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  • 1
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    Journal of cluster science 8 (1997), S. 521-531 
    ISSN: 1572-8862
    Keywords: Zirconium clusters ; isocyanide ; synthesis ; crystal structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The first isocyanide ligated hexanuclear zirconium halide cluster is reported. The unoxidized [(Zr6Be)Cl12(CNXyl)6] (CNXyl = 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide) was obtained from the solid state precursor K3Zr6Cl15Be by dissolution in CH3CN in the presence of CNXyl. The CNXyl ligands occupy all the axial positions on the cluster. The compound was recrystallized from CH2Cl2 and Et2O. [(Zr6Be)Cl12(CNXyl)6].2CH2Cl2 crystallizes in the space group $${\text{P}}\overline {\text{1}} $$ (#2) with a = 12.092(5) Å, b=12.728(5) Å, c = 14.102(8) Å, α = 104.98(4)°, β =107.11°, γ = 100.94°, V = 1919(2) Å3, Z = l, R = 11.3% and R W = 27.0%. For the bound isocyanide ligands, v CN increases to 2140 cm−1.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1572-8862
    Keywords: Rhenium ; dirhenium complexes ; rhenium–rhenium multiple bonds ; isocyanide ligands ; carbonyl ligand ; structural isomers ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The reaction of the unsymmetrical, coordinatively unsaturated dirhenium(II) complex [(XylNC)(OC)CIRe(μ-dppm)2ReCl2]O3SCF3 (dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2) with one equivalent of XylNC in CH2Cl2 affords a fifth structural isomer of the [Re2Cl3(μ-dppm)2(CO)(CNXyl)2] + cation; this is believed to have a CO-bridged structure of the type [(XylNC)ClRe(μ-Cl)(μ-CO)(μ-dppm)2ReCl(CNXyl)]+. The latter complex reacts with a further equivalent of XylNC in the presence of Tl+ to form the [Re2Cl2(μ-dppm)2(CO)(CNXyl)3]2+ cation, which has been shown by IR spectroscopy, and by the X-ray crystallographic characterization of its neutral congener Re2Cl2(μ-dppm)2(CO)(CNXyl)3, to contain a very weak and unsymmetrical CO bridge.
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    Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry 50 (1997), S. 569-586 
    ISSN: 1572-8943
    Keywords: crystal structure ; metal(II) picolinate and quinaldinate ; thermal degradation of imidazole and pyrazole complexes
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Complexes of the type M(Pa)2(HAz)2 and M(QA)2(HAz)2 (M=cobalt(II) and nickel(II); HPa=picolinic acid, HQa=quinaldic acid; HAz=azoles like imidazole (Him), pyrazole (HPz), benzimidazole (HBzIm) etc.) show a similar thermal behaviour. In the first step of decomposition the corresponding azolinium picolinates or quinaldinates (H2AzPa, H2AzQa) are split off with formation of polymeric mixed ligand complexes M(Pa)(Az) or M(Qa)(Az). X-ray analysis of Co(Qa)2(HBzIm)2 XIIIa illustrates a proton transfer and a subsequent thermal removal of benzimidazolinium quinaldinate (H2BzImQa): Hydrogen bridges from pyrrole nitrogen of the benzimidazole to the non-coordinated oxygen of the quinaldinate predetermine the thermal initiated proton transfer. The high volatility of the heterocyclic acids and the nitrogen coordination are responsible for the formation of the mixed ligand complex Co(Qa)(BzIm) XIVa. Exceptions are the complexes M(Pa)2(HPz)2 XIa-b and M(Qa)2(HIm)2 XVIIa-b. Pyrazole is eliminated from the complexes XIa-b with formation of the solvent-free inner complex M(Pa)2 XIIa-b. From compounds XVIIIa-b quinaldic acid or their decomposition products are split off and a high temperature modification of M(Im)2 XVIIIa-b is formed at elevated temperature. XVIIIa-b are decomposed to the cyanides M(CN)2 similarly to the thermal behaviour of Cu(Im). In the first step the thermal degradation of imidazole and pyrazole adducts of copper(II) picolinates and quinaldinates is characterized by the elimination of azoles. The reason for this thermal behaviour is the weaker coordination of the azole heterocycles in copper chelate compounds.
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    ISSN: 1572-9001
    Keywords: Tautomerism ; anthraquinone ; crystal structure ; semiempirical computations
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Substituted 1-hydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone-9-imines have been found to exhibit tautomeric interconversions between the 9,10- and 1,10-quinonoid forms in the solid state as well as in solution. Single-crystal X-ray crystallography was used to study the structures of 4-(N-acetyl-p-tolylamino)-9-amino-1,10-anthracenedione and 4-hydroxy-1-phenylamino-10-mesitylimino-9(10H)-anthracenone at ambient and low temperatures. The former compound gave crystals belonging to the monoclinic space group P2l/c and, at 295 K,a=9.684(2),b=16.371(3),c=12.097(2) å,Β=110.41(1)
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1572-9001
    Keywords: Benzopsoralen ; photochemotherapeutic agent ; crystal structure ; molecular mechanics ; AM1 theoretical calculations
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract 5-Methoxy-4-methyl-2H-benzofuro[3,2-g]benzo-1-pyran-2-one was synthesized and its crystal structure was determined and compared with the optimal conformation arrived at by MM and AM1 theoretical calculations. The latter indicated that the tetracyclic skeleton is planar with total length (C2–C8) 9.23 å, and that the line joining the conters of the terminal-benzene and furan rings makes an angle of 30.5
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    Glycoconjugate journal 14 (1997), S. 677-690 
    ISSN: 1573-4986
    Keywords: molecular dynamics ; crystal structure ; cellulose I and II
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The paper describes molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on the crystal structures of the Iβ and II phases of cellulose. Structural proposals for each of these were made in the 1970s on the basis of X-ray diffraction data. However, due to the limited resolution of these data some controversies remained and details on hydrogen bonding could not be directly obtained. In contrast to structure factor amplitudes in X-ray diffraction, energies, as obtained from MD simulations, are very sensitive to the positions of the hydroxyl hydrogen atoms. Therefore the latter technique is very suitable for obtaining such structural details. MD simulations of the Iβ phase clearly shows preference for one of the two possible models in which the chains are packed in a parallel orientation. Only the parallel-down mode (in the definition of Gardner and Blackwell (1974) J Biopolym 13: 1975-2001) presents a stable structure. The hydrogen bonding consists of two intramolecular hydrogen bonds parallel to the glycosidic linkage for both chains, and two intralayer hydrogen bonds. The layers are packed hydrophobically. All hydroxymethyl group are positioned in the tg conformation. For the cellulose II form it was found that, in contrast to what seemed to emerge from the X-ray fibre diffraction data, both independent chains had the gt conformation. This idea already existed because of elastic moduli calculations and 13C-solid state NMR data. Recently, the structure of cellotetraose was determined. There appear to be a striking similarity between the structure obtained from the MD simulations and this cellotetraose structure in terms of packing of the two independent molecules, the hydrogen bonding network and the conformations of the hydroxymethyl group, which were also gt for both molecules. The structure forms a 3D hydrogen bonded network, and the contribution from electrostatics to the packing is more pronounced than in case of the Iβ structure. In contrast to what is expected, in view of the irreversible transition of the cellulose I to II form, the energies of the Iβ form is found to be lower than that of II by 1 kcal mol-1 per cellobiose.
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  • 7
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    Structural chemistry 8 (1997), S. 141-147 
    ISSN: 1572-9001
    Keywords: Dibenzanthracene ; trinitrobenzene complex ; trinitrobenzene complex ; π-complex ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The crystal structure of the complex between the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon di-benz[a,c]anthracene and 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene is reported. The crystals are triclinic, space group P¯1 with unit cell dimensionsa=7.277(2) å,b=11.237(6) å, andc=13.902(5) å,α= 104.13(4)
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  • 8
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Keywords: small-angle scattering ; x-rays ; allosteric enzymes ; crystal structure ; rigid body modeling ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Solution scattering curves evaluated from the crystal structures of the T and R states of the allosteric enzyme aspartate transcarbamylase from Escherichia coli were compared with the experimental x-ray scattering patterns. Whereas the scattering from the crystal structure of the T state agrees with the experiment, large deviations reflecting a significant difference between the quaternary structures in the crystal and in solution are observed for the R state. The experimental curve of the R state was fitted by rigid body movements of the subunits in the crystal R structure which displace the latter further away from the T structure along the reaction coordinates of the T→R transition observed in the crystals. Taking the crystal R structure as a reference, it was found that in solution the distance between the catalytic trimers along the threefold axis is 0.34 nm larger and the trimers are rotated by 11° in opposite directions around the same axis; each of the three regulatory dimers is rotated by 9° around the corresponding twofold axis and displaced by 0.14 nm away from the molecular center along this axis. Proteins 27:110-117 © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Keywords: bactericidal antibody ; crystal structure ; Neisseria meningitidis ; peptide-fluorescein conjugate ; PorA outer membrane protein ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Class 1 outer membrane protein PorA of Neisseria meningitidis is a vaccine candidate against bacterial meningitis. Antibodies against PorA are able to induce complement-mediated bacterial killing and thereby play an important role in protection against meningococcal disease. Bactericidal antibodies are all directed against variable regions VR1 and VR2 of the PorA sequence, corresponding to loops 1 and 4 of a two-dimensional topology model of the porin with eight extracellular loops. We have determined the crystal structure to 2.6 Å resolution of the Fab fragment of bactericidal antibody MN12H2 against meningococcal PorA in complex with a linear fluorescein-conjugated peptide TKDTNNNL derived from the VR2 sequence of sero-subtype P1.7,16 (residues 180-187) from meningococcal strain H44/76. The peptide folds deeply into the binding cavity of the Fab molecule in a type I β-turn, with the minimal P1.16 epitope DTNNN virtually completely buried. The structure reveals H-bonds and van der Waals interactions with all minimal epitope residues and one essential salt bridge between Asp-182 of the peptide and His-31 of the MN12H2 light chain. The key components of the recognition of PorA epitope P1.16 by bactericidal antibody MN12H2 correspond well with available thermodynamic data from binding studies. Furthermore, they indicate the structural basis of an increased endemic incidence of infection by group B meningococci in England and Wales since 1981 associated with the occurrence of an Neisseria meningitidis escape mutant (strain MC58). The observed three-dimensional conformation of the peptide provides a rationale for the development of a synthetic peptide vaccine against meningococcal disease. Proteins 29:113-125, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 0887-3585
    Keywords: Brownian dynamics ; molecular recognition ; site-directed mutagenesis ; facilitated diffusion ; crystal structure ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Key charged residues in Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn SOD) promote electrostatic steering of the superoxide substrate to the active site Cu ion, resulting in dismutation of superoxide to oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Lys-136, along with the adjacent residues Glu-132 and Glu-133, forms a proposed electrostatic triad contributing to substrate recognition. Human Cu,Zn SODs with single-site replacements of Lys-136 by Arg, Ala, Gln, or Glu or with a triple-site substitution (Glu-132 and Glu-133 to Gln and Lys-136 to Ala) were made to test hypotheses regarding contributions of these residues to Cu,Zn SOD activity. The structural effects of these mutations were modeled computationally and validated by the X-ray crystallographic structure determination of Cu,Zn SOD having the Lys-136-to-Glu replacement. Brownian dynamics simulations and multiple-site titration calculations predicted mutant reaction rates as well as ionic strength and pH effects measured by pulse-radiolytic experiments. Lys-136-to-Glu charge reversal decreased dismutation activity 50% from 2.2 × 109 to 1.2 × 109 M-1 s-1 due to repulsion of negatively charged superoxide, whereas charge-neutralizing substitutions (Lys-136 to Gln or Ala) had a less dramatic influence. In contrast, the triple-mutant Cu,Zn SOD (all three charges in the electrostatic triad neutralized) surprisingly doubled the reaction rate compared with wild-type enzyme but introduced phosphate inhibition. Computational and experimental reaction rates decreased with increasing ionic strength in all of the Lys-136 mutants, with charge reversal having a more pronounced effect than charge neutralization, implying that local electrostatic effects still govern the dismutation rates. Multiple-site titration analysis showed that deprotonation events throughout the enzyme are likely responsible for the gradual decrease in SOD activity above pH 9.5 and predicted a pKa value of 11.7 for Lys-136. Overall, Lys-136 and Glu-132 make comparable contributions to substrate recognition but are less critical to enzyme function than Arg-143, which is both mechanistically and electrostatically essential. Thus, the sequence-conserved residues of this electrostatic triad are evidently important solely for their electrostatic properties, which maintain the high catalytic rate and turnover of Cu,Zn SOD while simultaneously providing specificity by selecting against binding by other anions. Proteins 29:103-112, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 11
    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: 1,4-benzenedithiol ; 1,4-diethynylbenzene ; crystal structure ; solid-state polymerization ; layer structure ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The crystal structure of 1,4-benzenedithiol (BDT) was determined by the Rietveld method based on the calculation of the atomic coordinates of the BDT molecule using the Molecular Mechanics Program (MMP2). The refined crystal structure of BDT was monoclinic P21/c with dimensions, a = 7.795, b = 7.290, c = 5.955 Å, β = 92.16°, z = 2. The R factor of the refined structure was 0.038. Using above results, the mechanism of solid-state addition polymerization of BDT to 1,4-diethynylbenzene (DEB) was studied. Sublimed BDT piles up onto glass plate substrate and forms the layer structure along with the a axis. An inclination angle of the piled BDT column was 60° toward the substrate surface. DEB crystal structure was also monoclinic P21/c with a = 4.007, b = 6.018; c = 15.340 Å, β = 91.42°, z = 2. Sublimation of equimolar mixture of BDT and DEB gave a crystal having 1 : 1 composition, in which DEB column is situated between the columns of BDT. Relative arrangement of both monomers was suitable for the addition of —SH and —C=CH groups, since the distance between the two groups is 3.3 Å by CERIUS II calculation. Therefore, the addition polymerization of BDT to DEB easily proceeded by UV irradiation and the resulting polymer had a highly layer structure along with the a axis of BDT crystal. Tentatively estimated crystal structure of polymer obtained is monoclinic with a = 7.73, b = 7.30, c = 5.95 Å, β = 92.16°. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35: 1621-1625, 1997
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    Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic chemistry 27 (1997), S. 169-178 
    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: Bridged calix[4]arene ; ditopic receptor ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The crystal structures of a new solvate of the ditopic receptor 1,3-calix[4]-bis-crown-6, Bis-C6, and of 1,3-calix[4]-bis-(benzo-crown-6), Bis-benzoC6, are reported. Bis-C6.3 CH3CN (1) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n, a = 14.388(3), b = 26.947(8), c = 14.707(4) Å, β = 113.19(3)°, V = 5241(5) Å3, Z = 4. Refinement led to a final conventional R value of 0.092 for 2723 reflections. The structure of (1) differs from the previously reported structure of Bis-C6.4 CH3CN by the conformation of one crown either chain. Two acetonitrile molecules are in the close neighbourhood of the crown ether cavities. Bis-benzoC6.3 CH3CN (2) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, a = 10.391(4), b = 17.264(11), c = 30.426(9) Å, β = 94.62(3)°, V = 5440(7) Å3, Z = 4. Refinement led to a final conventional R value of 0.106 for 2965 reflections. Two acetonitrile molecules are located near the crown ether cavities, as in (1). One of the crown ether conformations is the same as in the binuclear caesium complex of Bis-benzoC6, supporting the hypothesis of a preorganization of this ligand towards the complexation of this ion; the second crown ether chain is partially disordered.
