Table of Contents

February 27, 2001
Volume 34, Issue 5
Pages 1125-1532
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Embedding of Noble Metal Nanoclusters into Polymers as a Potential Probe of the Surface Glass Transition

V. Zaporojtchenko, T. Strunskus, J. Erichsen, and F. Faupel
pp 1125–1127
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Communication to the Editor)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0008600

Correlation of Surface and Bulk Order in Low Surface Energy Polymers

J. Lüning, J. Stöhr, K. Y. Song, C. J. Hawker, P. Iodice, C. V. Nguyen, and D. Y. Yoon
pp 1128–1130
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Communication to the Editor)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0001584

Topology of High Free Volume Regions from Pulsed Field Gradient Diffusion Studies of Penetrant Motion in Perfluorodioxole Copolymer

Ghirmai Meresi, Yingzi Wang, Job Cardoza, Wen Yang Wen, Alan A. Jones, and Paul T. Inglefield
pp 1131–1133
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Communication to the Editor)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0009395

Application of (Triphenylphosphinemethyl- ene)boranes to Thermally Latent Catalysts for Polyaddition of Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether with Bisphenol A:  Model System of Epoxy−Novolac Resin

Minoru Kobayashi, Fumio Sanda, and Takeshi Endo
pp 1134–1136
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Communication to the Editor)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001146l

Molecular Structure of Hydrophobic Alkyl Side Chains at Comb Polymer-Air Interface

Keshav S. Gautam and Ali Dhinojwala
pp 1137–1139
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Communication to the Editor)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0015976

Living Polymerization of Ethylene Using Pd(II) α-Diimine Catalysts

Amy C. Gottfried and Maurice Brookhart
pp 1140–1142
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Communication to the Editor)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001595l

ARTICLES

Rate Constants of Cationic Polymerizations and Mayr's Rate Constants Reconciled (Developments in the Theory of Cationic Polymerization, Part XIII

Peter H. Plesch
pp 1143–1147
Publication Date (Web): January 27, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0013509

Selective Quaternization of 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl Methacrylate Residues in Tertiary Amine Methacrylate Diblock Copolymers

Vural Bütün, Steven P. Armes, and Norman C. Billingham
pp 1148–1159
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001550k

Stereospecific Polymerization of Propiolic Acid with Rhodium Complexes in the Presence of Bases and Helix Induction on the Polymer in Water

Katsuhiro Maeda, Hidetoshi Goto, and Eiji Yashima
pp 1160–1164
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001651i

Aqueous Homo- and Copolymerization of Ethylene by Neutral Nickel(II) Complexes

Florian M. Bauers and Stefan Mecking
pp 1165–1171
Publication Date (Web): February 03, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001704w

Polymerization of Methyl Phenyl Sulfoxide under Acidic Conditions:  Synthesis and X-ray Structure Analysis of a Phenylene Sulfonium Polymer

Kenji Miyatake, Kenichi Oyaizu, Yukio Nishimura, and Eishun Tsuchida
pp 1172–1179
Publication Date (Web): February 01, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001811q

Kinetics and Mechanisms of Acrylamide Polymerization from Absolute, Online Monitoring of Polymerization Reaction

Ahmet Giz, Huceste Çatalgil-Giz, Alina Alb, Jean-Luc Brousseau, and Wayne F. Reed
pp 1180–1191
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000815s

Controlled Anionic Synthesis of Polyisoprene−Poly(2-vinylpyridine) Diblock Copolymers in Hydrocarbon Solution

Roderic P. Quirk and Sergio Corona-Galvan
pp 1192–1197
Publication Date (Web): February 01, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001044v

Dispersion Polymerization of Glycidyl Methacrylate in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Hiroshi Shiho and Joseph M. DeSimone
pp 1198–1203
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0010074

Gradient Interphase between Reactive Epoxy and Glassy Thermoplastic from Dissolution Process, Reaction Kinetics, and Phase Separation Thermodynamics

Bernard Lestriez, Jean-Paul Chapel, and Jean-François Gérard
pp 1204–1213
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0012189

