Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization and Related Processes

Preface (J. W. Mays, R. F. Storey).Anionic Polymerization.1. A New View of the Anionic Diene Polymerization Mechanism (A. Z. Niu, J. Stellbrink, J. Allgaier, L. Willner, D. Richter, B.W. Koenig, M. Gondorf, S. Willbold, L. J. Fetters, R. P. May).2. Aluminate and Magnesiate Complexes as Propagating Species in the Anionic Polymerization of Styrene and Dienes (Alain Deffieux, Larisa Shcheglova, Anna Barabanova, Jean Marc Marechal, Stephane Carlotti).3. Design and Synthesis of Functionalized Styrene-Butadiene Copolymers by Means of Living Anionic Polymerization (Maymi Hayashi).4. Synthesis of PS Star Polymers from Tetracarbanionic Initiators (Arnaud Lebreton, J. K. Kallitsis, Valerie Heroguez, Yves Gnanou).5. Fluorinated Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Copolymers: combining Anionic Polymerization and Selective Polymer Modification (Marc A. Hillmyer, Nathan W. Schmuhl, Timothy P. Lodge).6. Precise Synthesis of Star-Branched Polymers by Means of Living Anionic Polymerization Using 1,1-Bis(3-chloromethylpheny1)ethylene (Akira Hirao, Tomoya Higashihara).7. Synthesis and Properties of Macrocyclic Vinylaromatic Polymers Containing a Single 1,4-Benzylidene or 9,10-Anthracenylidene Group (Rong Chen, Gennadi G. Nossarev, Thieo E. Hogen-Esch).8. (Star PS)-block-(Linear PI)-block-(Star PS) Triblock Copolymers-Thermoplastic Elastomers with Complex Branched Architectures (Tianzi Huang, Daniel M. Knauss).9. Synthesis of Poly (1,3-cyclohexadiene) Containing Star-Shaped Elastomers (D.T. Williamson, T.E. Long).10. Synthesis and Structure - Property Relationships for Regular Multigraft Copolymers (Jimmy W. Mays, David Uhrig, Samuel Gido, Yuqing Zhu, Roland Weidisch, Hermis Iatrou, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Kunlun Hong, Frederick Beyer, Ralf Lach, Matthias Buschnakowski).11. Triblock and Radial Star-Block Copolymers Comprised of Poly(ethoxyethyl glycidyl ether), Polyglycidol, Poly(propylene oxide) and Polystyrene Obtained by Anionic Polymerization Initiated by Cs Initiators (Ph. Dimitrov, St. Rangelov, A. Dworak, N. Haraguchi, A Hirao, Ch. B. Tsvetanov).12. Mechanism of the Anionic Ring-Opening Oligomerization of Propylene Carbonate Initiated by the tert-Butyphenol/KHCO3 System (Sandor Keki, Janos Torok, Gyorgy Deak, Miklos Zsuga).Cationic Polymerization.13. Synthesis and Self-Association of Stimuli-Responsive Diblock Copolymers by Living Cationic Polymerization (Sadahito Aoshima, Shinji Sugihara, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Shokyoku Kanaoka).14. Advances in the Design of Photoinitiators, Photo-Sensitizers and Monomers for Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization (J. V. Crivello, J. Ma, F. Jiang, H. Hua, J. Ahn, R. Acosta Ortiz).15. On the Preparation and Polymerization of p-Methoxystyrene Miniemulsions in the Presence of Excess Ytterbium Trifalte (Severine Cauvin, Francois Ganachaud).16. Carbocationic Polymerizations for Profit and Fun (Ralf M. Peetz, Joseph P. Kennedy).17. Telechelic Polyisobutenes with Asymmetrical Reactivity (Arno Lange, Hans-Peter Rath, Gabriele Lang).18. Amphiphilic Polymers Based on Poly(2-oxazoline)s - From ABC-Triblock Copolymers to Micellar Catalysis (Oskar Nuyken, Ralf Weberskirch, Martin Bortenschlager, Daniel Schonfelder).19. Comparison of the Mechanism and Kinetics of Living Carbocationic Isobutylene and Styrene Polymerizations Based on Real-Time FTIR Monitoring (Judit E. Puskas, Sohel Shaikh).20. Novel Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclodextrin: A Uniform Macrocyclic Monomer with Unique Character (Masato Suzuki, Osamu Numata, Tomofumi Shimazaki).21. Wavelength Flexibility in Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization (Yusuf Yagci).Related Processes.22. Dual Reactivity of Magnesium Compounds as Initiators for Anionic and Cationic Polymerization (Alexander Arest-Yakubovic, Boris Nakhmanovich, Irina Zolotareva, Alexander Yakimansky, Natalia Pakuro).23. Templating Organosilicate Vitrification Using Unimolecular Self-Organizing Polymers Prepared from Tandem Ring Opening and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizations (T. Magbitang, V. Y. Lee, E. F. Connor, L. K. Sundberg, H.-C. Kim, W. Volksen, C. J. Hawker, R. D. Miller, J. L. Hedrick).24. Ring-Opening Polymerization of the Cyclic Ester Amide Derived from Adipic Anhydride and 1-Amino-6-hexanol in Melt and in Solution (Thomas Fey, Helmut Keul, Hartwig Hocker).25. Recent Developments in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of GBP-Caprolactone and Derivatives Initiated by Tin(IV) Alkoxides (Ph. Lecomete, F. Stassin, R. Jerome).26. Functionalization of Living Polymers via Ethoxysilane Based Compounds: Synthesis and Interaction with Silica Particles (Joel Hoffstetter, Ellen Giebeler, Rolf Peter, Pierre J, Lutz). 27. Reactivities of Carbocations and Carbanions (Armin r. Ofial, Herbert Mayr).28. Confinement Effects on the Crystallization Kinetics and Self-Nucleation of Double Crystalline Poly (p-dioxanone)-b-poly(GBP-caprolactone) Diblock Copolymers (Alejandro J. Muller, Julio Albuerne, Luis M. Esteves, Leni Marquez, Jean-Marie Raquez, Philippe Degee, Philippe Dubois, Stephen Collins, Ian W. Hamley).29. Advances in the Synthesis and Characterization of Polypeptide-Based Hybrid Block Copolymers (Ivaylo Dimitrov, Hildegard Kukula, Helmut Colfen, Helmut Schlaad).