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    Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic chemistry 28 (1997), S. 125-140 
    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: X-ray ; crystal structure ; Li-complex ; triamides ; 1H-NMR
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The structure of the lithium complex with1,3,5-tris[oxymethylene(N,N-dicyclohexyl)carboxyamido]cyclohexanehas been determined by the X-ray method.The compound is triclinic, space group P¯1,a = 15.623(3), b = 19.279(4),c = 19.295(4)Å α = 102.32(3), β = 92.45(3),γ = 105.67(3)0, V = 5436(2)Å3, Z = 4. Itscomposition is represented by the formulaC48H82N3O6LiI 0.5H2O. The lithium cationis encapsulated in a polar pseudo-cavity of six oxygen atoms of the ligandmolecule and displays a distorted trigonal prism coordination. The conformationof the ligand in the solid state complex has been compared with the conformationof the complex in solution determined by 1H-NMR measurements. Supplementary data relevant to this publication have been deposited with the British Library, No. SUP 82224 (21 pages).
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    Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic chemistry 28 (1997), S. 17-32 
    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: Azocrown ether ; azoxycrown ether ; sodium complexes ; crystal structure ; X-ray analysis ; conformation
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Sodium iodide complexes of 13-membered azo-(I)and azoxycrown ethers (II) have been synthesized. Compound I[Na(L1 trans)2]⋅I⋅H2O is triclinic witha = 11.53(2), b = 15.74(2), c = 19.17(2) Å,α = 98.93(9), β = 105.51(9),γ = 89.20(9) deg.; Z = 4, space groupP1. Compound II [Na(L2)2]⋅I is orthorhombic witha = 12.451(2), b = 13.796(3), c = 18.667(4)Å; Z = 4, space group P212121. In bothcomplexes the cation is coordinated tochain oxygen atoms and to one nitrogen atom of the azoor azoxy unit. The ability of bothligands to form complexes in relation to thegeometry of the azo or azoxy subunit of themacrocycle is discussed.
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    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: β-Dimorph ; crystal structure ; dianilinegossypol ethylacetate 1 : 1 clathrate ; packing motifs
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Depending on crystallization conditions, dianilinegossypol and ethylacetate form low (ambient temperature, α-phase) and high temperature (t = 35°C, β-phase) clathrate modifications. The structure of the α-phase has been discussed earlier [1]. Crystals of the 1 : 1 β-phase complex, C42H40O6N2·C4O2H8, are monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 11.362(6), b = 19.479(9), c = 19.085(9) Å, β = 103.21(4)°, V = 4112(3)Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.084 for 3210 observed reflections. In these complexes centrosymmetric dimers of dianilinegossypol molecules formed via O(5)—H···O(3) hydrogen bonds are associated into columns by a weak O(8)—H···O(7) H-bond. A difference in the structure of these two phases is in the packing mode of the columns. The angle formed by intersecting host columns is about 126° for the α-phase and 104° for the β-modification. Guest molecules are hydrogen bonded to the host molecules via an O(1)—H···O(10) bond and are accommodated in channels in α-phase complex and in cavities in β-phase complex.
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    Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic chemistry 27 (1997), S. 13-20 
    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: Uranyl complexes ; calixarenes ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The synthesis and crystal structure of the inclusion complex between uranyl and p-tert-butylcalix[5]arene are reported. [UO2 (p-tert-butylcalix[5]arene-4H]2- · $${\text{2HNE}}_{{\text{t}}_{\text{3}} }^{\text{ + }} $$ &·2MeOH(1) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c, a = 30.06(2), b = 18.20(3), c = 31.35(2) Å, β = 128.51(6)°, V = 13423(40) Å3, Z = 8. Refinement led to a final conventional R value of 0.043 for 4155 reflections. The uranyl ion is bonded, in its equatorial plane, to the five oxygen atoms of the calixarene, four of which are deprotonated. A protonated triethylamine molecule is located inside the calixarene cavity and hydrogen bonded to a uranyl oxygen atom, and another one outside and hydrogen bonded to a calixarene oxygen atom. The calixarene conformation is the usual cone one.
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    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: Calix[4]arene ; polyether ; crystal structure ; alkali metal ion binding
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The ligand 5,11,17,23-tetra-t-butyl-25,27-di(phenylmethoxy)-26,28-di(2-methoxy-ethoxy)calix[4]arene,designed as an analogue of some calixcrown speciesin order to evaluate possible origins of their selectivity in alkali metal ion binding, has been synthesised and structurally characterised by X-ray crystallography. The crystals are monoclinic, P21/n, a = 15.940(6), b = 19.388(5), c = 20.020(5) Å,β = 109.10(2) deg., Z = 4, conventional R on |F| being 0.073 for 3454 independent, ’observed‘ (I 〉 3σ(I)) reflections. 1H-NMR studies in 1:1 CD3CN/CDCl3solvent have shown that the ligand exerts a strong preference for the lighteralkali metal ions (Li+ and Na+) contrary to the binding behaviour of knowncalixcrowns. This may reflect interactions restricted to the lower rim donor atoms without concomitant interaction with the calixarene π-electrons, perhaps because the latter interactions are substituted by those with the benzyl group π-electrons.
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    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: Dianilinegossypol ; crystal structure ; host–guest complexes ; H-bond ; α- and β-dimorphs
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Dianilinegossypol forms a 1 : 2 host-guest complex with DMSO:monoclinic, space group P21/n, a = 8.522(3), b = 18.034(4), c= 28.462(6) Å, β = 94.14(2)°, V = 4362Å3, Z = 4, D x = 1.26 g cm-3, T = 295 K.Final R value is 0.102 for 1793 observed reflections. A 1 : 1 : 1 adduct ofdianilinegossypol with 1,4-dioxane and 1,2-dichloroethane is found to beisostructural with the dianilinegossypol complex with DMSO: monoclinic,space group P21/n, a = 8.281(2), b = 19.245(3), c = 27.970(7)Å, β = 95.18°, V = 4439 Å3, Z = 4, D x =1.28 g cm-3, T = 295 K. Final R value is 0.114 for 2458observed reflections.The host molecules are associated by O(4)—H ...O(3) H-bonds toinfinite chains running in the direction of the c-axis The chains areincorporated into layers through 1,4-dioxane or DMSO molecules havingH-bonds with dianilinegossypol molecules. Another DMSO or 1,2-dichloroethanemolecule is included as a guest in the channels formed between the layers.At 60 °C a cryptate-type inclusion complex of dianilinegossypol isformed with DMSO or 1,4-dioxane. It is isostructural with the acetonecomplex reported in Part IV of the present series.
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    Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic chemistry 29 (1997), S. 175-185 
    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: p-tert-Butylcalix[5]arene ; synthesis ; complexation ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The formation of p-tert-butylcalix[5]arene by the opening ofp-tert-butyldihomooxacalix [4]arene and the addition of a monomer has beenstudied. Various facets, including the effects of bases and the nature ofthe monomer added to the p-tert-butyldihomooxacalix[4]arene, have beeninvestigated. p-tert-Butylcalix[5]arene can be prepared in yields up to30%. The structure of its 1 : 2 complex with DMF has been determinedby X-ray crystallography. Crystals are triclinic, space group P¯1, a =1428.2(3) pm, b = 1837.3(3) pm, c = 1276.1(2) pm, α = 108.98(1)°,β = 105.02(2)°, γ = 95.21(1)°, Z = 2, D c = 1.059 kg m-3,final R value = 0.087. The macrocycle adopts a cone conformation, one guestenclosed inside the cavity, the other one outside.
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    Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic chemistry 29 (1997), S. 335-346 
    ISSN: 1573-1111
    Keywords: Glycophane ; macrocycle ; carbohydrate ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Preparation of two new glycophanes is reported. These compounds arecomprised of two glucose molecules linked by hydrocarbon units at the 1,1′ and 3, 3′ or 3, 3′ and 6, 6′ positions. Thecrystal structure of one of the glycophanes is also described.