Formation of Ultrathin Polystyrene Films Using a Two-Step Deposition/Polymerization Process

J. Bai, C. M. Snively, W. N. Delgass, and J. Lauterbach
pp 1214–1220
Publication Date (Web): January 19, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0012999

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystalline Dendrimers:  Synthesis, Thermal Behavior, and Electrooptical Characterization

P. Busson, J. Örtegren, H. Ihre, U. W. Gedde, and A. HultG. Andersson
pp 1221–1229
Publication Date (Web): January 24, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma992133e

Two New Approaches for Patterning Polymer Films Using Templates Prepared by Microcontact Printing

Pradyut Ghosh, William M. Lackowski, and Richard M. Crooks
pp 1230–1236
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001035m

Improved Structural Data of Cellulose IIII Prepared in Supercritical Ammonia

M. Wada, L. Heux, A. Isogai, Y. Nishiyama, H. Chanzy, and J. Sugiyama
pp 1237–1243
Publication Date (Web): February 01, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001406z

Initial-Stage Growth Controlled Crystal Orientations in Nanoconfined Lamellae of a Self-Assembled Crystalline−Amorphous Diblock Copolymer

Lei Zhu, Bret H. Calhoun, Qing Ge, Roderic P. Quirk, and Stephen Z. D. ChengEdwin L. ThomasBenjamin S. Hsiao, Fengji Yeh, and Lizhi LiuBernard Lotz
pp 1244–1251
Publication Date (Web): January 27, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001882p

Nanoscale Shear and Indentation Measurements in Transcrystalline α-Isotactic Polypropylene

Ella Amitay-Sadovsky, Sidney R. Cohen, and H. Daniel Wagner
pp 1252–1257
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001193d

Solid-State NMR and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study of Microphase Structure of Amorphous and Semicrystalline Poly(styrene−ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers

Hongshi Yu, Almeria Natansohn, Marsha A. Singh, and Iris Torriani
pp 1258–1266
Publication Date (Web): January 24, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001127b

Polymorphic Behavior of Syndiotactic Polystyrene-Based Graft Copolymers with Polystyrene and Polyisoprene Side Chains

Kazunobu Senoo, Kiyoshi Endo, Masatoshi Tosaka, Syozo Murakami, and Shinzo Kohjiya
pp 1267–1273
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001238a

Influence of Water on Structure and Mechanical Properties of Regenerated Cellulose Studied by an Organized Combination of Infrared Spectra, X-ray Diffraction, and Dynamic Viscoelastic Data Measured as Functions of Temperature and Humidity

Shumei Zhou, Kohji Tashiro, Tomoko Hongo, Hironobu Shirataki, Chihiro Yamane, and Tadaoki Ii
pp 1274–1280
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001507x

Origin of Internal Viscosity Effects in Flexible Polymers:  A Comparative Neutron Spin-Echo and Light Scattering Study on Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Polyisobutylene

A. Arbe, M. Monkenbusch, J. Stellbrink, D. Richter, B. Farago, K. Almdal, and R. Faust
pp 1281–1290
Publication Date (Web): January 31, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001628x

Supercritical CO2-Induced Stereocomplex Formation of Highly Stereoregular Isotactic Poly(methyl methacrylate) and Syndiotactic Poly(methyl methacrylate) Blends

Tomohiro Mizumoto, Norio Sugimura, and Masahiko MoritaniYoshiyuki Sato and Hirokatsu Masuoka
pp 1291–1296
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001481+

Conformation and Structural Relaxation of Partially Disentangled Poly(vinyl chloride) Prepared by Freeze-Extracting Dilute Solutions

Jinglu Chen, Gi Xue, and Yanhong LiLei Wang and Guohua Tian
pp 1297–1301
Publication Date (Web): January 23, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001388l

Poly(solketal methacrylate)-block-poly(2-cinnamoyloxyethyl methacrylate)-block-poly(allyl methacrylate):  Synthesis and Micelle Formation

