Physics of Polymer Networks [Paperback]

Physics of Polymer Networks presents the proceedings of the 29th Europhysics Conference on Macromolecular Physics held in Merseburg, Germany. The main topics of this volume are: - Theory of networks; - Formation of networks; - Sol-gel transition; - Experimental investigations on structure and properties of polymer networks.Physics of Polymer Networks presents the proceedings of the 29th Europhysics Conference on Macromolecular Physics held in Merseburg, Germany. The main topics of this volume are: - Theory of networks; - Formation of networks; - Sol-gel transition; - Experimental investigations on structure and properties of polymer networks.Theory of phantom networks  topology, structure, elasticity: New and open problems.- Structural properties of randomly crosslinked polymer networks.- The dynamics of tire tread compounds and their relationship to wek skid behavior.- Relaxation in permanent networks.- Do local motions influence rheological properties near the gelation threshold?.- On the dynamics of moderately and lightly crosslinked polymer networks.- A new approach to polymer networks including finite chain extensibility, topological constraints, and constraints of overall orientation.- Formation of networks  a lattice model for kinetic growth processes.- Gelation and 1,1-transition in three-dimensional condensation and chain polymerization.- Effect of thermal history on amylose gelation.- Rheological, potentiometric and 23Na NMR studies on pectin-calcium systems.- The formation of semiinterpenetrating polymer networks by photoinduced polymerization.- Observation of the curing process of epoxy resins by inverse gas chromatography.- Fluorescence probe studies during the curing of epoxy systems.- Conditions of formation and equilibrium swelling of polymer networks formed by protein macromolecules.- Cross-link fluctuations: NMR properties and rubber elasticity.- Segmental orientation in filled networks.- Field-cycling NMR rels!