Part 1 Hydrogels: water-soluble polyphosphazenes and their hydrogels, Harry R. Allcock; association and phase separation of amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide) star polymers, Guangbin Zhou et al. Part 2 Biocompatible and biodegradable polymers: poly(ethylene oxide) and protein resistance - principles, problems and possibilities, J.D. Andrade et al; adsorption of poly(ethylene oxide)-containing block co-polymers - a route to protein resistance, Jenq-thun Li et al; a review of synthetic approaches to biodegradable polymeric carboxylic acids for detergent applications, Y.H. Paik et al; commercial poly(aspartic acid) and its uses, Kim C. Low et al; biodegradable plastics derived from cellulose fibre and Chitosan, M. Nishiyama et al; reaction parameter effects on substituent distributions in the heterogeneous synthesis of cellulose ethers - knowledge for a more biodegradable polymer from a renewable source?, Stephen D. Seneker and J. Edward Glass. Part 3 Association polymers - A) general concepts: fluorescence studies of pyrene capture by naphthalene-labeled diblock co-polymer micelles in aqueous media, Sharon L. Fox et al; associative thickeners - an overview with an emphasis on synthetic procedures, Wylie H. Wetzel et al architecture-controlled solution properties of hydrophobically associating co-polymers, Arlett R.C. Baljon and Thomas A. Witten; effect of water on the glass transition behaviour of hydrophilic polyurethanes with mixed soft segment, Nathaniel S. Schneider et al; rheological properties of poly(ethylene oxide) in anionic surfactant solutions, K.C. Tam; viscoelastic surfactant systems under shear, H. Hoffmann et al. Part 4 B) Performance in solution - 1) hydrophobe-modified acrylamide polymers; 2) hydrophobe-modified, ethoxylated urethane polymers; 3)hydrophobe-modified alkali-swellable and hydrophobe-modified hydroxyethyl cellulose thickener. Part 5 Conventional water-soluble polymers. (Part contents)
