudhary, 
  • Pages: 2016-2027
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Radiation grafting/crosslinking of silk using electron-beam irradiation

Jinqiang Liu,  Jianzhong Shao,  Jinhuan Zheng, 
  • Pages: 2028-2034
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Inhibition of calcium oxalate monohydrate by poly(acrylic acid)s with different end groups

W. O. S. Doherty,  C. M. Fellows,  S. Gorjian,  E. Senogles,  W. H. Cheung, 
  • Pages: 2035-2041
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

In vitro blood compatibility of modified PDMS surfaces as superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic materials

M. T. Khorasani,  H. Mirzadeh, 
  • Pages: 2042-2047
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Ozonolysis of polydienes

Slavcho Rakovsky,  Gennadii Zaikov, 
  • Pages: 2048-2057
  • First Published: 05 December 2003

Variation of acetal effect on performance of phenol–formaldehyde resin adhesives

M. Zanetti,  A. Pizzi, 
  • Pages: 2058-2060
  • First Published: 05 December 2003
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Preparation and properties of water-resistant soy dreg/benzyl konjac glucomannan composite plastics

Yun Chen,  Lina Zhang,  Yongshang Lu,  Changsheng Ye,  Libo Du, 
  • Page: 2061
  • First Published: 05 December 2003