Natural Polymers as Advanced Materials: Some Research Needs and Directions / Randal L. Shogren ; Edward B. Bagley1:
Processing and Characterization
Processing and Characterization of Biodegradable Products Based on Starch and Cellulose Fibers / W. J. Bergthaller ; U. Funke ; M.G. Lindhauer ; S. Radosta ; F. Meister ; E. Taeger2:
Nanocomposite Materials of Thermoplastic Polymers Reinforced by Polysaccharides / A. Dufresne ; J.Y. Cavaille3:
Thermochemical Processes for Derivatization of Starches with Different Amylose Content / R. E. Wing ; J. L. Willett4:
Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of PE Reinforced by Ligno-Cellulosic Fillers / N. Bahlouli ; J. Y. Cavaille ; M. Garcia-Ramirez ; A. Camara5:
Characterization of Plasticized and Mixed Long-Chain Fatty Cellulose Esters / P. Want ; B. Y. Tao6:
Alkali Induced Polymorphic Changes of Chitin / J. Li ; J.-F. Revol ; R. H. Marchessault7:
13C NMR Quantitative Techniques for Monitoring and Characterizing Biodegradable, Biocompatible Thermoplastics Produced by Bacteria: Using 13C NMR to Monitor and Characterize Poly(b-Hydroxyalkanoates) (PHAs) in Living Cells and in Solution / Sheila Ewing Browne8:
Polymer Synthesis and Degradation
Enzymology of the Synthesis and Degradation of Polyhydroxyalkanoates / Geoffrey A. R. Nobes ; Robert H. Marchessault9:
Yeast b-Glucosidases and the Saccharification of Cellulosic Biomass / S. N. Freer ; C. D. Skory ; R. J. Bothast10:
Enzymology of Xylan Degradation / Badal C. Saha ; Rodney J. Bothast11:
Extruded Plastics Containing Renewable Polysaccharides: Physical Properties and Evaluation of Biodegradability / K. A. Nino ; S. H. Imam ; S. H. Gordon ; L. J. Wong12:
Natural Systems for Better Bioremdiation: Isolation and Characterization of a Phenanthrene-Utilizing Strain of Alteromonus communis from Guayanilla Coastal Water Southwest of Puerto Rico / Baqar R. Zaidi ; Syed H. Imam ; Richard V. Greene13:
Microbial Degradation of Poly(lactic Acid) as a Model of Synthetic Polymer Degradation Mechanisms in Outdoor Conditions / A. Torres ; S. M. Li ; S. Roussos ; M. Vert14:
Applications
Membranes of Cellulose Derivatives as Supports for Immobilization of Enzymes / R. Lagoa ; D. Murtinho ; M. H. Gil15:
Reducing Soil Erosion Losses with Small Applications of Biopolymers / William J. Orts ; Gregory M. Glenn16:
Two Food Applications of Biopolymers: Edible Coatings Controlling Microbial Surface Spoilage and Chitosan Use to Recover Proteins from Aqueous Processing Wastes / J. A. Torres ; C. Dewitt-Mireles ; V. Savant17:
Effect of Biopolymers on the Formation, Drying Kinetics and Flavor Retention of Tamarind (Tamarindus Indica) Foam-Mat / H. Romero-Tehuitzil ; E.J. Vernon-Carter ; M.G. Vizcarra-Mendoza ; C.I. Beristain18:
Overview
Natural Polymers as Advanced Materials: Some Research Needs and Directions / Randal L. Shogren ; Edward B. Bagley1:
Quantum Computing, Quantum Teleportation, and Entanglement
Decoherence and recoherence in quantum computation / D.P. DiVincenzo ; A. Ekert
Engineering entanglement between atoms and photons in a cavity: non-locality, Schrödinger cats and decoherence / S. Haroche
Three-and four-photon correlations and entanglement: quantum teleportation and beyond / A. Zeilinger
Quantum manipulations of small Josephson junctions and the measurement process performed with a single-electron transistor / A. Shnirman ; Y. Makhlin ; G. Schön
Extraction of NMR quantum computation signal with parity gate / M. Kitagawa
Quantum logical diagram of quantum computing evolution / H. Matsuda ; D.W. Cohen
A generalized EPR problem and quantum teleportation / A. Motoyoshi et al
Purification of multi-particle entanglement / M. Murao et al
Quantum Information and Cryptography. Quantum cryptography and magic protocols / N. Imoto ; M. Koashi ; K. Shimizu
