Molecular Interactions and Time-Space Organization in Macromolecular Systems

Structural organization or disorganization in macromolecular systems has been an important subject of polymer physical chemistry during the last one or two decades. This volume summarizes the main lectures presented at the Osaka University Macromolecular Symposium OUMS '98 on Molecular Interactions and Time-Space Organization in Macromolecular Systems, where the following topics were discussed:crystallization kinetics, liquid crystals, phase separation, gelation, adhesion, complex formation, and self-organization, with emphasis on molecular interactions. Both these topics are hot issues at present and frequently are taken up as a main theme at a particular symposium. The present symposium invited leading theorists and experimentalists in these fields as guest speakers and is expected to attract the interest of a significant range of readers.

This volume summarizes the main lectures presented at the Osaka University Macromolecular Symposium OUMS '98 on Molecular Interactions and Time-Space Organization in Macromolecular Systems. It covers topics on structural organization, dynamics of crystalline and amorphous polymers, block copolymers, associative polymers, macromolecular assemblies.

Synchrotron SAXS and WAXD Study of Polymer Crystallization in Confined Microdomains.- Structure Development in Side Group Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers.- Crystallization Behavior and Properties of Polyolefins.- Modeling of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polysiloxanes.- Polymorphic and Polytypic Transformations during Crystallization of Long-Chain Compounds.- Fluorescence Studies on Molecular Interaction and Dynamics of Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- Molecular Rheology of Glassy Polymers.- Polymer-Solvent Organization in Relation to Chain Microstructure.- Polymer-Surfactant Interaction in Thermorevisible Gels.- Viscoelastic Phase Separation and Transient Formation of Spongelike.- Dielectric Studies of Order-Disorder Transition in Solutions of Styrene-Isoprene Block Copolymers.- Long Wavelength Composition Fluctuations in Diblock Copolymers.- Structure and Ordering Processes of Diblock Copolymer Associates in Solution.- Amphipathic Synthetic and Biological Macromolecules in Aqueous Media.- The Interactions of Hydrophobically-Modified Poly-(N-Isopropylacyrylamides) with Liposomes.- Controlled Association of Macromolecules in Water: Hydrophobized Polymers and Proteins.- Macro to Microdynamics of Threadlike Micelles.- Self-Organized Nanostructures with a Single Polymer Chain.- Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers Consisting of Polystyrene.- Frictional Behavior of Self-Assembled Polymer Brushes.