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FEATURE ARTICLE
48674953

Electrosynthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) microcups in the aqueous solution ofLiClO4 and tri(ethylene glycol)
Y. Gao, L. Zhao, C. Li and G. Shi

4959

The influence of monomer types on the colloidal
stability in the miniemulsion copolymerization
involving alkoxysilane monomer
Y. Luo, H. Xu and B. Zhu

4967

Novel chemical-bonded polymerizable sulfurcontaining photoinitiators comprising thestructure of planar N-phenylmaleimide andbenzophenone for photopolymerization
H. Wang, J. Wei, X. Jiang and J. Yin

4976

Green electroluminescent polyfluorenes
containing 1,8-naphthalimide
moieties as color tuner
C. Mei, G. Tu, Q. Zhou, Y. Cheng, Z. Xie, D. Ma, Y.
Geng and L. Wang

4985

‘Nano-tree’—type spherical polymer brushparticles as templates for metallic nanoparticles
Y. Lu, Y. Mei, R. Walker, M. Ballauff and M.
Drechsler

4996

The development and characterisation ofpolyaniline—single walled carbon nanotube
composite fibres using 2-acrylamido-2 methyl-1propane sulfonic acid (AMPSA) through one step
wet spinning process
V. Mottaghitalab, G.M. Spinks and G.G. Wallace

Synthesis of functional p-conjugated polymers
from aromatic acetylenes
T. Aoki, T. Kaneko, M. Teraguchi

POLYMER COMMUNICATIONS
4893

Thermo-optic coefficients of polymers for opticalwaveguide applications
Z. Zhang, P. Zhao, P. Lin and F. Sun

4897

SANS study of the early stages of crystallizationin polyethylene solutions
H. Wang

4901

Continuous aligned polymer fibers produced by amodified electrospinning method
H. Pan, L. Li, L. Hu and X. Cui

POLYMER PAPERS
4905

Synthesis and self-association in aqueous mediaof poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(ethyl glycidylcarbamate) amphiphilic block copolymers
P. Dimitrov, A. Utrata-Wesołek, S. Rangelov
W. Wałach, B. Trzebicka and A. Dworak

4916

Nylon surface modification. Part 1. Targeting theamide groups for selective introduction ofreactive functionalities
X. Jia, M. Herrera-Alonso and T.J. McCarthy

4925

Synthesis and characterization of novel
monomers and polymers containing chiral (2)menthyl groups
J.-H. Liu and P.-C. Yang

5003

Ex situ hydrolytic degradation of sulfonatedpolyimide membranes for fuel cells
G. Meyer, C. Perrot, G. Gebel, L. Gonon,S. Morlat and J.-L. Gardette

4936Soluble polyimides containing transdiaminotetraphenylporphyrin: Synthesis andphotoinduced electron transfer
W. Anannarukan, S. Tantayanon, D. Zhang
E.A. Alemán, D.A. Modarelli and F.W. Harris

5012

Batch foaming of poly(1-caprolactone) using
carbon dioxide: Impact of crystallization on cell
nucleation as probed by ultrasonicmeasurements
J. Reignier, J. Tatibouët and R. Gendron

4946

Synthesis and properties of readily recyclable
polymers from bisfuranic terminated poly(ethylene adipate) and multi-maleimide linkers
M. Watanabe and N. Yoshie5025Determination of reactivity ratios and swellingcharacteristics of ‘stimuli’ responsive copolymersof N-acryloyl-N 0 -ethyl piperazine and MMA
G.R. Deen and L.H. Gan

5035

Crystallization behavior of star-shapedpoly(ethylene oxide) with cubic silsesquioxane(CSSQ) core
K.Y. Mya, K.P. Pramoda and C.B. He

5131

Intercalation and viscoelasticity of poly(etherblock-amide) copolymer/montmorillonite
nanocomposites: Effect of surfactant
I.-K. Yang and P.-H. Tsai5044