Quantum entanglement for secret sharing and telesplitting / A. Karlsson et al
Communication channels secured from hidden eavesdropping via transmission of entangled photon pairs
Quantum communication of bits by the polarization of photons / M. Matsuoka ; T. Yamamoto ; A. Motoyoshi
Optimal broadcasting of quantum information via teleportation
Semiconductor-based quantum information: noiseless encoding in quantum-dot arrays / P. Zanardi ; F. Rossi
Quantum Optics. Quantum information enabled by quantum optics / H.J. Kimble
Manipulation of quantum statistics in mesoscopic experiments / Y. Yamamoto
Extension of nonlocal response theory to Raman process / H. Ajiki ; K. Cho
Quantum Maxwell-Bloch equations for spontaneous emission in semiconductor lasers / O. Hess ; H.F. Hofmann
Quantum control of atomic systems by time-resolved homodyne detection of spontaneous emission / H. F. Hofmann et al
Laser Cooling, Ion Trapping, and Atom Interferometry. Quantum computation, spectroscopy of trapped ions, and Schrödinger''s cat / D.J. Wineland et al
Atom interferometry / F. Shimizu
Multiple atomic beam interference in the Ramsey-Bordè interferometer with multiple traveling laser beams / A. Morinaga ; T. Aoki
Sympathetically laser-cooled mass spectroscopy using Ba+ ions / I. Waki ; T. Baba ; D. Wang
Bose-Einstein Condensation. Measurements of relative phase and quantum beat note between Bose-Einstein condensates / D.S. Hall et al
Probing quantum statistical mechanics with Bose gases: nontrivial order parameter topology from a Bose-Einstein quench / J.R. Anglin ; W.H. Zurek
Nonequilibrium time evolution of the condensed state of a fixed number of interacting bosons / A. Shimizu ; J. Inoue ; T. Miyadera
Macroscopic quantum tunneling of a Bose-Einstein condensate with attractive interaction: fate of a false vacuum / M. Ueda
Collective excitations of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate: a variational sum-rule approach / T. Kimura ; H. Saito
Quantum structure of three coupled atomic Bose-Einstein condensates / K. Nemoto ; W.J. Munro ; G.J. Milburn
Mesoscopic Magnets. Macroscopic quantum tunneling in magnetic systems / E.M. Chudnovsky
Quantum tunneling in magnetic molecules and single particles / L.Thomas et al
Magnetic and transport properties of sub-micron ferrromagnetic wires / Y. Otani et al
Electronic transport properties in mesoscopic ferromagnetic metals / G. Tatara
Coulomb blockade and enhancement of magnetoresistance change in ultrasmall ferromagnetic double tunnel junctions / R. Kitawaki ; F. Wakaya ; S. Iwabuchi
Anomalous giant Barkhausen jumps in III-V-based diluted magnetic semiconductor (In, Mn As at low temperatures / A. Oiwa et al
Quantum depinning of a domain wall / G.-H. Kim
Quantum Transport. Quantum dephasing in mesoscopic systems / Y. Imry
Decoherence in mesoscopic systems / R.A. Webb et al
Quantum eraser and quantum Zeno effect in mesoscopic physics / G. Hackenbro
Intravitreal Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis and the Need for Controlled Release Systems / Marc Shalaby ; Shalaby W. Shalaby1.:
Key Features and Future Perspectives in the Development of Intravaginal Drug Delivery Systems / Waleed S. W. Shalaby2.:
Molecular Design of Polymeric Carriers
Cationic Hydrogels for Controlled Release of Proteins and Other Macromolecules / Lisa M. Schwarte ; Kairali Podual ; Nicholas A. Peppas3.:
Water-Soluble Polyanions as Oral Drug Carriers: Poly(sulfopropyl methacrylate potassium-co-alkyl methacrylate) / Yvonne N. Nujoma ; Cherng-ju Kim ; Rey T. Chern4.:
Polymeric Prodrugs: Novel Polymers with Bioactive Components / Laura Erdmann ; Cheryl Campo ; Christi Bedell ; Kathryn Uhrich5.:
Synthesis of Thioester End-Functionalized Poly([varepsilon]-caprolactone) and Its Application in Chemoselective Ligation / Qiang Ni ; Luping Yu6.:
