Showing papers in "Progress in Polymer Science in 1998"

TL;DR: The ability of aniline polymers to exist in a large number of intrinsic redox states makes them a unique and interesting class of polymeric materials as mentioned in this paper, and a number of fine reviews on the synthesis, physicochemical and electrochemical properties of the polymer have also appeared during this period.

TL;DR: In this article, the behavior of PANI is shown to be subject to the same basic principles as the polymerization process itself, where the direction and establishment of equilibrium are dependent on the oxidation potentials and concentrations of the reactants.

TL;DR: A review of the theories and concepts surrounding dendrimer syntheses without becoming an exhaustive catalogue of the literature can be found in this paper, where a significant effort is made to examine the numerous applications that are beginning to emerge for these fascinating polymers.

TL;DR: Electrically conducting organic polymers as discussed by the authors are a class of synthetic metals that combine the chemical and mechanical properties of polymers with the electronic properties of metals and semiconductors, and have generated tremendous interest due to their potential applications in batteries, electrochromic display devices, sensors etc.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent results in the area of conducting polymers is presented, with a focus on the future direction of selected commercial and military applications and material properties required to make a major impact.

TL;DR: A review on some recent developments in thiopene-based functional polymers concentrates on (i) the synthetic trends for low bandgap and regioregular materials which occupy a central place in the recent advances in polythiopene, (ii) the interesting physics and chemistry of special properties such as chromism and luminescence, (iii) the effect of C60 on the polymer and (iv) the formation and property of polythio-LB films.

TL;DR: A review of the latest developments in externally stimulated systems for cationic polymerization is presented in this article, where the goal is to show differences as well as parallels between systems for different modes of external stimulation.

TL;DR: An overview of the synthetic procedures used for the preparation of phosphazene compounds can be found in this paper, where the main reactions used in this field, such as ring-opening polymerizations, polycondensations and free-radical processes, have been critically reviewed and the possibility of controlling these reactions by using catalysts or inhibitors evaluated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of coordination polymerization and copolymerization of heterocyclic and heterounsaturated monomers is presented in terms of the type of monomer, type of catalyst, structure of the active sites and polymerization mechanism.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of polyacrolein containing microspheres suitable for medical applications can be found in this article, where various synthetic procedures (radical, anionic, and redox polymerization) are described.

TL;DR: A survey of the literature on the quantitative characterization of the radiation degradation of polymers in terms of scission and cross-linking can be found in this paper, where the effect of irradiation on molecular size distributions inferred from sedimentation velocity, gel permeation chromatography and dynamic light scattering measurements, and also their evaluation from the dose dependence of average molecular weights determined by osmometry.