Futian Liu and Guojun Liu
pp 1302–1307
Publication Date (Web): January 23, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0016230

Effects of Spacer Length on the Side-Chain Micellization in Random Copolymers of Sodium 2-(Acrylamido)-2-methylpropanesulfonate and Methacrylates Substituted with Ethylene Oxide-Based Surfactant Moieties

Tetsuya Noda, Akihito Hashidzume, and Yotaro Morishima
pp 1308–1317
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0017283

Polymer−Cyclodextrin Inclusion Compounds:  Toward New Aspects of Their Inclusion Mechanism

Cristian C. Rusa, Constantin Luca, and Alan E. Tonelli
pp 1318–1322
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001868c

Role of Chain Architecture in the Adhesion of Block Copolymers

Afshin Falsafi, Frank S. Bates, and Matthew Tirrell
pp 1323–1327
Publication Date (Web): January 25, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0002085

Conformation of Polymer Brushes at Aqueous Surfaces Determined with X-ray and Neutron Reflectometry. 1. Novel Data Evaluation Procedure for Polymers at Interfaces

E. Politsch, G. Cevc, A. Wurlitzer, and M. Lösche
pp 1328–1333
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000931v

Conformation of Polymer Brushes at Aqueous Surfaces Determined with X-ray and Neutron Reflectometry. 2. High-Density Phase Transition of Lipopolyoxazolines

A. Wurlitzer, E. Politsch, S. Huebner, P. Krüger, M. Weygand, K. Kjaer, P. Hommes, O. Nuyken, G. Cevc, and M. Lösche
pp 1334–1342
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000932n

Linear Viscoelastic Behavior of End-Tethered Polymer Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface

Clarisse Luap and Werner A. Goedel
pp 1343–1351
Publication Date (Web): February 03, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma991485i

Adsorption of Semiflexible Polymers on Flat, Homogeneous Surfaces

T. SintesK. Sumithra and E. Straube
pp 1352–1357
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000493s

Self-Adhesion of Polyethylene in the Melt. 1. Heterogeneous Copolymers

N. Z. Qureshi, E. V. Stepanov, G. Capaccio, A. Hiltner, and E. Baer
pp 1358–1364
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000583x

Vibrational Study of the Polymer Electrolyte Poly(ethylene oxide)6:LiAsF6

Christopher P. Rhodes and Roger Frech
pp 1365–1368
Publication Date (Web): January 23, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0008387

Solvent-Induced Surface Morphology of Thin Polymer Films

P. Müller-Buschbaum, J. S. Gutmann, M. Wolkenhauer, J. Kraus, M. Stamm, D. Smilgies, and W. Petry
pp 1369–1375
Publication Date (Web): January 25, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0009193

Determining Relaxation Modes in Flowing Associative Polymers Using Superposition Flows

J. Mewis, B. Kaffashi, and J. VermantR. J. Butera
pp 1376–1383
Publication Date (Web): January 27, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000987p

Melt Rheology of High l-Content Poly(lactic acid)

Liviu-Iulian Palade, Hans J. Lehermeier, and John R. Dorgan
pp 1384–1390
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001173b

Changes in the Hydration States of Poly(N-alkylacrylamide)s during Their Phase Transitions in Water Observed by FTIR Spectroscopy

Yasushi Maeda, Tomoya Nakamura, and Isao Ikeda
pp 1391–1399
Publication Date (Web): February 03, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001306t

Systematic Analysis and Model Interpretation of Micromolecular Non-Fickian Sorption Kinetics in Polymer Films

M. Sanopoulou and J. H. Petropoulos
pp 1400–1410
Publication Date (Web): January 24, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma981255o

Manipulating Connectivity to Control Fracture in Network Polymer Adhesives

Mark J. Stevens
pp 1411–1415
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0009505

Rheology and Morphology of Phase-Separating Polymer Blends

Z. L. Zhang, H. D. Zhang, Y. L. Yang, I. Vinckier, and H. M. Laun
pp 1416–1429
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000968f