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    Keywords: chemotaxis ; conformation ; crystal structure ; Cα-tetrasubstituted amino acids ; formylpeptides ; 2-[2′-(methylthio)ethyl]methionine ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The new Cα-tetrasubstituted α-amino acid residue 2-[2′-(methylthio) ethyl]methionine (Dmt) has been introduced into the reference chemotactic tripeptide HCO-Met-Leu-Phe-OMe (fMLP-OMe) in place of the leucine or methionine, respectively. The biological activity of the new analogues [Dmt2] fMLP-OMe (2) and [Dmt1] fMLP-OMe (3) has been determined; whereas 2 is active toward human neutrophils, stimulating directed migration, superoxide anion generation, and lysozyme release, 3 results practically inactive in all tested assays. A conformational analysis on 2 and 3 has been performed in solution by using ir absorption and 1H-nmr. The conformation of 2 was also examined in the crystal by x-ray diffraction methods. Both 2 and 3 adopt fully extended conformation in correspondence with the Dmt residue. Biological and conformational results are discussed and compared with related previously studied models. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 42: 415-426, 1997
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    Keywords: x-ray diffraction ; crystal structure ; dehydrophenylalanine ; constrained peptides ; 310-helix ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: An Nα-protected model pentapeptide containing two consecutive ΔPhe residues, Boc-Leu-ΔPhe-ΔPhe-Ala-Phe-NHMe, has been synthesized by solution methods and fully characterized. 1H-nmr studies provided evidence for the occurrence of a significant population of a conformer having three consecutive, intramolecularly H-bonded β-bends in solution. The solid state structure has been determined by x-ray diffraction methods. The crystals grown from aqueous methanol are orthorhombic, space group P212121, a = 11.503(2), b = 16.554(2), c = 22.107(3) Å, V = 4209(1) Å,3 and Z = 4. The x-ray data were collected on a CAD4 diffractometer using CuKa radiation (λ = 1.5418 Å). The structure was determined using direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedure. The R factor is 5.3%. The molecule is characterized by a right handed 310-helical conformation (〈φ〉 = -68.2°, 〈ψ〉 = -26.3°), which is made up of two consecutive type III β-bends and one type I β-bend. In the solid state the helical molecules are aligned head-to-tail, thus forming long rod like structures. A comparison with other peptide structures containing consecutive ΔPhe residues is also provided. The present study confirms that the -ΔPhe-ΔPhe-sequence can be accommodated in helical structures. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 42: 373-382, 1997
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    Biopolymers 44 (1997), S. 3-21 
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    Keywords: RNA ; x-ray crystallography ; crystal structure ; transfer RNA ; ribozyme ; catalytic RNA ; internal loop ; review ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The current state of three-dimensional structure analysis of RNA by x-ray crystallograpy is summarized. The methods of sample preparation, crystallization, data collection, and structure solution are discussed, followed by a review of the RNA structures that have been determined and of common structural features, and finally, an appraisal of future prospects for x-ray crystal structure analysis of RNA. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 44: 3-21, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1737-1746 
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    Keywords: free volume ; dual mode ; diffusion ; glassy polymer ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The development of a new model for the diffusion of gas molecules in glassy polymers is presented which utilizes concepts from free volume theory and relies on a dual-mode interpretation of sorptive dilation in glassy polymers. Three assumptions are made in the development of the model. First, the free volume available for molecular transport processes is taken as constant below the glass transition temperature. Second, two populations of gas molecules are assumed to exist - one which contributes to the maintenance of an iso-free volume state upon sorptive dilation and one which does not contribute owing to sorption into regions of unrelaxed volume. Third, the former population is assumed to be mobile while the latter is not. The resulting model predicts, at constant temperature, a diffusion coefficient that is independent of solute volume fraction. This is in contrast to the widely used dual-mode sorption model with partial immobilization for gas transport in glassy polymers which leads to a diffusion coefficient that is dependent on solute mole fraction through the molar gas concentration. The new model is used to interpret gas transport data from permeation experiments for carbon dioxide, methane, and ethylene in three polycarbonates. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1737-1746, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1793-1805 
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    Keywords: rutile ; surface modification ; diblock copolymer ; inverse gas chromatography ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Various functional diblock copolymers have been used as surface modifiers for rutile pigment in an effort to condition the solid for eventual use in multicomponent polymer systems. Coated surfaces were analyzed by inverse gas chromatography at infinite and finite dilution of the vapor phase, and by XPS. At high coverages (about 10% by weight of the pigment), the diblocks were randomly oriented at the air interface, effectively masking the surface of the rutile. At low diblock concentrations acid/base interactions dominated the orientation of the adsorbed molecule at the rutile interface, thereby also affecting the orientational states at the air interface. In this condition, the performance of the pigment in specified host polymer systems may be expected to vary with the selection of the diblock copolymer modifier. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1793-1805, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1843-1854 
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    Keywords: crystallization ; DNA ; fractionation ; gel-electrophoresis ; morphology ; phase transition ; SALLS ; sonication ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Polydisperse DNA of reasonable molecular weights was prepared from a mammalian source via sonication and fractionation. A method for characterizing the molecular weight using gel electrophoresis is described. Quiescent crystallization was studied in thin films of one of the fractions induced by rapidly changing the hydration state isothermally. We report the occurrence of the semicrystalline nature of DNA. The crystal growth occurring via aggregates is best described as sheaves and spherulites from DNA gels in the relative humidity range (RH) corresponding to A-DNA. These habits exhibit primary nucleation and secondary growth, which closely resemble those of melt-crystallized, synthetic macromolecules and, in a follow-up report, will be shown to be lamellar in nature. Small, needle-like crystals are observed for B-DNA hydration levels, and are unstable at lower hydration levels. A transformation from needle to lamellar crystals can occur, even when the primary nucleation of lamellar forms is otherwise absent at that hydration level, through a cylindrical phase exhibiting selective reflection of colored bands. The hydration level plays, in part, the role of the supercooling in this system and the long-known hysteresis in the formation and dissolution of the A-DNA (crystals) can now be viewed in light of those factors known to operate in semicrystalline systems. A morphological phase diagram is developed and is in accord with the known physical evidence. Because this preparation and these morphological observations are without precedence, substantial detail into methodology is included for this first article in the series. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1843-1854, 1997
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    Keywords: kraft lignin ; thermoplastics ; polymer association ; poly(vinyl acetate) ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Interest in the development of lignin-containing polymeric materials has been upheld more or less continuously for the past 20 years. Tendencies toward high moduli and poorly defined thermal transitions have been regarded as imposing inevitable limitations upon the use of lignin derivatives for such purposes. Incorporation of more than 25-40% (w/w) lignin had usually resulted in materials that were brittle and weak. For the first time, however, from homogeneous blends containing 85% (w/w) underivatized industrial kraft lignin with poly(vinyl acetate) and two plasticizers, a series of thermoplastics has been fabricated with promising mechanical properties. The tensile behavior of these new polymeric materials depends directly upon the degree of association between the intrinsic kraft lignin components. In extending to values about 25 MPa and 1.5 GPa, respectively, the tensile strengths and Young's moduli vary linearly with the effective M̄w for the kraft lignin species, under conditions where the proportions of the individual molecular components, both associated and discrete, do not change. Moreover, melt-flow index measurements indicate that these polymeric materials are amenable to thermal processing by extrusion molding. Thus a significant step has been taken toward developing a new generation of thermoplastics that are lignin-based in a very fundamental way. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1899-1910, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1933-1942 
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    Keywords: self-diffusion ; viscosity ; polymer melt ; entanglement ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Dynamic properties in the melt state for two saturated hydrocarbon polymers, poly(ethylene-alt-propylene) (PEP) and head-to-head polypropylene (HHPP), were investigated by viscoelastic and diffusion measurements. Several nearly monodisperse linear samples of each species were used. Zero-shear viscosity η0 and self-diffusion coefficient D varied with temperature in accord with the WLF equation, and they also varied with molecular weight M in a manner that was consistent with the behavior of other species. The product η0D was of particular interest because extensive previous results for two other species, polystyrene and polyethylene, had led Pearson et al. to suggest that η0D/(η0D)Rouse is a universal function of the number of entanglements per molecule M/Me. With values for the Rouse model product for each species calculated from chain dimensions, and entanglement molecular weight from the plateau modulus, we show that the data for PEP and HHPP also support the Pearson universal form. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1933-1942, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1963-1971 
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    Keywords: dynamic mechanical analysis ; fluorinated poly(ethers) ; intermolecular cooperativity ; relaxation behavior ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The relaxation behavior of six fluorinated aromatic poly(ethers) was investigated using dynamic mechanical analysis. The glass transition temperature was found to increase as the size and rigidity of linking groups increased and varied between 168°C for a dimethyl linking group and 300°C for a bicyclic benzoate ether-linking group. For the α-relaxation the steepness of time/temperature plots and broadness of the loss curves could be qualitatively correlated with chemical structure in a manner predicted by the coupling model of relaxation. Well-separated sub-Tg transitions were also observed, as a shoulder on the low temperature side of the α-peak, and as a broad, low loss transition around -100°C. The higher temperature process was similar to the structural relaxation often found in quenched glassy polymers, while the position, intensity, and breadth of the subambient process was sensitive to chemical structure. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1963-1971, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 507-515 
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    Keywords: poly(acrylic acid) ; FTIR ; polyelectrolyte ; conformation ; conformers ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic measurements have been undertaken to estimate the conformational energies of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) cast films in the temperature range of 40-130°C. The temperature dependence of the IR spectra in the C=O stretching region has been analyzed to yield the side-chain and backbone conformational energies. The estimated energies are close to those previously obtained by polarized Raman spectroscopic measurements for PAA solutions. Combining the FTIR value of conformational energy with the simplified rotational isomeric state (RIS) model proposed in the Raman analysis provides a persistence length in accordance with earlier SAXS experiments. The data also agree with the Gibbs-DiMarzio predictions, further substantiating the validity of the analysis. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 507-515, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2195-2200 
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    Keywords: ESR ; mechanoradicals ; PMMA ; drilling apparatus ; computer simulation ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: In this study, initially, we tried to obtain the mechanoradicals of PMMA (poly(methyl methacrylate)). For this purpose, we designed a simple drilling apparatus. Using this apparatus, we prepared some PMMA samples at 77 K in vacuum. Later, by using an ESR (electron spin resonance spectrometer), we observed ESR signals for these samples at 77 K. This means that mechanoradicals have been successfully produced by mechanical fracture in PMMA using our drilling apparatus. Secondly, we tried to identify the radicals from these spectra through using theoretical analyses and, some computer simulations have been done by suggesting two different theoretical models for these ESR signals. Finally, by using experimental and theoretical data, we showed that our simple apparatus could be used to obtain mechanoradicals from polymers. Results were seen to be in very good agreement with the literature. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2195-2200, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2219-2231 
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    Keywords: nylons ; crystallinity ; DSC ; x-ray diffraction ; complications ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is one of the most widely used technique for measuring crystallinity in the polymer industry. The major source of error in the crystalline index (CIDSC) of low crystallinity polymeric articles, is the development of further crystallinity during the DSC scan. Although, this type of cold crystallization is obvious, and thus accounted for in polymers like polyethylene terephthalate, nylons are a difficult class of materials in that respect. The major contributing factors to the failure of DSC in measuring low levels of crystallinity in nylons are identified to be (1) silent crystallization between the glass (Tg) and melting (Tm) transitions, (2) extreme difficulties in packing a moisture-free nylon in the sample pan (the response due to traces of moisture being a broad endotherm competing with a broad exothermic crystallization), and (3) a sub-Tm exotherm, especially in low crystallinity nylons, due to relaxation of the processing-induced stresses. These factors, specific to nylons, mask the observation of cold crystallization and lead to substantially higher than real crystallinities. This manuscript deals with such complications and corrective actions using commercial nylon 6 films of CIDSC = 0-40%. X-ray diffraction measurements have been included to support the validity of our improved DSC methodology. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2219-2231, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2281-2292 
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    Keywords: conformation ; phonon dispersion ; α-helix ; normal modes ; poly(L-leucine) ; density of states ; heat capacity ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Poly(L-methionine) (PMet) is one of the two sulfur containing polyamino acids. Raman, FTIR spectra, and heat capacity measurements of PMet have been well interpreted through the normal mode analysis and the density of states derived therefrom. Earlier interpretation of heat capacity data is limited because it is based on the Tarasov model, wherein the concept of group frequency and skeletal similarity are used. A special feature of some dispersion curves is their tendency to bunch in the neighborhood of the helix angle. This has been attributed to the presence of strong intramolecular interactions. Repulsion between the dispersion curves is also observed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2281-2292, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2297-2307 