The Reactive Polymeric Micelle, Convenient Tool for Targeting Drug Delivery System / Yukio Nagasaki ; Kazunori Kataoka7.:
Branched Polymeric Micelles: Synthesis and Encapsulation / S. Anna Jiang ; Hongbo Liu ; Kathryn E. Uhrich8.:
Injectable Absorbable Gel-Formers for the Controlled Release of Bioactive Agents-Drugs / 9.:
Novel Ionogenic Acrylate Copolymer Networks for Sustained Solute Delivery / Robert A. Scott10.:
Direct Synthesis of Polyester Microspheres, Potential Carriers of Bioactive Compounds / S. Slomkowski ; S. Sosnowski ; M. Gadzinowski ; C. Pichot ; A. Elaissari11.:
Strategies To Modulating and Monitoring the Release Profile
Novel Bioadhesive Complexation Networks for Oral Protein Drug Delivery / A. M. Lowman ; M. Morishita ; T. Nagai12.:
Shell Cross-Linked Knedels: Amphiphilic Core-Shell Nanospheres with Unique Potential for Controlled Release Applications / K. Bruce Thurmond II ; Karen L. Wooley13.:
Multilayered Semicrystalline Polymeric Controlled Release Systems / Surya K. Mallapragada ; Shook-Fong Chin14.:
Electroconductive Gels for Controlled Electrorelease of Bioactive Peptides / Anthony Guiseppi-Elie ; Anne M. Wilson ; Andrew S. Sujdak15.:
Thermally Triggered Gelation of Alginate for Controlled Release / H. Cui ; P. B. Messersmith16.:
Effect of Surfactants on the Release of Griseofulvin from Polyvinylpyrrolidone Dispersions / Hanife Akin ; Jeorge Heller ; Frank W. Harris17.:
Self-Diffusion of Solvents and Solute Probes in Polymer Solutions and Gels: The Use of a New Physical Model of Diffusion / X. X. Zhu ; L. Masaro ; J.-M. Petit ; B. Roux ; P. M. Macdonald18.:
Biodegradation of Lactic-Glycolic Acid Oligomers / Nuo Wang ; Jin Song Qiu ; Xue Shen Wu19.:
Lactic-Glycolic Acid Oligomeric Microgranules for Aspirin Delivery and Stabilization / 20.:
Antitumor Drug Delivery by Dextran Derivatives Immobilizing Platinum Complex (II) Through Coordination Bond / Yuichi Ohya ; Tatsunori Masunaga ; Tatsuro Ouchi ; Katsuro Ichinose ; Mikirou Nakashima ; Masataka Ichikawa ; Takashi Kanematsu21.:
Potential Role of Controlled Drug Delivery in Tissue Engineering / K. J. L. Burg ; S. W. Shalaby22.:
Direct Measurement of Multiphase Flow Using Controlled Release of Polymers Soluble in Single Phase / Roman Bielski ; Dorsey Montenecourt23.:
Structural Characterization and Effects of Gibberellic Acid-Containing Organotin Polymers on Sawgrass and Cattail Germination and Seedling Growth for Everglades Restoration / Charles E. Carraher, Jr. ; Anupam Gaonkar ; Herbert H. Stewart ; Shi Li Miao ; Shawn M. Carraher24.:
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index
Preface
Critical Reviews
Intravitreal Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis and the Need for Controlled Release Systems / Marc Shalaby ; Shalaby W. Shalaby1.:
Lithography with a Pattern of Block Copolymer Microdomains as a Positive or Negative Resist / Christopher Harrison ; Miri Park ; Paul M. Chaikin ; Richard A. Register ; Douglas H. Adamson1.:
Inorganic Nanostructures on Surfaces Using Micellar Diblock Copolymer Templates / Joachim P. Spatz ; Thomas Herzog ; Stefan Mossmer ; Paul Ziemann ; Martin Moller2.:
Synthesis of Stereoregular Polymers as Precursors to Highly Conducting Carbon for Use in Applications in Micro- and Nanolithography / C. B. Gorman ; R. W. Vest ; J. L. Snover ; T. L. Utz ; S. A. Serron3.:
Metallization on Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Substrate by Excimer-Laser-Induced Surface Reaction and Chemical Plating / Hiroyuki Niino ; Akira Yabe4.:
An Inorganic Approach to Photolithography: The Photolithographic Deposition of Dielectric Metal Oxide Films / Ross H. Hill ; Sharon L. Blair5.:
Molding of Polymeric Microstructures / T. Hanemann ; V. Piotter ; R. Ruprecht ; J. H. Hausselt6.:
Microlithographic Chemistry and Processing
