Orientational Phenomena in Polymers

Orientation mechanisms in the development of high-performance fibers.- Orientation and chain relaxation of amorphous polymers and compatible polymer blends.- Lamellar morphologies in uniaxially-drawn banded spherulites of polyethylene.- Formation of highly oriented films by epitaxial crystallization on polymeric substrates.- Structural basis of high-strength high-modulus polymers.- Transformations of defect structure of polymers during drawing.- Orientation in networklike polymer systems. The role of extremum principles.- Chain extension and orientation: Fundamentals and relevance to processing and products.- New developments in the production of high modulus and high strength flexible polymers.- Lamellar morphology of polydiacetylene thin films and its correlation with chain lengths.- The ultimate toughness of polymers. The influence of network and microscopic structure.- Synthesis, characterization and relaxation of highly organized side-chain liquid crystalline polymers.