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    Keywords: crosslinked polymers ; photopolymerizations ; living radical polymerizations ; mechanical properties ; dynamic mechanical analysis ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Crosslinked polymer networks are used in a wide variety of applications. To use these materials effectively, a fundamental understanding of their structural evolution and the relationship between material properties and structure is essential. In this article, a novel technique employing “iniferters,” i.e., living radical polymerizations, to photopolymerize these networks is utilized to study the property and structural evolution of these highly desirable materials. Living radical polymerizations are used in this work since this technique avoids the problem of carbon radical trapping encountered while using conventional initiators. Dynamic mechanical measurements are performed on highly crosslinked methacrylate networks to glean information regarding their structural heterogeneity. By performing these measurements on homopolymerized samples at various stages of the reaction and on copolymerized samples of multifunctional methacrylates, the mechanical properties are characterized as a function of double bond conversion and comonomer composition. From such analyses, with respect to both temperature and frequency, quantitative conclusions regarding the structure of the networks are drawn. This effort is aimed at exploiting the living radical polymerizations initiated by p-xylylene bis(N,N-diethyl dithiocarbamate) (XDT), to study the mechanical property evolution and structural heterogeneity of crosslinked polymers which is nearly impossible otherwise. Polymers examined in this study include networks formed by homopolymerization of diethylene glycol dimethacrylate (DEGDMA) and polyethylene glycol 600 dimethacrylate (PEG600DMA) as well as copolymers of DEGDMA and PEG600DMA. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2297-2307, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 771-776 
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    Keywords: Nafion ; positron annihilation ; free volume ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: We report a new result on positron annihilation studies in acid- and cation-neutralized (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, UO22+, Ni2+) Nafion membranes using positron lifetime and Doppler-broadened annihilation radiation (DBAR) measurements. The free-volume structure is characterized using a simple quantum mechanical model of positronium (Ps) in a spherical well. Our studies indicate that formation and expansion of clusters is always associated with a change in free-volume structure resulting in smaller free-volume holes. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 771-776, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 749-761 
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    Keywords: polycarbonate ; polyglutanimide ; polymer blends ; copolymer ; compatibilization ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Imide units copolymerized with MMA units have been selected in order to improve compatibility between PC and acrylics through specific interaction or internal repulsion. Good dispersion of acrylic inside a PC matrix has been observed upon melt mixing, which can be partially explained by the good rheological agreement between these two polymers. Transmission electron microscopy has shown that the system remains phase separated from 5 to 95 wt % of PC. Phase diagrams for three different imide concentrations have been drawn. Results obtained by DSC (conventional and with enthalpy relaxation) are similar to those obtained by optical cloud point detection. The phase diagrams show the raise of the PC/PMMA demixtion curve (LCST type) when percentage of imide increases in the acrylic phase. Theoretical calculations on binary interaction energy density show a slight improvement of the interaction between acrylic and PC when imide percentage increases. Cloud point measurements on 50/50 PC/acrylic blends varying the imide concentration show that the improvement of compatibility deduced from the raise of the demixtion curve (LCST type) is more related to a kinetic effect (the high Tg of imidized samples is reducing macromolecule mobility) than specific interactions. The calculated favorable interactions are probably too weak to be detected with cloud point measurements. The microstructures obtained after crystallization of the PC phase under solvent vapors in phase separated PC/acrylics blends can also be explained by Tg effects. Moreover, solvent vapor exposure could be a powerful tool to determine the real thermodynamic behavior of the blends at room temperature. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 749-761, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 777-788 
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    Keywords: PMDA-ODA polyimide ; intrinsic molecular properties ; sheet mapping ; fabrication processes ; three-dimensional orientation functions ; anisotropic coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) ; anisotropic mechanical moduli ; anisotropic compliances ; anisotropic dielectric constants ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A practical methodology for the correlation and prediction of the process-property performance of advanced materials is developed. The model polymer studied is PMDA-ODA polyimide. The connecting link between the process and the properties is the structural state of the polymer. An essential ingredient for a quantitative characterization of the system is a knowledge of its phase state and intrinsic molecular properties. The intrinsic molecular properties define the limiting performance properties available to the polymer. Anisotropic films and sheets produced by five different fabrication processes are examined. Maps of the molecular symmetry axis, the orientation function, and the thickness distributions of two 50-in.-wide sheets fabricated differently are measured nondestructively for process comparison. Four other film fabrication processes are examined and their three-dimensional orientation states determined and correlated. A three-dimensional orientation function triangular plot permits simultaneous representation of the different fabrication processes on the same figure and allows the investigator to choose the most economic and efficient fabrication route. The structure-property study includes the structural correlation and intrinsic molecular property determination of the anisotropic coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), the anisotropic mechanical moduli and compliances, and the anisotropic dielectric constants. 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 777-788, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 831-839 
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    Keywords: polymer blends ; analog calorimetry ; heat of mixing ; mean-field binary interaction model ; polystyrene ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Analog calorimetry is used to study the interaction between styrene and acrylonitrile repeat units. Electrostatic charge calculations were used as a guide to divide the polymer repeat units and analogs into groups. A mean-field binary interaction model was used to evaluate group interaction energies. The enthalpic interaction energy for the styrene-acrylonitrile pair from this study is 7.63 ± 0.12 cal/cm3 which is consistent with values obtained from phase behavior studies of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) blends. The cyano group, C(TRIPLE BOND)N, of the acrylonitrile repeat unit has a permanent dipole. The results of this study suggest that the orientation of this dipole with respect to the backbone of the acrylonitrile unit strongly affects its interaction with styrene repeat unit. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 831-839, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 849-864 
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    Keywords: ABC block copolymers ; self-assembly ; microphases ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The random phase approximation has been used to extend the Leibler theory for the stability limit of a homogeneous melt of A-B diblock copolymers to examine the onset of microphase and macrophase separation in a variety of ABC block copolymer systems. The stability limit is located by the divergence of the collective structure factor of the melt. We introduce and analyze three models for ABC block copolymers: linear triblocks, random comb copolymers where a fixed number of A and B teeth are placed randomly along a C backbone, and statistical comb copolymers, with A or B teeth spaced regularly, but with sequences constructed using a two parameter Markov process. We compute order-disorder stability boundaries for the segregation strength parameter χABN at threshold as a function of χACN, χBCN, composition, and other model parameters, and compare the results for the three different architectural models. An interesting “reentrant order-disorder transition” is located in several model phase diagrams, and is associated with a peculiar situation in which more incompatibility causes less segregation. In the case of statistical combs, macrophase separation into two liquid phases can be favored over microphase separation. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 849-864, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1373-1381 
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    Keywords: PDLC ; LC droplet ; LC configuration ; electro-optical response ; conductance ; dielectric constant ; dielectric loss ; switching voltage ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films (5CB/PMMA, 60/40) of different droplet size were prepared by a solvent-induced phase separation method under different N2 flow speeds. The effects of droplet size on the thermal transitions of the LC and various dielectric properties such as dielectric constant, conductance, dielectric loss, and the electric field induced in a droplet were examined. The configuration of the LC in the film with smaller droplets can be identified by comparing the dielectric constant of the film with the one predicted by Boettcher's mixture formula. In addition, the effect of droplet size on the electro-optical response of the PDLC film was investigated. Variations of the conductance and the dielectric constant of the film were analyzed under various AC frequencies, with the purpose of elucidating the polarization mechanism of the LC molecules in the droplet. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1373-1381, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1415-1421 
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    Keywords: epitaxy ; recrystallization ; high-density polyethylene ; isotactic polypropylene ; morphology ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The recrystallization behavior of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) on the highly oriented isotactic polypropylene (iPP) substrates at temperatures below the melting temperature of HDPE has been investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy. The results obtained by the bright-field observation and the electron diffraction show that upon annealing the HDPE-quenched films on the oriented iPP substrates at temperatures below 125°C, only a small amount of HDPE recrystallizes on the iPP substrate with [001]HDPE//[001]iPP, while annealing the HDPE-quenched films at temperatures above 125°C, all of the HDPE crystallites recrystallize epitaxially on the iPP substrate with [001]HDPE//[101]iPP. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: 35: 1415-1421, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1433-1438 
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    Keywords: polyelectrolyte gel ; reduced viscosity ; dipole-dipole attraction ; medium polarity ; copolymerization ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Copolymerization of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS, monomer 1) with 2-hydropropyl methacrylate (HPM, monomer 2) was conducted in ethylene glycol/water (1 : 1 in weight) at 70°C. The reactivity ratios estimated from the copolymer composition at low conversion are r1 = 2.31 ± 0.25 and r2 = 11.70 ± 1.05. The azeotropic composition was found at the monomer mole ratio AMPS/HPM equal to 8/2. Viscosity of these copolymers was measured in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and DMSO/tetrahydrofuran (THF) mixed solvent at 25 ± 0.05°C. Polyelectrolyte behavior was observed for all the copolymers, even in the mixed solvent containing 65 wt % of THF. The reduced viscosity at constant polymer concentration decreased with increasing THF content in the mixed solvent. The copolymers having AMPS repeat units more than 42 mol % precipitated in the mixed solvent when the THF was beyond 68 wt %. The viscosity reduction and precipitation in the copolymer solutions with increasing THF can be attributed to the dipole-dipole attraction between ion-pairs formed in less-polar medium. This is helpful in understanding the volume phase transition in highly charged hydrogels caused by mixing solvents. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1433-1438, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1261-1267 
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    Keywords: FTIR-ATR spectroscopy ; gravimetric sorption ; diffusion ; polymer ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: In this study, vapor sorption FTIR-ATR (Fourier Transform Infrared Attenuated Total Reflectance) spectroscopy was combined with a conventional gravimetric sorption balance to examine diffusion in polymers. Mutual diffusion coefficients of methyl ethyl ketone in polyisobutylene were measured using both methods at various penetrant activities and temperatures in the range 40-60°C. Actual penetrant concentrations were determined from the sorption balance. The diffusion coefficients from the two techniques agree very well with each other. In addition, the diffusivity data from both techniques could be correlated successfully as a function of temperature and concentration with the Vrentas and Duda free-volume model. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1261-1267, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1269-1277 
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    Keywords: poly(4-methylpentene-1) ; hydrogenated oligo (cyclopentadiene) ; blends ; miscibility ; mechanical properties ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: This article discusses the influence of the oligomeric resin, hydrogenated oligo(cyclopentadiene) (HOCP), on the morphology, and thermal and tensile mechanical properties of its blends with isotactic poly(4-methylpentene-1) (P4MP1). The P4MP1 and HOCP are found not miscible in the melt state. P4MP1/HOCP blends after solidification contain three phases: the crystalline phase of P4MP1, an amorphous phase of P4MP1, and an amorphous phase of HOCP. From optical micrographs obtained at 150°C, it is found that the solidified blends show a morphology constituted by P4MP1 microspherulites and small HOCP domains homogeneously distributed in intraspherulitic regions. DSC and DMTA results show that the blends present two glass transition temperatures (Tg) equal to the Tgs of the pure components. The tensile mechanical properties have been investigated at 20, 60, and 120°C. At 20°C both the HOCP oligomer and the amorphous P4MP1 are glassy, and it is found that all the blends are brittle and the stress-strain curves have equal trends. At 60°C the HOCP oligomer is glassy, whereas the amorphous P4MP1 is rubbery. The tensile mechanical properties at 60°C are found to depend on blend composition. It is found that the Young's modulus, the stresses at yielding and break points slightly decrease with HOCP content in the blends and these results are related to the decrease of blend crystallinity. The decrease of the elongation at break is accounted for by the presence of glassy HOCP domains that act as defects in the P4MP1 matrix, hampering the drawing. At 120°C both the amorphous phases are rubbery. It is found decreases of Young's modulus, stresses at yielding and break points. These results have been related to the decrease of blend crystallinity and to the increase of the total rubbery amorphous phase. Moreover, it is found that the blends present elongations at break equal to that of pure P4MP1. This constancy is attributed to: (a) at 120°C the HOCP domains are rubbery and their presence seems not to disturb the drawing of the samples; (b) a sufficient number of the tie-molecules and entanglements of P4MP1 present in the blends. In fact, although the numbers of tie-molecules and entanglements decrease in the blends, increasing the HOCP oligomer, they seem to be enough to keep the material interlaced and avoid earlier rupture. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1269-1277, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1311-1331 
