Advances in Polymer Chemistry and Methods Reported in Recent US Patents

I. ADDITIVES.
II. ADHESIVES.
III. BIOACTIVE.
A. Bioabsorbables.
B. Contact Lenses.
IV. COATINGS.
A. Anionic.
B. Aqueous.
C. Fluorine.
D. Hydrophilic.
E. Hydrophobic.
F. Oxidatively Stable.
G. Vapor Deposition of Polymers.
H. Succinic Anhydride Derivatives.
V. COSMETICS.
VI. DENTAL.
A. Cement.
B. Dental Composites.
VII. ELECTROACTIVE.
A. Charge Transport Materials.
B. Dielectric Materials.
C. Donor-Acceptor Complexes.
D. Electroconductive.
E. Electroluminescence.
F. Semiconductors.
VIII. ENERGETIC POLYMERS.
IX. FIBERS.
X. FLUORINE.
A. Critical Polymerization.
B. High Strength.
C. Low Molecular Wright.
D. Low Surface Energy.
E. Silicon Fluids.
F. Surfactants.
XI. GELS.
A. Gelling Agent.
B. Hydrogels.
C. Sol-gel.
XII. IMAGING AGENT.
XIII. INK.
XIV. LIQUID CRYSTALS.
A. Liquid Crystal Aligner.
B. Liquid Crystal Materials.
XV. NANOPARTICLES.
A. Carbon Nanotubes.
B. Inorganic Nanotubes.
C. Nanotube Dispersant.
XVI. NEW SYNTHETIC METHODS.
A. Compounds.
B. Polymers.
XVII. OPTICAL MATERIALS.
XVIII. PHOTOACTIVE POLYMERS.
A. Photoluminsence.
B. Photorefraction.
XIX. POLYMERIZATION METHODS.
A. Anionic.
B. Catalytic Agents.
C. Cationic .
D. Chain Transfer Agent.
E. Emulsifing Agents.
F. Free Radical Polymerization.
G. Macroinitators.
H. Macromolecular Depolymerization Catalysts.
I. Metallocene Catalysts.
J. Ring Opening Metathesis Catalyst.
K. Ziegler-Natta.
XX. REGULATORS.
A. Chain Transfer Agents.
B. Chain Transfer Processes.
C. Photolytic Regulating Agents.
XXI. PHOTORESISTS.
A. Fluorine Containing.
B. Norbornene.
C. Adamantane.
D. Diamantane.
XXII. SEPARATIONS.
A. Gases.
B. Solutions.
XXIII. THERMOSETS.
Contributors.
Index.