Proton exchange membranes based onpoly(vinylidene fluoride) and sulfonatedpoly(ether ether ketone)
S. Xue and G. Yin

5141

Electric activity in rigid rod-like polymer, poly(bhydroxybutyrate)
A. Sugita, M. Mitsubayashi and S. Tasaka

5050

Softening and melting mechanisms ofpolyamides interfering with sliding stability
under adhesive conditions
P. Samyn, G. Schoukens, I. Van Driessche, J. Van
Craenenbroeck and F. Verpoort

5145

Time–electric field superposition in electrically
activated polypropylene/layered silicate
nanocomposites
J.U. Park, Y.S. Choi, K.S. Cho, D.H. Kim, K.H. Ahn
and S.J. Lee5066

Nanohole volume dependence on the cureschedule in epoxy thermosetting networks: APALS study
W. Salgueiro, J. Ramos, A. Somoza, S. Goyanesand I. Mondragón5154

Vibrational dynamics of trans-1,4-polyisoprene(b-form)
A. Pathak, V. Saxena, P. Tandon and V.D. Gupta

5161

Synthesis and crystallization kinetics ofsilsesquioxane-based hybrid star poly
(1-caprolactone)
J. Xu and W. Shi

5174

Large tensile deformation behavior of PC/ABSalloy
Q.-Z. Fang, T.J. Wang and H.-M. Li5182

Microphase separation in ABA triblock
copolymer-based model conetworks in the bulk:
Effect of loop formation
M. Karbarz, Z. Stojek, T.K. Georgiou andC.S. Patrickios

5187

A molecular thermodynamic model for binary
lattice polymer solutions
J. Yang, Q. Yan, H. Liu and Y. Hu

5071

High temperature behaviour of the crystalline
phases in unfilled and clay-filled nylon 6 fibers
C. Ibanes, M. de Boissieu, L. David and R. Seguela

5080

Diffusion of liquids in molten polymers: Mutual
diffusion coefficient dependence on liquid
miscibility and polymer molar mass
R. Bella, P. Cassagnau, F. Fenouillot, L. Falk andC. Lacoste

5090

Crosslinking induced volume expansion in theglass state
X. Wang and V.J. Foltz

5097

Structural studies of electrospun cellulose
nanofibers
C.-W. Kim, D.-S. Kim, S.-Y. Kang, M. Marquez andY.L. Joo

5108

Effect of oscillatory shear on the interfacial
morphology of a reactive bilayer polymer system
H.Y. Kim, D.H. Lee and J.K. Kim

5196

Insight into molecular interactions between
constituents in polymer clay nanocomposites
D. Sikdar, D.R. Katti, K.S. Katti and R. Bhowmik

5117

Vibrational dynamics and heat capacity insyndiotactic poly(propylene) form I
V. Saxena, A. Pathak, P. Tandon, V.D. Gupta andM. Singh5206

Molecular dynamics simulation of diffusion ofgases in pure and silica-filledpoly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) [PTMSP]
J.-H. Zhou, R.-X. Zhu, J.-M. Zhou and M.-B. Chen

5213

The effect of chain interpenetration on anordering process in the early stage of polymer
crystal nucleation
Z. Zhang and X. Yang

5124

Micromolding of PDMS scaffolds and microwells
for tissue culture and cell patterning: A new
method of microfabrication by the selfassembled micropatterns of diblock copolymer
micellesY. Mi, Y. Chan, D. Trau, P. Huang and E. Chen

Author Index
Ahn, K. H. 5145
Alemán, E. A. 4936
Anannarukan, W. 4936
Aoki, T. 4867
Ballauff, M. 4985
Bella, R. 5080
Bhowmik, R. 5196
Cassagnau, P. 5080
Chan, Y. 5124

Chen, E. 5124
Chen, M.-B. 5206
Cheng, Y. 4976
Cho, K. S. 5145
Choi, Y. S. 5145
Cui, X. 4901
David, L. 5071
de Boissieu, M. 5071
Deen, G. R. 5025
Dimitrov, P. 4905