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    Keywords: branched prepolymers ; hydrosilylation cure ; densely crosslinked polymers ; thermal and mechanical properties ; tough-brittle transition ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The thermal and mechanical properties of two densely crosslinked polycarbosiloxane systems were investigated in relation to the molecular structure. The networks were prepared from functional branched prepolymers and crosslinked via a hydrosilylation curing reaction. The prepolymers having only vinyl functionalities (poly[phenylmethylvinyl]siloxanes) were crosslinked by using crosslinking agents with reactive silicon-hydrogen groups. In prepolymers having both silicon-vinyl and silicon-hydrogen groups (poly[phenylmethylvinylhydro)]siloxanes crosslinking took place intermolecularly. The thermal and mechanical properties of the polymer networks were found to be dependent on the phenyl —Si—O3/2 (branches) content in the prepolymer, the number of elastically effective crosslinks, the elastically effective network chain density and molecular weight between crosslinks, length of the chain segments introduced by the hydrosilylation crosslinking reaction, and the number of dangling ends. As a consequence of the dense crosslinking, the mechanical properties were also strongly dependent on the glass transition temperature. A tough-brittle transition was observed around the glass transition temperature of the polymer networks. The properties of the poly(phenylmethylvinylhydro)siloxane networks were found to be superior to those of the poly(phenylmethylvinyl)siloxane networks. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1311-1331, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1361-1372 
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    Keywords: polymer ; infrared ; attenuated total reflection (ATR) ; dichroism ; molecular orientation ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The orientation of molecular chains in polymers cannot be easily extracted from ATR spectra measurements. One can infer the orientation parameters by using plausible models that describe the type of the statistical distribution of the molecular chains in the sample. In this work, we are interested in the case of weakly aligned polymers. Therefore, we first adjusted the partial axial orientation model usually applied for strongly oriented polymers to the samples under our investigations and second, related the parameters describing the orientation configuration to the dichroic ratios in four particular molecular chain distributions: randomly, totally, partially, and elliptically oriented. A new method that leads to the determination of these dichroic ratios from ATR spectra is presented. This method is based only on the use of three distinct polarizations of the beam. Thus, all the practical difficulties usually encountered in the other methods are eliminated. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1361-1372, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1405-1414 
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    Keywords: silk fibroin ; FT-IR spectroscopy ; hydrogen bonds ; polyacrylonitrile ; poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl acrylate) ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: FT-IR spectroscopy was used to study the specific interactions in polyacrylonitrile-silk fibroin (PAN-SF) and poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl acrylate)-silk fibroin (PANMA-SF) blends. No specific interaction was found in PAN-SF blends. In PANMA-SF blends, however, a new 1703 cm-1 band, assigned to be hydrogen-bonded carbonyl groups of PANMA, appears, and its intensity depends on the compositions of the blends and the MA contents in PANMA. Furthermore, when the sample was heated, considerable changes in position and intensities of the hydrogen-bonded bands, in both stretching regions of the carbonyl group of PANMA and the hydroxl group of SF, were found, and these changes were irreversible on cooling. Finally, we suggested that the bands of hydrogen bonds in PANMA-SF blends may be the average result of several kinds of possible hydrogen bondings. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1405-1414, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1423-1432 
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    Keywords: crystallite ; Kevlar ; moisture sorption ; poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) ; wide-angle x-ray diffraction ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Wide-angle x-ray diffraction studies were performed for as-spun wet poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) fiber. The effects of sorbed water on the equatorial diffractions from the (110) and (200) crystal planes and on the meridional diffractions from the (002), (004), and (006) crystal planes were analyzed during desorption and absorption. There was no significant change in the d-spacing from the respective crystal plane irrespective of the moisture (water) regain. The ratio of the diffracted intensity from the (110) diffraction to that from the (200) diffraction remarkably increased by removing the sorbed water. The crystallite size estimated from the (110) diffraction, L110, also increased as the moisture regain decreased, while the L200 did not increase. The longitudinal size of paracrystallite, D001, also remarkably increased with the decrease in moisture regain with the lattice distortion factor, gII, kept unchanged. These results strongly suggested the growth of the crystallite via hydrogen bonds in the lateral (b-axis) direction. The growth of the lateral size of crystallite also accompanied the longitudinal growth of crystallite during desorption. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1423-1432, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1449-1461 
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    Keywords: adhesion ; oxide coating ; fragmentation test ; molecular orientation ; substrate temperature ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Fragmentation tests in the uniaxial mode were performed on poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films coated with a 100 nm thin silicon oxide layer. The coating's fragmentation process was analyzed in light of the mechanical behavior of the polymer substrate. It was shown that, upon unloading samples strained to less than 4% nominal strain, strain recovery leads to the closure of coating cracks. The usual fragmentation diagram, which shows the crack density (CD) versus applied strain, was used to identify the various energy dissipation mechanisms controlling the fragmentation process. An alternative presentation of CD versus true stress provided accurate measurements of both fragmentation and saturation onsets. The interfacial strength was modeled from the CD at saturation according to the Kelly-Tyson approach, including a Weibull distribution of the coating strength. The prediction was compared to the substrate shear stress at saturation. Effects of substrate yield, temperature, and molecular orientation are discussed. It was shown that the coating deposition by evaporation on the PET substrate did not induce structural changes at the polymer interface, whereas heat treatments increased the polymer crystallinity in the interfacial zone, resulting in higher interfacial strength. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1449-1461, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1533-1543 
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    Keywords: polysilane ; lamellar microstructure ; crystal structure ; crystallization kinetics ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The thermal behavior and physical structure of atactic poly(methyl-n-propylsilane) (PMPrS) have been investigated by complementary techniques. Temperature-dependent wide-angle X-ray scattering as well as thermal analysis clearly indicate that atactic PMPrS crystallizes below 40°C in a monoclinic lattice with PMPrS adopting an all-trans planar zigzag conformation. Above 40°C, the polymer is in the isotropic amorphous state. A restricted analysis of the structure factors of PMPrS has been performed, indicating that the zigzag planes most probably lie in (110) planes. The chains pack with little interpenetration, and the crystals may be considered as bundles of long, closely packed prisms. The restricted interlocking of neighboring chains results, in turn, in a poor register of the chains along the c-axis. Moreover, transmission electron microscopy reveals that the crystallized polymer adopts a lamellar microstructure, with parallel lamellae tending to form tight bundles. Both electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering indicate crystal thicknesses of about 60 Å. Finally, PMPrS was found to crystallize with a nucleation-controlled type of kinetics. Avrami exponents were calculated as n ≈ 1, suggesting a fibrillar growth geometry compatible with the absence of spherulitic superstructure. A double-melting behavior is also observed for PMPrS. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1533-1543, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1575-1588 
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    Keywords: poly(naphthalic anhydride) ; crystal structure ; electron diffraction ; confined thin film melt polymerization ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Single crystals of poly(naphthalic anhydride) (PNA) have been grown using our confined thin film melt polymerization technique. Lamellae, 70-100 Å thick, are found for the crystals polymerized at 180°C with thinner lamellae for a 200°C polymerization temperature. In addition, irregular lath-shaped crystals are found for both polymerization temperatures, apparently formed by a solid-state polymerization process within the original needle-like monomer crystals. The crystal structure of PNA has been studied by electron diffraction (ED) and computer modeling based on seven different zonal ED patterns. It is found that, in most cases, two or three different zonal patterns are superimposed with a common plane, suggesting variable chain tilting even in individual lamellae. Shearing of the material shortly after the initiation of polymerization, permitted obtaining an additional [010] zone ED pattern. A monoclinic unit cell with one chain, two repeat units is proposed based on measurements of 21 independent reflections; the space group is Pc11; a = 6.26 Å, b = 4.33 Å, c = 18.60 Å, and α = 122.5°. The computer-simulated (Cerius2) molecular conformation and chain packing are described with the corresponding simulated electron diffraction patterns being in good agreement with the observed ones. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1575-1588, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1589-1592 
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    Keywords: poly(tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate) ; poly(2-ethylbutyl acrylate) ; characteristic ratio ; glass transition temperature ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The synthesis, characteristic ratio C∞ and glass transition temperature (Tg) of poly(tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate) (PTHFA) and of poly(2-ethylbutyl acrylate) (P2EBA) are reported. P2EBA has slightly lower flexibility (C∞ = 9.2) than PTHFA (C∞ = 8.6), mainly because of the higher bulkiness of its side group and the closer proximity to the main chain. The C∞ results compared with the corresponding polymethacrylates show an increase in flexibility due to the absence of the α-methyl group. Comparison with poly(methyl acrylate) clearly shows the influence of the bulkiness of the side group on the chain flexibility. The lower Tg of P2EBA than that of PTHFA may be explained by the higher flexibility of the 2-ethylbutyl side group. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1589-1592, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1621-1631 
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    Keywords: pulsed photothermal radiometry ; thermal diffusivity ; polymer films ; chain orientation ; thermal anisotropy ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: We have developed a pulsed photothermal radiometry technique for determining the thermal diffusivity parallel to the surface of a polymer film that involves flashing a line-shaped laser beam on the surface of the sample at right angle to its length, and monitoring the temperature change with time at a distance from the line source using an infrared detector. Combining this with our previous laser-flash radiometry method for thermal diffusivity measurement perpendicular to the film surface, we can now measure the thermal diffusivity of a polymer film along all directions. These two techniques have been used to study uniaxially and biaxially oriented poly(ethylene terephalate) and uniaxially drawn ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene films. For uniaxially oriented poly(ethylene terephalate), the thermal diffusivity along the draw direction is substantially higher than that in the transverse direction, which in turn, is slightly higher than that in the thickness direction. For a polyethylene film with a draw ratio of 200, the axial thermal diffusivity is extremely high, being about five times that of stainless steel. The anisotropy of the thermal diffusivity of this film exceeds 90. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1621-1631, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1649-1650 
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2245-2258 
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    Keywords: poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) ; ethanol ; n-pentane ; solubility ; diffusivity ; mobility ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The diffusion coefficient of ethanol and of n-pentane in PTMSP, at 27°C, was measured as a function of concentration up to a penetrant content of about 12% by weight, for polymer samples obtained through different processes; differential sorptions and desorptions with vapor phases were considered. In the case of ethanol a nonmonotonous behavior was observed for the diffusivity, while in the case of n-pentane the same property was found to monotonously decrease with increasing the penetrant content. The sorption isotherms were also reported, indicating that n-pentane exhibits a typical dual mode behavior, while ethanol follows an unusual s-shape curve. The chemical potential of the dissolved penetrants, calculated directly from the isotherms, shows the very different importance of the energetic interactions of the two penetrants with the polymer units. In spite of the remarkably different concentration dependencies observed for both solubility and diffusivity of the two penetrants, the mobility factors are in both cases monotonously decreasing with the penetrant concentration, and follow very similar trends. The significant differences observed for the concentration dependence of the diffusion coefficients are, thus, associated to the thermodynamic contributions, which are very different for n-pentane and ethanol. Different polymeric films, obtained through different solvent evaporation processes, show quite different solubility, diffusivity and mobility for both ethanol and n-pentane. On the other hand, the ratio between the mobility of the two penetrants as well as the slope of mobility as function of the concentration remains the same for all the different samples inspected. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2245-2258, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2193-2194 
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2385-2389 
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    Keywords: optical polymer films ; nonlinear optical polymer ; crosslinked polymer ; polymer waveguides ; solubility ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Keywords: polyimide membrane ; ultraviolet light irradiation ; crosslinking ; physical changes ; gas permeability ; sorption property ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Two types of polyimide membranes; one crosslinkable and the other noncrosslinkable using ultraviolet light irradiation (UV irradiation), were prepared and investigated concerning the effect of UV irradiation on their gas permeabilities and selectivities. Permeability and diffusion coefficients for O2, N2, H2, and CO2 were determined using the vacuum pressure and time lag method. Sorption properties for carbon dioxide were carried out to evaluate the changes in the free volume in the membranes due to the irradiation. In both membranes, permeability coefficients for all gases used in this study decreased and permselectivity, particularly for H2 over N2, increased with increasing UV irradiation time without a significant decrease in the flux of H2. The coefficients depended on the membrane thickness, suggesting asymmetrical changes in both membranes due to UV irradiation. It was suggested by an attenuated total reflection (ATR) FTIR method and analysis of the gas sorption properties of the membranes that the physical changes due to UV irradiation at the irradiated side in both membranes significantly affected their gas permeation properties compared with the chemical changes, especially the crosslinking in the crosslinkable type. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2259-2269, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2271-2280 
