6th Annual UNESCO School & IUPAC Conference on Macromolecules & Materials Science : Berg-en-Dal, South Africa, April 14-17, 2003

The UNESCO School and Conference on Macromolecules & Materials Science is held annually in different locations in South Africa. World authorities in various fields of macromolecular science are invited to give tutorials at the UNESCO School and informative penuries at the conference. The exposure to new ideas and advanced concepts in macromolecular Science is of great importance for South African students and senior staff alike coming from different universities and research institutions. The 6th UNESCO School & IUPAC Conference focused on polymer properties with a special session on the characterization of polyolefins. Abridged versions of a number of papers are compiled to create the present volume of Macromolecular Symposia.

PrefaceH. Pasch

1 Persistence Length of Cartilage Aggrecan Macromolecules Measured via Atomic Force MicroscopyL. Ng, et al.

2 Polymer Morphology: A Guide to Macromolecular Self-OrganizationD. Bassett

3 Crazing and Fracture in Polymers: Micro-Mechanisms and Effect of molecular VariablesH. Kausch, et al.

4 Environmental Stress Cracking of Polymers Monitored by Fatigue Crack Growth ExperimentsV. Altstaedt, et al.

5 Toughness Enhancement of Nanostructured Amorphous and Semicrystalline PolymersG. Michler, et al.

6 Nanostructures and Functionalities in Polymer Thin FilmsM. Stamm, et al.

7 Structure-Property Relationships in Rubber-Modified Styrenic PolymersW. Heckmann, et al.

8 Microdeformation in Heterogeneous Polymers, Revealed by Electron MicroscopyC. Plummer, et al.

9 Morphology and Properties of Particulate Filled PolymersB. Pukanszky and J. Moczo

10 Morphology and Properties of Poly(oxymethylene) Engineering PlasticsT. Sukhanova, et al.

11 Linear Viscoelasticity and Non-Linear Elasticity of Block Copolymer Blends Used as soft AdhesivesA. Roos and C. Creton

12 Micromechanical Mechanisms for Toughness Enhancement in ß-Modified PolypropyleneS. Henning, et al.

13 Morphology and Micromechanical Behaviour of SBS Block Copolymer SystemsR. Adhikari, et al.

14 Conductive Composite Materials of Polyethylene and Polypyrrole with High Modulus and High StrengthD. Zhu, et al.

15 Use of the Surfmer 11-(Methacryloyloxy) undecanylsulfate MET as a Comonomer in Polystyrene and Poly (methyl methacrylate)P. Hartmann, et al.

16 Strain-Controlled Tensile Deformation Behaviour and Relaxation Properties of Isotactic Poly(1-butene) and Its Ethylene CopolymersM. Al-Hussein and G. Strobl

17 Technology and Stress Relaxation of Biaxially Oriented Polyolefin Shrink FilmsA. Bobovitch, et al.

18 Failure Envelope Curves in Polyethylene SolidsK. Nitta and T. Ishiburo

19 Thermal Oxidation and Its relation to Chemiluminescence from Polyolefins and PolyamidesL. Matisova-Rychla, et al.

20 Influence of Reactive Compatibilization on the Morphology of Polypropylene/Polystyrene BlendsJ. Pionteck, et al.

21 Side Chain Extension of Polypropylene by Aliphatic Diamine and IsocyanateK. Kim and S. Kim

22 New Approaches for the Development of Highly Stable PolypropyleneM. Terano, et al.

23 Structure, Dynamics and Properties of Materials with Polymers Having Complex ArchitecturesT. Pakula

24 Morphology and Temperature Phase Transitions in x,w-Alkanediols with Different Chain LengthsV. Marikhin, et al.

25 Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Novel Poly(Ester-Amide-Urethane)sS. Mehdipour-Ataei and P. Einollahy

26 Self-Diffusion of PEO-Modified Paclitaxel in Aqueous Solution: Hydrodynamic PropertiesM. Hess, et al.

27 The Use of Pressure-Volume-Temperature Measurements in Polymer ScienceM. Hess

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