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Macromol. Symp. 256

  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Cover: The conference, held in Sheffield (UK) 2006, was organised by the Sheffield Polymer Centre, University of Sheffield under the co-Chairmanship of John Stanford (University of Manchester), Tony Ryan (University of Sheffield) and Simon Ross-Murphy (Kings College, London).

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Macromol. Symp. 256

  • Pages: v-viii
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Preface

Preface

J. Stanford,  T. Ryan,  S. Ross-Murphy, 
  • Pages: ix-xi
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Articles

Polymer Networks in Research and Application

Walther Burchard, 
  • Pages: 1-17
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Applicability of Statistical Theories of Network Formation

Karel Dusˇek, 
  • Pages: 18-27
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Random Networks, Graphs, and Matrices

B. E. Eichinger, 
  • Pages: 28-39
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Monte Carlo Simulations on Nanoparticles in Elastomers. Effects of the Particles on the Dimensions of the Polymer Chains and the Mechanical Properties of the Networks

James E. Mark,  Reda Abou-Hussein,  Taner Z. Sen,  Andrzej Kloczkowski, 
  • Pages: 40-47
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Stress - Optical Behaviour of Polymers

Ian M. Ward, 
  • Pages: 48-54
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Toughness Properties of Lightly Crosslinked Epoxies Using Block Copolymers

Pierre Gerard,  Nicolas Passade Boupat,  Thomas Fine,  Laurent Gervat,  Jean-Pierre Pascault, 
  • Pages: 55-64
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Structure Development in Flexible Polyurethane Foam-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

Arthur N. Wilkinson,  Nurul H. Fithriyah,  John L. Stanford,  Daniel Suckley, 
  • Pages: 65-72
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy of Dynamics in Thermosensitive Gels

Erik Geissler,  Katalin Kosik,  Andrei Fluerasu,  Abdellatif Moussaïd,  Krisztina László, 
  • Pages: 73-79
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Comparative Study of Scattering and Osmotic Properties of Synthetic and Biopolymer Gels

Ferenc Horkay,  Peter J. Basser,  Anne-Marie Hecht,  Erik Geissler, 
  • Pages: 80-87
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Comparison of Critical Exponents Determined by Rheology and Dynamic Light Scattering on Irreversible and Reversible Gelling Systems

Sven Richter, 
  • Pages: 88-94
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Autonomous Volume Transitions of a Polybase Triblock Copolymer Gel in a Chemically Driven pH-Oscillator

Paul D. Topham,  Jonathan R. Howse,  Colin J. Crook,  Anthony J. Gleeson,  Wim Bras,  Steven P. Armes,  Richard A. L. Jones,  Anthony J. Ryan, 
  • Pages: 95-104
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Elastic Properties of Semi-Flexible Chains and Networks

Peter Cifra,  Tomáš Bleha, 
  • Pages: 105-111
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Hyperbranched Aromatic Polyesters

Małgorzata Walczak,  Jaromir B. Lechowicz,  Henryk Galina, 
  • Pages: 112-119
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Nanocomposite Gels: New Advanced Functional Soft Materials

Kazutoshi Haraguchi, 
  • Pages: 120-130
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Deformation Studies on Polymer-Clay Nanocomposite Gels

Mitsuhiro Shibayama,  Sho Miyazaki,  Hitoshi Endo,  Takeshi Karino,  Kazutoshi Haraguchi, 
  • Pages: 131-136
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Polymethacrylate Networks as Substrates for Cell Culture

Y. Sun,  J. Maughan,  R. Haigh,  S. A. Hopkins,  P. Wyman,  C. Johnson,  N. J. Fullwood,  J. Ebdon,  S. MacNeil,  S. Rimmer, 
  • Pages: 137-148
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Molecular Weight Influence on Gelatin Gels: Structure, Enthalpy and Rheology

Nadia Elharfaoui,  Madeleine Djabourov,  Wilfried Babel, 
  • Pages: 149-157
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Programmed Ephemeral Gels: New Types of Biomaterials

Sébastien Giraudier,  Julien Picard,  Véronique Larreta Garde, 
  • Pages: 158-166
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

2-Dimensional Network Formation from a Graft Copolymer at the Air-Water Interface

M. Simon Saenz de Samaniego,  A.F. Miller, 
  • Pages: 167-174
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Characterization of Composite Networks Made of Type I Collagen, Hyaluronic Acid and Decorin

Sylvie Lélu,  Alain Pluen, 
  • Pages: 175-188
  • First Published: 25 September 2007

Synthesis and Viscoelastic Properties of Hydrophobically Modified Hydrogels

Guillaume Miquelard-Garnier,  Costantino Creton,  Dominique Hourdet, 
  • Pages: 189-194
  • First Published: 25 September 2007