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    Keywords: polymer ; blends ; interface ; morphology ; interfacial tension ; breaking thread ; coalescence ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The breaking thread and the sessile drop methods have been used to evaluate the interfacial tension between a polypropylene (PP) and a polyethylene-terephthalate (PET). An excellent correlation was found between the two. The breaking thread technique was then used to evaluate the interfacial tension of these blends at various levels of a styrene-ethylene butylene-styrene grafted with maleic anhydride (SEBS-g-MA) compatibilizer. In order to evaluate the relative roles of coalescence and interfacial tension in controlling dispersed phase size reduction during compatibilization, the morphology of PP/PET 1/99 and 10/90 blends compatibilized by a SEBS-g-MA were studied and compared. The samples were prepared in a Brabender mixer. For the 10/90 blend, the addition of the compatibilizer leads to a typical emulsification curve, and a decrease in dispersed phase size of 3.4 times is observed. For the 1/99 blend, a 1.7 times reduction in particle size is observed. In the latter case, this decrease can only be attributed to the decrease of the interfacial tension. It is evident from these results that the drop in particle size for the 10/90 PP/PET blend after compatibilization is almost equally due to diminished coalescence and interfacial tension reduction. These results were corroborated with the interfacial tension data in the presence of the copolymer. A direct relationship between the drop in dispersed phase size for the 1/99 PP/PET blend and the interfacial tension reduction was found for this predominantly shear mixing device. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2271-2280, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2379-2384 
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    Keywords: ultrasound degradation ; microwave degradation ; polyamides ; polypeptides ; polyglutamates ; polyaspartates ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2391-2396 
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    Keywords: surface stresses of elastic networks ; modulus ; reduced stress ; polydimethylsiloxane network ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: For thin elastic films of crosslinked polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the tensile modulus was found to be an increasing function of reciprocal thickness over the whole range of elongations. PDMS films between 0.052 and 0.018 mm were investigated. With decreasing film thickness, surface properties may be expected to increasingly contribute to the measured modulus. For small elongations, surface tension is expected to have no effect or to decrease the measured modulus compared with that of a bulk sample. If a surface layer with a modulus greater than that of the bulk modulus is assumed to exist, then the observed increase in modulus with decreasing film thickness can be explained. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2391-2396, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2409-2419 
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    Keywords: MALDI-TOF-MS ; Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization ; poly(methyl methacrylate) ; α-methylstyrene ; copolymer ; standard reference materials ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) Time of Flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometry (MS) was used to study the molecular weight distribution (MWD) and the number of α-methyl styrene (α-MeSty) repeat units in SRM 1487, a narrow MWD poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) standard reference material of about 6300 g/mol, which was initiated with α-MeSty. It was found that each PMMA polymer chain had from zero to seven α-MeStys per chain. The MWD of the polymer chains containing a fixed number of α-MeStys was obtained. The MWD, Mw, and the average number of α-MeSty at a given molecular weight from MALDI TOF MS compare well with those obtained from more traditional methods such as ultracentrifugation and Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC). The implications of the number of α-MeStys per chain is discussed in terms of the chemistry of anionic polymerization. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2409-2419, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2435-2445 
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    Keywords: diffusion ; interphase ; composition profiles ; interdiffusion ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: An experimental method to determine interphase composition profiles in amorphous polymers pairs and polymer-solvent pairs is presented. The method is based on the measurement of dynamic mechanical properties of slender composite beams, and well-established properties of amorphous polymer homogeneous blends and solutions. The method does not require tracers. A simple calibration procedure is included in the description, and some results for a polystyrene-polystyrene pair are used to illustrate the method application. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2435-2445, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2465-2481 
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    Keywords: tensile drawing ; morphology ; polybutylene ; terephthalate ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The concept of the drawing of a molecular network has been employed to derive a total network draw ratio from the combination of the two deformations occurring in the production of poly(butylene terephthalate), PBT, fibers by the consecutive processes of melt spinning and cold drawing. The mechanical properties of PBT can then be more readily explained in terms of increases in this total network draw ratio. However, the preorientation and crystallization that occurs in the melt-spinning process can occur at different strain rates and temperatures, depending on the wind up speed employed, on the extensional viscosity of the polymer, and on the variation of the extensional viscosity with temperature. Therefore, for polymers such as poly(butylene terephthalate), which can exist in two crystalline forms, the morphology of the final drawn fiber might be expected to depend on the first melt-spinning stage of the process as well as on the total network draw ratio. In this work, density, birefringence, mechanical measurements, and WAXD measurements, which have been made on the melt-spun fibers and on the drawn fibers, are described. Small differences in some of the drawn yarn mechanical properties at the same overall network draw ratio are related to the crystallinity and in particular to differences in the proportion of the α and β phases present in the drawn yarn. These in turn are related to differences in the temperature and stress during melt spinning and drawing. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2465-2481, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2503-2510 
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    Keywords: rheology ; diffusion ; star-branched polymers ; polyisoprene ; terminal viscosity ; molecular weight dependence ; temperature dependence ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Recent experimental investigation of the terminal relaxation in high molecular weight polyisoprenes by dynamic mechanical measurements (C. A. Bero and C.M. Roland, Macromolecules, 29, 1562 (1996)) has found the terminal relaxation times to be more sensitive to changes in temperature for three-arm stars than for the linear polyisoprenes. Moreover, these measurements, carried out with significantly higher molecular weight samples than heretofore, show that the molecular weight dependence of the terminal relaxation times for three-arm star polyisoprenes is much weaker than the exponential dependence previously proposed (L. J. Fetters, et al., Macromolecules, 26, 647 (1993)). Tracer diffusion of labeled linear and three-arm star polyethylene-like diffusant molecules in a highly entangled linear polyethylene matrix exhibit temperature and molecular weight dependencies similar to those observed spectroscopically from bulk polymers. Both the temperature and molecular weight dependencies for the star-branched polymers are at variance with the predictions of the reptation model. It is shown here, however, that these observations can be reconciled through application of the coupling model of relaxation. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2503-2510, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2535-2541 
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    Keywords: hydrogels ; rheology ; crosslinking ; power law ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The rheological behavior of two hydrogels, poly(sodium acrylate) and polyacrylamide gels, synthesized in the presence of the same crosslinking agent molecule, N,N′-methylene bis-acrylamide, has been investigated. The variation of the norm of the complex shear modulus |G*| vs. the monomer concentration (sodium acrylate or acrylamide) exhibited a different power law, depending on the nature of the monomer molecule. This discrepancy was ascribed to the influence of the properties of the monomer molecules on the crosslinked structure of the gelified networks. The analysis of the experimental results have allowed the suggestion that the elasticity exponent value was dependent on the length and on the conformation of the polymer chains connecting the junctions points of the network. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2535-2541, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2565-2570 
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    Keywords: Semicrystalline morphology ; lamellar structure ; poly(aryl-ether-ether-ketone) (PEEK) ; poly(ether-imide) (PEI) ; staining ; TEM ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1643-1648 
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    Keywords: block copolymer ; order-disorder transition ; dynamic light scattering ; depolarized scattering ; fluctuations ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1677-1700 
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    Keywords: x-ray structural analysis ; polymers ; imaging plate ; direct method ; polyethylene ; polyoxymethylene ; isotactic polybutene-1 ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A software and some useful tools have been developed for identifying individual x-ray reflectional peaks recorded with an x-ray imaging plate system. These techniques were applied to analyze the crystal structure of uniaxially oriented polymer samples. Characteristic features of the present method may be summarized as follows. (1) The indexing of the observed reflections and the determination of the unit cell parameters can be made easily on the display of the computer. (2) The integrated intensity of the individual component of the overlapped reflections can be evaluated quantitatively through the curve separation technique. The Rmerge's for the equivalent reflections were 5-6%, indicating the exact evaluation of the integrated intensities. (3) The thus obtained reflectional data were successfully utilized for the extraction of the initial structural models by the direct method. The actual applications have been made for orthorhombic polyethylene, trigonal polyoxymethylene, and isotactic polybutene-1, giving the refined crystal structures including even the positions of hydrogen atoms in some cases. The reliability factors were 12, 5, and 15%, respectively, for these three polymer cyrstals. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1677-1700, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1701-1709 
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    Keywords: poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) ; syndiotactic PVA ; syndiotacticity ; syndiotactic sequence ; PVA-iodine complex ; aggregation ; microgels ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The effect of the dissolved state of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) molecules in water on the color development due to PVA-iodine complexes was investigated at each given PVA and iodine concentration using two kinds of syndiotactic-rich PVA (S-PVA) which are unstable in water because of the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds and form the complex easily. In the reaction mixtures prepared by mixing PVA solutions and an iodine solution, the color development was constant and independent of standing time of the PVA solution before the addition of iodine up to a certain time, after which it decreased with the standing time. The color development obtained with use of the PVA solution allowed to stand for a fixed time was higher for S-PVA with a lower s-(diad)%. In the case of the reaction mixture prepared by dissolving PVA in an iodine solution, the color development was higher for S-PVA with a higher s-(diad)%. The initial ratio of the I5-/I3- and the rate of decrease in the ratio of I5-/I3- were larger than those in the preceding case. The color development decreased for the PVA with an s-(diad) % of 58, whereas it increased for the PVA an s-(diad) % of 61.3 with increasing propanol content, an inhibitor of gelation. From these results, the aggregates of PVA molecules have been assumed to play an important role in forming the complexes. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1701-1709, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1887-1897 
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    Keywords: dielectric relaxation ; correlation functions ; polymer relaxation ; alpha processes ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Recently, tables of parameters used to represent experimental dielectric relaxation data as well as autocorrelation functions have become available. The experimental and autocorrelation function data were represented with the Havriliak-Negami function using rigorous statistical techniques. These tables include not only parameters and their temperature dependencies, but also the confidence intervals for all of the parameters. The important parameters for this work are the two shape parameters, α and β, which represent the width and skewness of the relaxation process, respectively. A comparison is made between the experimental data and several autocorrelation functions by calculating the minimum distance (in units of standard deviations) between the experimental values of αβ parameters for a specific polymer and the αβ parameters corresponding to the autocorrelation functions reported in these tables. Quantities derived from these minimum distances (a distribution function and an error function) are reported for each of the autocorrelation functions. These results are discussed in terms of the basic assumptions of the mode coupling theory. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1887-1897, 1997
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    Keywords: crystal structure ; cyclobutenes ; nickel ; radialenes ; radical reactions ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Notes: The reaction of hexakis(dibromomethyl)benzene with [(Bu3P)2-Ni(COD)] (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) in DMF at 65-70°C yielded a mixture of the title compounds. The mixture was separated by column chromatography to yield hexabromotricyclobutabenzene (3 a) and hexabromohexaradialene (4) in 24 and 16% yields, respectively. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy suggest that 3 is obtained as the syn-all-trans isomer 3 a, and the symmetric anti-all-trans isomer 3 b is not obtained at all. The X-ray structures of 3 a and 4 are reported. The hexaradialene 4 has a chair conformation, and deviates from planarity by 43.6°. Heat or radical impurities cause the clean transformation of 3 a to 4.
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    Keywords: cadmium ; crystal structure ; hydrothermal synthesis ; hydroxyphosphate ; molybdenum ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Notes: Two new molybdenum(v) hydroxyphosphates have been synthesized hydrothermally, Na2Cd3(Mo2O4OH)6-(PO4)2(PO3OH)6[N(CH3)4]4·10H20 (1) and Cd9(Mo2O4OH)12(PO4)6(PO3OH)10-[N(CH3)4]8·15H2O (2). Their structures have been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The water molecules and hydroxyl groups have been deduced from valence calculations. Both compounds crystallize in the triclinic space group P1, with the cell parameters for 1 a = 12.340(2), b = 12.596(1), c = 14.717(2) Å, α = 107.24(1)°, β = 89.83(1)°, γ = 114.31(1)°, V = 1972.3(4) Å3, and for 2 a = 11.942(1), b = 13.339(2), c = 26.765(3) Å, α = 85.33(1)°, β = 86.87(1)°, γ = 64.08(1)°, V = 3821.3(9) Å3. The two frameworks can be described on the basis of similar [Mo6P4X31]n- (X = O, OH) anionic clusters, but 1 is a tridimensional structure, whereas 2 exhibits a monodimensional structure.