Diffusion in Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels:  Application of an Obstruction-Scaling Model to Solute Diffusion in Calcium Alginate

Brian Amsden
pp 1430–1435
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001450e

Local Structure and Dynamics of trans-Polyisoprene Oligomers

Roland Faller, Florian Müller-Plathe, Manolis Doxastakis, and Doros Theodorou
pp 1436–1448
Publication Date (Web): February 01, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0016782

Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of Gellan Gels

Mariella Dentini, Pasquale Desideri, Vittorio Crescenzi, Yoshiaki Yuguchi, Hiroshi Urakawa, and Kanji Kajiwara
pp 1449–1453
Publication Date (Web): January 31, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001185x

Maleic Anhydride Modified Oligo(isobutylene):  Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on Its Associative Strength in Hexane Characterized by Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Anna K. Mathew and Jean DuhamelJason Gao
pp 1454–1469
Publication Date (Web): January 27, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001211r

Liquid Crystalline Gels. 3. Role of Hydrogen Bonding in the Formation and Stabilization of Mesophase Structures

Kanji Yamaoka, Tatsuo Kaneko, Jian Ping Gong, and Yoshihito Osada
pp 1470–1476
Publication Date (Web): January 25, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001493v

Nanostructure Formation through β-Sheet Self-Assembly in Silk-Based Materials

Osman Rathore and Dotsevi Y. Sogah
pp 1477–1486
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001553x

Propagation of Nanopatterned Substrate Templated Ordering of Block Copolymers in Thick Films

L. Rockford, S. G. J. Mochrie, and T. P. Russell
pp 1487–1492
Publication Date (Web): January 25, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001747c

Synthesis and Nonlinear Optical Properties of a New Syndioregic Main-Chain Hydrazone Polymer

L. Michael Hayden and Won-Kook KimAndrew P. Chafin and Geoffrey A. Lindsay
pp 1493–1495
Publication Date (Web): January 31, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001796p

Helix Inversion of Poly(propiolic esters)

Hideo Nakako, Ryoji Nomura, and Toshio Masuda
pp 1496–1502
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001812i

The Remarkable “Flip−Flop” Self-Assembly of a Diblock Copolymer in Aqueous Solution

Vural Bütün, Steven P. Armes, Norman C. Billingham, Zdenek Tuzar, A. Rankin, J. Eastoe, and R. K. Heenan
pp 1503–1511
Publication Date (Web): January 25, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0018392

NOTES

Shell-Layer Stability in Core−Shell Particles Prepared with Different Initiators

Jan-Erik Jönsson, Ola J. Karlsson, Helen Hassander, and Bertil Törnell
pp 1512–1514
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Note)
DOI: 10.1021/ma992046m

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies on Pressure-Induced Coordination−Structural Change of a Zinc-Neutralized Ethylene−Methacrylic Acid Ionomer

Hideki Hashimoto, Shoichi Kutsumizu, Kenji Tsunashima, and Shinichi Yano
pp 1515–1517
Publication Date (Web): January 31, 2001 (Note)
DOI: 10.1021/ma0001988

Cationic Polymerization of Epoxide by Fluorenylphosphonium Salts as Thermally Latent Initiators. Substituent Effect on the Initiator Activity

Tatsuya Toneri, Fumio Sanda, and Takeshi Endo
pp 1518–1521
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Note)
DOI: 10.1021/ma000759v

Swelling and Structural Changes of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolyte Gel−Mixed Surfactant Complexes

Henry S. Ashbaugh and Björn Lindman
pp 1522–1525
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Note)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001545g

Phase Behavior of Ring Diblock Copolymer Melt in Equilibrium and under Shear

A. N. Morozov and J. G. E. M. Fraaije
pp 1526–1528
Publication Date (Web): February 02, 2001 (Note)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001564q

Synthesis of Novel Linear Polyethene-Based Graft Copolymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Shengsheng Liu and Ayusman Sen
pp 1529–1532
Publication Date (Web): January 26, 2001 (Note)
DOI: 10.1021/ma001682d
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