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Macromol. Symp., Vol. 200, 2003, pp. 1-296

Polymer Networks 2002


Autrans (France), 2002

Symposium Editor: E. Geissler
Wiley-VCH, 2003, pp. 1-296
ISBN 3-527-30704-4

Preface

This volume contains papers presented at Polymer Networks 2002, the 16th Polymer Networks Group Meeting, held in Autrans, France, from 2nd to 6th September 2002. The conference was organized under the auspices of IUPAC, and was sponsored by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Ministère de la Recherche, the Comissariat à l'Energie Atomique and by the Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble. Financial support from the Région Rhône-Alpes, the Mairie of Grenoble and Nestlé of Switzerland is gratefully acknowledged.

The contents of this volume are a reflection of the topics of the conference, the central theme of which was Functional Networks and Gels. Theoretical papers address such questions as photo-contraction, gels in contact with surfaces and hyperelasticity in filled networks, as well as formation and structure-property relationships of networks and gels, including modelling approaches. Several experimental papers are devoted to the changes in the properties due to filler effects and to the osmotic behaviour of special networks. Functional network topics covered in the contributions are wide-ranging, dealing with encapsulation of magnetic and conducting moieties in networks, biological and biomedical applications of reversible physical gels, high-swelling networks for use as super-absorbing materials, and environmentally responsive hydrogels.

I warmly thank the authors of papers and the colleagues who helped to review them, and also the staff of Macromolecular Symposia for their support. I owe deep gratitude to the members of the Advisory Board as well as to the Organizing Committee of the meeting, F. Ehrburger-Dolle, A.-M. Hecht, J.-F. Legrand, I. Morfin, B. Pépin-Donat and C. Rochas. Their contribution to the culinary, cultural, organizational and scientific (in alphabetic order) aspects of the meeting was invaluable. Without their constant help the meeting could never have been held.

E. Geissler


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