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 107-118 
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    Keywords: polyoxymethylene ; elastomer blend ; drawn fibers ; mechanical properties ; structure relationships ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Superdrawn fibers of an elastomer-poly(oxymethylene) (POM) blend have been prepared and investigated in terms of the structure and mechanical properties. The development of the mechanical properties along the fiber axis and the formation of a higher order structure during drawing were slightly retarded by blending, but the loop tenacity increased greatly with the elastomer content. The blend microtextures had an immiscible and phase-separated morphology in which the elastomer was dispersed in the form of streaks between the oriented POM layers, which allowed the fiber to split into smaller filaments on bending. The high loop tenacity of the blend fibers is due to an increase in the radius of curvature resulting from the filament splitting on bending, because the shear stress at the bending corner becomes higher as the radius of curvature increases. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 133-140 
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    Keywords: syndiotactic polystyrene ; polymorphism ; chloroform ; clathration ; sorption ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The analysis of chloroform vapor sorption at 35°C in semicrystalline syndiotactic polystyrene samples shows remarkably different sorption isotherms, depending on the crystalline form of the samples. In particular, “emptied” clathrate (“emptied” δ form) samples are characterized by higher equilibrium sorption levels and the differences are particularly relevant for low vapor activities. Moreover, sorption kinetics detected at a vapor activity equal to 0.5 show that in the case of “emptied” δ form samples the sorption rate is much higher than for the other semicrystalline samples. The larger sorption equilibrium uptakes and sorption rates of the “emptied” δ form samples are essentially due to their ability to absorb chloroform, already for low activities, by clathration in the crystalline phase. The measured equilibrium uptakes and sorption kinetics suggest that “emptied” δ form samples of syndiotactic polystyrene could be suitable for removing polluting chlorinated compounds from vapor and liquid streams. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 153-163 
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    Keywords: epoxy resin ; thermoplastic ; dynamical mechanical spectroscopy ; glass transition ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Dynamic mechanical spectroscopy has been used to investigate the cure of a thermoplastically modified trifunctional epoxy resin. The complex dissolution, curing behavior, and variations in the glass transition of the thermoplastic (PSF) phase were described, as was the Tg behavior of the epoxy phase. Prereaction of the PSF material with the epoxy resin was found to greatly increase the solubility of the PSF in the epoxy phase with little effect on the concentration of the epoxy monomer dissolving in the PSF phase. The curing behavior of the epoxy component in the thermoplastic phase was also investigated, in addition to changes in the mobility of the network at both gelation and vitrification. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1989-1991 
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    Keywords: hydrodynamics ; crossover ; thermal blob ; apparent exponents ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The scaling predictions for the temperature dependence of the intrinsic viscosity of flexible polymers are briefly reviewed. When the predictions are fit to a power law over a fixed range of chain length, a relation between the exponent and prefactor of the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada equation emerges. In comparing with the experimental data compilation of Rai and Rosen, we conclude that real polymer systems are nowhere near the true good solvent limit, even when the exponent matches the good solvent prediction. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1989-1991, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 489-505 
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    Keywords: polymer blends ; analog calorimetry ; heat of mixing ; mean-field binary interaction model ; polystyrene ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Analog calorimetry is used as a tool to study the interaction of polystyrene, PS, with bisphenol-A polycarbonate, PC, and with tetramethyl bisphenol-A polycarbonate, TMPC. Electrostatic charge calculations were used as a guide to divide polymer repeat units and analogs into groups. A mean-field binary interaction model was used to evaluate group interaction energies. The enthalpic interaction energy obtained from this study for the PS-PC pair is 0.41 ± 0.13 cal/cm3 while that for the PS-TMPC pair is 0.19 ± 0.34 cal/cm3. The result for PS-PC blends is in good agreement with values obtained from studies using the critical molecular weight approach and the phase behavior of copolymer blends. The value for PS-TMPC does not correctly predict the phase behavior of this blend; however, its standard deviation (on both an absolute and relative basis) is large and the range of possible interaction energies includes the negative values obtained from neutron scattering. The results of this study indicate that the presence of methyl groups on the aromatic ring of TMPC repeat unit is the main factor favoring the miscibility of PS-TMPC blends. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 523-534 
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    Keywords: polymer solutions ; supercritical fluids ; non-Newtonian viscosity ; free volume ; polydimethylsiloxane ; carbon dioxide ; capillary rheometer ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Viscosity curves were measured for polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) melts swollen with dissolved carbon dioxide at 50 and 80°C for shear rates ranging from 40 to 2300 s-1, and for carbon dioxide contents ranging from 0 to 21 wt %. The measurements were performed with a capillary extrusion rheometer modified for sealed, high-pressure operation to prevent degassing of the melt during extrusion. The concentration-dependent viscosity curves for these systems are self-similar in shape, exhibiting low-shear rate Newtonian plateau regions followed by shear-thinning “power-law” regions. Considerable reduction of viscosity is observed as the carbon dioxide content is increased. Classical viscoelastic scaling methods, employing a composition-dependent shift factor to scale both viscosity and shear rate, were used to reduce the viscosity data to a master curve at each temperature. The dependence of the shift factors on polymer chain density and free volume were investigated by comparing the shift factors for PDMS-CO2 systems to those obtained by iso-free volume dilutions of high molecular weight PDMS. This comparison suggests that the free volume added to PDMS upon swelling with dissolved carbon dioxide is the predominant mechanism for viscosity reduction in those systems. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 523-534, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 553-562 
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    Keywords: agglomeration ; ABS ; thermodynamics ; domain ; particles ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A thermodynamic theory incorporating Flory-Huggins thermodynamics was developed to elucidate the observed rubber particle agglomeration phenomena in ABS molded under a severe condition. When the particle size of ABS is smaller than a thermodynamically stable domain size (Ds), rubber particle agglomeration can occur. Based on this criterion, rubber particle agglomeration can be explained semiquantitatively, especially for materials which do not have too insufficient graft level and nearly no compositional acrylonitrile mismatch. This finding suggests that the agglomeration results mainly from a driving force produced by thermodynamic incompatibility between components. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 553-562, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2103-2119 
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    Keywords: non-Fickian diffusion ; viscoelastic diffusion ; nonlinear diffusion ; polymer solution ; polystyrene ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Nonlinear gradient-driven diffusion was studied in concentrated polystyrene (PS)/ethylbenzene (EB) solutions using vapor sorptions with a finite driving force. The nonlinear sorptions were carried out on thin films (≅2.05, 3.50 μ thick) at conditions where non-Fickian, “viscoelastic” effects appear. These data were modeled with the nonlinear diffusion equation studied by Tang. Four dimensionless material parameters in the model were determined from a limited amount of linear-response, differential sorption data on PS/EB mixtures measured in the same range of experimental conditions as for the nonlinear sorptions. The nonlinear model successfully predicts the observed nonlinear response either above or below the glass transition (Tg). In order to simultaneously capture the nonlinear response both above and below Tg, the abrupt change in the concentration dependence of physical properties at Tg must be accounted for. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2103-2119, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2141-2150 
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    Keywords: cure kinetics ; diffusion control ; free volume theory ; TGDDM epoxy ; polycarbonate ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Reaction kinetics with diffusion control mechanisms are investigated to model the later-stage cure progressing in a co-cured epoxy network that was formed by blending and heating bisphenol-A polycarbonate (PC) with tetraglycidyl-4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane (TGDDM), which together were cured with an aromatic amine hardener. Our earlier studies have demonstrated that the epoxy reacts not only with the amine hardener but also with the PC polymer to eventually form a homogeneous network, and that the initial polymerization and cure for this system can be described by an n-th order kinetics. Using the free volume theory, the effect of diffusion control on the kinetics in the gel/vitrified regimes has been modeled successfully, and a more precise kinetic description for the PC/TGDDM/DDS network systems in the full cure range is resulted. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2141-2150, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2183-2191 
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    Keywords: epoxy ; blend ; polycarbonate ; transesterification ; transamidation carbamate ; urea ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The transamidation reaction converts the carbonate and amine into N-aliphatic aromatic carbamate and urea, causing the equivalent of oxirane and amine nonstoichiometric in the primary cure stage. After postcure, the substitution reaction takes place and results in a more tightly crosslinked structure. Such a higher crosslinking density is responsible for higher Tg, tensile strength, and tensile modulus in the postcure stage than that in the primary and secondary cure stages. This trend is more pronounced in those PC-epoxy blends containing higher molecular weight aliphatic amine or a higher content of PC. This phenomenon is due to the difference in the fraction of amino group of aliphatic amine consumed in the transamidation. PC-epoxy/aliphatic amine blends show minor improvement in the high strain rate Izod impact tests, while toughness improvement for some blends is substantial at low strain rate tensile tests. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2183-2191, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 639-653 
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    Keywords: plasticized ethyl cellulose ; sorption and diffusion coefficient of oxygen ; degree of substitution ; plasticizer content ; cohesive energy density ; unoccupied volume and partition of ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Plasticized films cast from ethyl cellulose were examined to evaluate the effect of the degree of substitution, DS, and the plasticizer content on the sorption and diffusion of oxygen. Sorption and permeation measurements were performed over a temperature range of 25-65°C on three different types of ethyl cellulose in the DS range 1.7-2.5 that had been plasticized with organic esters of comparatively low molecular weight. Sorption coefficients were determined by the pressure decay method, and permeability coefficients were measured independently according to ASTM D-1434-66. The diffusion coefficients were calculated assuming Fickian transport, and were compared to the values directly obtained from the evaluation of the sorption kinetics. The permeability coefficient indicates that there is a significant improvement of the barrier properties of the materials when the DS is reduced and when the plasticizer content is at the absolute minimum required. It was found that the variation in the magnitude of the permeability coefficient is related to the value of the diffusion coefficient, which is governed by the chemical composition of the mixtures. In contrast, the solubility of oxygen was determined by the physical state of the polymer matrix and increased rapidly at temperatures significantly below the glass transition temperature. Using an ergodic model, the diffusion coefficients obtained were related to the size distribution of microvoids in the materials and relative values for the diffusion coefficient were computed as a function of DS and temperature. The model calculates the concentration (number per volume) of voids that are large enough to be occupied by a penetrant molecule. It was assumed that the unoccupied volume fraction as a function of the cohesive energy density follows a Boltzmann distribution. The cohesive energy density and the unoccupied volume fraction of the polymer-plasticizer mixtures were calculated by fitting the Simha-Somcynsky equation of state to pressure-volume-temperature data. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 639-653, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 689-697 
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    Keywords: tensile force ; electric field ; chain conformation ; birefringence ; scattering ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The effect of a tensile stress or an electric field on the conformation of a flexible polymer chain has been studied by combining theory with numerical simulation. In the presence of such external agents, the macromolecule experiences the action of two opposite forces at the chain ends. Two models are considered: the Gaussian bead-and-spring chain, and the freely jointed chain with segments of fixed length. From simulated Brownian trajectories we calculate steady-state properties of the polymer under the continuing action of the external forces. Thus, we compute the chain deformation and expansion, measured by the square radius of gyration, and analyze the influence of the external force on low-angle scattering of radiation. The effect of the link orientation in the optical anisotropy or birefringence is also analyzed. From existing theories, we predict very simple relationships between expansion, low-angle scattering, and birefringence, valid for Gaussian chains of any length, and for long freely jointed chains. The simulation results confirm those relationships. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 689-697, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 675-688 
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    Keywords: nylons ; lamellar crystals ; diffraction ; Brill transition temperatures ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Four members of the even-even nylon 2 Y series, for Y = 6, 8, 10, and 12, have been crystallized in the form of chain-folded lamellar single crystals from 1,4-butanediol and studied by transmission electron microscopy (imaging and diffraction), x-ray diffraction, and thermal analysis. The structures of these 2 Y nylons are different from those of nylon 6 6 and many other even-even nylons. At room temperature, two strong diffraction signals are observed at spacings 0.42 and 0.39 nm, respectively; these values differ from the 0.44 and 0.37 nm diffraction signals observed for nylon 6 6 and most even-even nylons at ambient temperature. Detailed analyses of the diffraction patterns show that all these 2 Y nylons have triclinic unit cells. The diamine alkane segments of 2 Y nylons are too short to sustain chain folds; thus, the chain folds must be in the diacid alkane segments in all cases. On heating the crystals from room temperature to the melt, the triclinic structures transform into pseudohexagonal structures and the two diffraction signals meet at the Brill transition temperature which occurs significantly below the melting point. The room temperature structures of these 2 Y nylons are similar to the unit cell of nylon 6 6 at elevated temperature, but below its Brill temperature. The room temperature structures and behavior on heating of the nylon 2 Y family is noticeably different from that of the even-even nylon X 4 family, although the only difference between these families of polyamides is the relative disposition of the amide groups within the chains. The results show that in order to understand the structure, behavior and properties of crystalline nylons, especially as a function of temperature, the detailed stereochemistry needs to be taken into account. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 675-688, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 725-734 