Drechsler, M. 4985
Dworak, A. 4905
Falk, L. 5080
Fang, Q.-Z. 5174
Fenouillot, F. 5080
Foltz, V. J. 5090
Gan, L. H. 5025
Gao, Y. 4953

Gardette, J.-L. 5003
Gebel, G. 5003
Gendron, R. 5012
Geng, Y. 4976
Georgiou, T. K. 5182
Gonon, L. 5003
Goyanes, S. 5066
Gupta, V. D. 5117, 5154
Harris, F. W. 4936
He, C. B. 5035
Herrera-Alonso, M. 4916
Hu, L. 4901
Hu, Y. 5187
Huang, P. 5124
Ibanes, C. 5071
Jia, X. 4916
Jiang, X. 4967
Joo, Y. L. 5097
Kaneko, T. 4867
Kang, S.-Y. 5097
Karbarz, M. 5182
Katti, D. R. 5196
Katti, K. S. 5196
Kim, C.-W. 5097
Kim, D. H. 5145
Kim, D.-S. 5097
Kim, H. Y. 5108
Kim, J. K. 5108
Lacoste, C. 5080
Lee, D. H. 5108
Lee, S. J. 5145
Li, C. 4953
Li, H.-M. 5174
Li, L. 4901
Lin, P. 4893
Liu, H. 5187
Liu, J.-H. 4925
Lu, Y. 4985
Luo, Y. 4959

Ma, D. 4976
Marquez, M. 5097
McCarthy, T. J. 4916
Mei, C. 4976
Mei, Y. 4985
Meyer, G. 5003
Mi, Y. 5124
Mitsubayashi, M. 5141
Modarelli, D. A. 4936
Mondragón, I. 5066
Morlat, S. 5003
Mottaghitalab, V. 4996
Mya, K. Y. 5035
Pan, H. 4901
Park, J. U. 5145
Pathak, A. 5117, 5154
Patrickios, C. S. 5182
Perrot, C. 5003
Pramoda, K. P. 5035
Ramos, J. 5066
Rangelov, S. 4905
Reignier, J. 5012
Salgueiro, W. 5066
Samyn, P. 5050
Saxena, V. 5117, 5154
Schoukens, G. 5050
Seguela, R. 5071
Shi, G. 4953
Shi, W. 5161
Sikdar, D. 5196
Singh, M. 5117
Somoza, A. 5066
Spinks, G. M. 4996
Stojek, Z. 5182
Sugita, A. 5141
Sun, F. 4893
Tandon, P. 5117, 5154
Tantayanon, S. 4936
Tasaka, S. 5141
Tatibouët, J. 5012

Teraguchi, M. 4867
Trau, D. 5124
Trzebicka, B. 4905
Tsai, P.-H. 5131
Tu, G. 4976
Utrata-Wesołek, A. 4905
Van Craenenbroeck, J. 5050
Van Driessche, I. 5050
Verpoort, F. 5050
Wałach, W. 4905
Walker, R. 4985
Wallace, G. G. 4996
Wang, H. 4967, 4897
Wang, L. 4976
Wang, T. J. 5174
Wang, X. 5090
Watanabe, M. 4946
Wei, J. 4967
Xie, Z. 4976
Xu, H. 4959
Xu, J. 5161
Xue, S. 5044
Yan, Q. 5187
Yang, I.-K. 5131
Yang, J. 5187
Yang, P.-C. 4925
Yang, X. 5213
Yin, G. 5044
Yin, J. 4967
Yoshie, N. 4946
Zhang, D. 4936
Zhang, Z. 4893, 5213
Zhao, L. 4953
Zhao, P. 4893
Zhou, J.-H. 5206
Zhou, J.-M. 5206
Zhou, Q. 4976
Zhu, B. 4959
Zhu, R.-X. 5206