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    Keywords: swelling ; sorption ; diffusion ; natural rubber ; interaction parameter ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The sorption and transport of four aliphatic hydrocarbons into natural rubber crosslinked by different vulcanization systems [conventional (CV), efficient (EV), peroxide (DCP) and a mixed system consisting of sulfur and peroxide (mixed)] were investigated in the temperature interval of 28-60°C. Of the four systems, natural rubber vulcanized by DCP exhibited lowest penetrant uptake. It was observed that the kinetics of liquid sorption in every case deviates from the regular Fickian trend, characteristic of sorption of liquids by rubbers. The diffusion coefficient, activation energy of sorption, enthalpy, entropy, and the rubber-solvent interaction parameter were evaluated for the four systems from the swelling data. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 725-734, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1013-1024 
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    Keywords: screening length ; clusters ; dynamic light scattering ; melt ; concentrated solutions ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Dynamic light-scattering measurements have been made on the “soft” polymer: poly(n-laurylmethacrylate) (PLMA) in solution in ethyl acetate over the concentration range 0.1 〈 C 〈 0.9 g/mL as well as melt PLMA. With the concentrated solutions, the hydrodynamic screening length (ξh) scales with an exponent of -0.7 below C ≈ 0.3 g/mL. Importantly, ξh decreases above 0.3 g/mL, and the concentration dependence increases strongly above this concentration. The latter contrasts with the behavior in a variety of well-studied poly(styrene) solutions, which are inevitably investigated close to the glass point, and for which there is a pronounced increase of ξh over the same concentration range. In PLMA solutions, the decrease in ξh parallels the behavior of the static screening length (ξs) which has been observed in other flexible polymer systems.Dynamic “clusters” (also termed “long-range density fluctuations”) contribute a large part of the scattered intensity above the concentration 0.6 g/mL and also in melt PLMA which contrasts with poly(styrene) systems in which they are absent. In common with the clusters recently observed in another polymeric melt, poly(methyl-p-tolylsiloxane) (ref. 9) this component is diffusive. While, however, in the latter system the clusters “melt out” at 90°C, we find in the well-matured PLMA systems that the cluster amplitude is temperature-independent (within the temperature-time range studied) in the solutions up to at least 80°C and up to at least 150°C in the melt, which were the highest temperatures examined. The clusters in the PLMA systems have a correlation length of the magnitude 65 nm in the melt, whereas in the solutions this dimension varies between 73 nm at 0.9 g/mL to 126 nm at 0.7 g/mL. In PLMA the clusters are presumed to arise from local segregation owing to the large paraffinic side groups on the chain. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1013-1024, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1077-1093 
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    Keywords: nucleation ; crystallization kinetics ; polypropylene ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A nucleation rate function is proposed for use in analyzing the overall crystallization kinetics of polymers. This function allows for the possibility that the nucleation rate varies substantially during the crystallization. This feature is particularly useful in analyzing nonisothermal crystallization, but it can be used to analyze isothermal crystallization as well. The nucleation rate function was used in the derivation of a modified transformation kinetics equation of the Avrami type. The modified Avrami equation was found to be suitable for kinetics analysis for the data obtained from nonisothermal crystallization at rapid cooling rates. Kinetics parameters used to describe nonisothermal crystallization under rapid cooling rates are presented and discussed. These include crystallization induction time, plateau (crystallization) temperature, crystallization half-time, crystallization rate constant, Avrami index, and newly defined quantities called nucleation index, geometric index, and nucleation rate constant. The procedure used to obtain the nucleation rate constant and nucleation index for the nucleation rate function is described and illustrated by application to the analysis of the crystallization kinetics of polypropylene. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1077-1093, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1107-1116 
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    Keywords: enthalpy relaxation ; conformational energy ; free volume ; glass transition ; side chains ; physical ageing ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The enthalpy changes ΔH∞ between a poly(vinyl acetate) glass formed by rapid cooling and the corresponding fully relaxed glass have been estimated at four temperatures below the glass transition. The values obtained were different to those expected by extrapolating liquid behavior below the glass transition and were found to agree well with the predictions of a simple expression for the combined main chain conformational and free volume contributions to enthalpy. Conformational contributions from the side chain alone were also considered but were not required to obtain agreement with experiment. It can be concluded that the side chains remained mobile below the glass transition and do not contribute to the heat capacity discontinuity at Tg. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1107-1116, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1127-1133 
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    Keywords: excimer ; fluorescence ; molecular dynamics ; naphthalene ; polyester ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Steady-state fluorescence measurements and molecular dynamics simulations have been used to study the intramolecular formation of excimers in five model compounds for polyesters containing naphthalene groups separated by flexible spacers. The model compounds are derived from 2-hydroxynaphthalene and HOOC—(CH2)n—COOH, n = 2-6. The ratio of the intensity of excimer and monomer emissions, ID/IM, is nearly independent of the viscosity of the medium, η, over the range covered in dilute solution. Although ID/IM is always very small, it shows an odd-even effect for the first four members of the series, with maxima when n is odd. Molecular dynamics simulations provide an explanation for the small values of ID/IM, their weak dependence on η, and the trend of ID/IM with n. The results for the present series of model compounds are compared with previous work, which reported larger values of ID/IM, and a stronger dependence of ID/IM on η, for bichromophoric compounds derived from 2-naphthoic acid and aliphatic glycols, where the direction of the ester groups is reversed. The origin of the difference in the behavior of ID/IM in the two series is identified. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1127-1133, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1043-1048 
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    Keywords: diffusion ; gold, silver ; polycarbonate ; glassy state ; free-volume theory ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Diffusion coefficients between 5 × 10-14 and 1 × 10-16 cm2 s-1 have been measured for diffusion of gold and silver in the glassy state of bisphenol trimethylcyclohexanen polycarbonate in the temperature range between Tg = 507 K and 420 K using the radiotracer technique in combination with ion-beam sputtering for serial sectioning. The Arrhenius plot exhibits a downward curvature, which is interpreted within an extension of the free-volume theory to the glassy state by Vrentas and Duda. The very small metal diffusivities in comparison to values for gas molecules of comparable size suggest substantial interaction energies. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35:1043-1048, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1025-1041 
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    Keywords: comb-shaped polymer ; poly(3-dodecyl thiophene) ; poly(octadecyl acrylate) ; electroactive polymer ; chromism ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The conformational mode change of the stiff alkylated polymer, poly(3-dodecyl thiophene) (PDDT), with a flexible comb-like coil poly(octadecyl acrylate) (PODA), and the effect of intermolecular interaction between these two alkylated polymers with different chemical structure of the backbone were investigated using UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD). In addition to the characteristics of thermochromism, a homogeneous one phase was observed above 175°C when the PODA content was 10 wt % or less. Increased conductivity in the PDDT/PODA blend due to the highly conjugated π-system of PDDT backbone was observed in the presence of nonelectroactive PODA. A red-shift of absorption maximum of PDDT/PODA blend observed in solid state at room temperature. From the FTIR spectra, the gauche-trans conformational structure change of methylene units was investigated in two alkylated polymer blends. The increase of combined heat of fusion of the alkyl side chain melting of PDDT and the endothermic peak of PODA, as well as the interlayer d-spacing of PDDT main chain were also observed with the addition of PODA in blends. A more ordered conformational structure of rigid rod backbone of PDDT was induced due to the attractive intermolecular interaction which can cause cocrystallization between the alkylated side chains of two polymers. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35:1025-1041, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2835-2842 
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    Keywords: polymer blends ; random copolymer ; compatibilizer ; encapsulation ; coalescence ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: We investigate the compatibilizing performance of a random copolymer in the melt state, using transmission electron microscopy. Blends of polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) are chosen as a model system, and a random copolymer of styrene and methyl methacrylate (SMMA) with 70 wt % styrene is used as a compatibilizer. From TEM photographs it is clear that SMMA moves to the interface between PS and PMMA domains during melt mixing, and forms encapsulating layers. However, the characteristic size of the dispersed phase increases gradually with annealing time for all blend systems studied. This demonstrates that the encapsulating layer of SMMA does not provide stability against static coalescence, which calls into question the effectiveness of random copolymers as practical compatibilizers. We interpret the encapsulation by random copolymers in terms of a simple model for ternary polymer blends. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2835-2842, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2889-2899 
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    Keywords: polyethylene ; polyolefins ; blends ; thermodynamics ; neutron scattering ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements of interactions in polymer blends, χNS, generally depend on blend concentration Φ, even though χNS is evaluated with a model that assumes that the thermodynamic interaction parameter χFH = χNS is independent of Φ. Londono et al. have reported χNS to increase by ∼ 4× when Φ drops below 0.05 in polyethylene isotope blends. The relation between scattering and thermodynamics is addressed with incompressible Flory-Huggins theory wherein the nthermodynamic interaction parameter χ may vary with concentration Φ and degree of polymerization N; here χNS(Φ) ≠ χ(Φ). For polyethylene isotope and similar polyolefin blends, the strong upward curvature of χNS implies a modest (ca. 30%) increase of χ. Macroscopic phase behavior is unaffected because the shape of the binodal remains essentially unchanged. The Φ-dependence of χNS in turn depends on N, leading to the following empirical expression for the thermodynamic interaction parameter: χ(Φ, N) = β - (2γ′/NΦ1Φ2)(Φ1 ln Φ1 + Φ2 ln Φ2). For polyethylene isotope blends at 155°C, β = 2.85 × 10-4 and γ′ = 0.15. Simple Flory-Huggins behavior with χFH = β is recovered when N approaches infinity. The source of the Φ- and N-dependent second term is not known. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Phys 35: 2889-2899, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2913-2924 
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    Keywords: small-angle x-ray scattering ; dendrimer ; hyperbranched ; electron density modeling ; radius of gyration ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Small-angle x-ray scattering was used to characterize the single-particle scattering factors produced by poly(amidoamine) dendrimers, poly(propleneimine) dendrimers, and polyol hyperbranched polymers in dilute solutions with methanol as solvent. Fits from electron density modeling reveal similar overall densities of the dendrimers as a function of dendrimer generation. The seventh through tenth generation poly(amidoamine) dendrimers exhibit higher order scattering features that require nearly monodisperse, spherical particles with essentially uniform internal segment densities. Dilute hyperbranched polymer solutions exhibit scattering more indicative of the inherent irregularity of internal segment densities and overall sizes to be expected within these systems. Radii of gyration estimated from electron density modeling agree reasonably well with those estimated by standard Guinier methods used in previous studies. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2913-2924, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1473-1482 
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    Keywords: poly(propylene) ; erucamide ; erucamide/poly(propylene) blends ; dynamic mechanical relaxations ; dielectric relaxations ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Blends of erucamide (13-cis-docosenamide) and isotactic poly(propylene) were analyzed by means of dynamic mechanical (at 3, 10, and 30 Hz) and dielectric (at 1, 6, and 20 kHz) techniques. The dependence of tan δ with temperature for each one of the blends has been fitted to Gaussian functions in order to deconvolute the overlapped relaxations. Three relaxations for i-PP, αi-PP, βi-PP, γi-PP, three for erucamide, αERU, βERU, and γERU, and five for their blends have been observed and assigned. They do not vary appreciably with composition, suggesting that the components are incompatible either as globules in the matrix or in the amorphous regions of the spherulites, and/or in their surroundings. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1473-1482, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1483-1490 
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    Keywords: poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) ; physical aging ; hydrocarbon vapors ; mixed gas permeation ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (PTMSP), a high free-volume glassy di-substituted polyacetylene, has the highest gas permeabilities of all known polymers. The high gas permeabilities in PTMSP result from its very high excess free volume and connectivity of free volume elements. Permeability coefficients of permanent gases in PTMSP decrease dramatically over time due to loss of excess free volume. The effects of aging on gas permeability and selectivity of PTMSP membranes continuously exposed to a 2 mol % n-butane/98 mol % hydrogen mixture over a period of 47 days are reported. The permeation properties of PTMSP membranes are quite stable when the polymer is continuously exposed to a gas mixture containing a highly sorbing organic vapor such af n-butane. The n-butane/hydrogen selectivity was essentially constant for the 47-day test period at a value of 29, or 88% of the initial value of the as-cast film of 33. Condensable gases such as n-butane may serve as a “filler” in the nonequilibrium free volume of the polymer, thereby preserving the high level of excess free volume. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1483-1490, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1661-1676 
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    Keywords: elastomers ; Brillouin spectroscopy ; oriented polymers ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: We present a new method to interpret data obtained by Brillouin-scattering from oriented networks. Because in rubberlike samples the transverse sound waves are normally not observable, it is not possible to extract the complete set of elastic constants. We will show that by combining a model of the orientation process with the lattice-model from Kondo and Igarashi, force constants can be determined from the sound velocities. These force constants can be discussed in terms of molecular conformations and interactions. The anisotropic hypersound velocity was measured in polyurethane- and polysiloxane networks. With the help of the combined orientation-lattice-model evaluation, different kinds of forces can be distinguished. By comparing the force constants with Raman- or infrared spectroscopic data, information about the conformation of the polymer chains can be determined. The effective force constants of the segments are an order of magnitude lower than that of the polymer main chains and the ratio of force constants along and between the segments lies between 1 : 1 to 5 : 1. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1661-1676, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1727-1736 
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    Keywords: polysilane ; microstructure ; mesophase ; liquid crystal ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The physical structure of poly(methylphenyl) silane (PMPS) has been investigated using wide-angle x-ray scattering at various temperatures and optical polarizing microscopy. The results obtained by these techniques clearly show the existence of an ordered phase in PMPS. The crystallinity of our sample was estimated to be about 10% at room temperature. Below 190°C, the atactic chains pack into a monoclinic crystalline lattice of near hexagonal symmetry, with two types of disorder existing in the packing. At about 190°C, a phase transition to a liquid crystalline columnar hexagonal packing (Dho) occurs. Finally, the sample melts into an isotropic amorphous phase. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1727-1736, 1997
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