Acid Labile Cross-Linked Units: A Concept for Improved Positive Deep-UV Photoresists / H.-T. Schacht ; P. Falcigno ; N. Munzel ; R. Schulz ; A. Medina7.:
Chemistry of Ketal Resist System and Its Lithographic Performance / Wu-Song Huang ; Kim Y. Lee ; Rao Bantu ; Ranee Kwong ; Ahmad Katnani ; Mahmoud Khojasteh ; William Brunsvold ; Steven Holmes ; Ronald Nunes ; Tsuyoshi Shibata ; George Orsula ; James Cameron ; Dominic Yang ; Roger Sinta8.:
Exploration of Chemically Amplified Resist Mechanisms and Performance at Small Linewidths / James W. Taylor ; Paul M. Dentinger ; Steven J. Rhyner ; Geoffrey W. Reynolds11.:
The Preparation and Investigation of Macromolecular Architectures for Microlithography by "Living" Free Radical Polymerization / G. G. Barclay ; M. King ; A. Orellana ; P. R. L. Malenfant ; R. Sinta ; E. Malmstrom ; H. Ito ; C. J. Hawker12.:
Acid Proliferation Reactions and Their Application to Chemically Amplified Lithographic Imaging / Kunihiro Ichimura ; Koji Arimitsu ; Soh Noguchi ; Kazuaki Kudo13.:
Advanced Microlithographic Materials Chemistry and Processing
Deprotection Kinetics of Alicyclic Polymer Resist Systems Designed for ArF (193 nm) Lithography / Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu ; Jeffrey D. Byers ; Ti Cao ; Stephen E. Webber ; C. Grant Willson14.:
193 nm Single Layer Resist Based on Poly(norbornene-alt-maleic anhydride) Derivatives: The Interplay of the Chemical Structure of Components and Lithographic Properties / F. M. Houlihan ; A. Timko ; R. Hutton ; R. Cirelli ; J. M. Kometani ; Elsa Reichmanis ; O. Nalamasu15.:
Synthesis and Evaluation of Alicyclic Backbone Polymers for 193 nm Lithography / Hiroshi Ito ; Norbert Seehof ; Rikiya Sato ; Tomonari Nakayama ; Mitsuru Ueda16.:
Progress in 193-nm Single Layer Resists: The Role of Photoacid Generator Structure on the Performance of Positive Resists / Robert D. Allen ; Juliann Opitz ; Carl E. Larson ; Thomas I. Wallow ; Richard A. DiPietro ; Gregory Breyta ; Ratnam Sooriyakumaran ; Donald C. Hofer17.:
Calixarene and Dendrimer as Novel Photoresist Materials / Osamu Haba ; Daisuke Takahashi ; Kohji Haga ; Yoshimasa Sakai18.:
Design and Preliminary Studies of Environmentally Enhanced Water-Castable, Water-Developable Positive Tone Resists: Model and Feasibility Studies / Jennifer M. Havard ; Dario Pasini ; Jean M. J. Frechet ; David Medeiros ; Shintario Yamada20:
Molecular Design for New Positive Electron-Beam Resists / Yukio Nagasaki21.:
Lithographic Materials and Processes
The Influence of Structure on Dissolution Inhibition for Novolac-Based Photoresists: Adaption of the Probabilistic Approach / Christopher L. McAdams ; Wang Yueh ; Pavlos Tsiartas ; Dale Hsieh22.:
Material Design and Development for Aqueous Base Compatible High-Performance Deep UV Negative-Tone Resists / Pushkara Rao Varanasi ; Phil Brock ; William R. Brunsvold ; Ahmad D. Katnani24.:
Advanced Chemically Amplified Resist Process Using Non-Ammonia Generating Adhesion Promoter / M. Endo ; A. Katsuyama25.:
Post-Exposure Bake Kinetics in Epoxy Novolac-Based Chemically Amplified Resists / P. Argitis ; S. Boyatzis ; I. Raptis ; N. Glezos ; M. Hatzakis26.:
Alkali-Developable Positive-Photosensitive Polyimide Based on Diazonaphthoquinone Sensitizer / T. Ueno ; Y. Okabe ; T. Miwa ; Y. Maekawa ; G. Rames-Langlade27.:
Author Index
Subject Index
Preface
Novel Patterning Chemistry and Processing
Lithography with a Pattern of Block Copolymer Microdomains as a Positive or Negative Resist / Christopher Harrison ; Miri Park ; Paul M. Chaikin ; Richard A. Register ; Douglas H. Adamson1.:
Molecular and Ionic Recognition with Imprinted Polymers: a Brief Overview / Mizuo Maeda ; Richard A. Bartsch1:
General Principles
Molecular Imprinting for the Preparation of Enzyme-Analogous Polymers / Gunter Wulff et al2:
Molecular Imprinting: Status Artis et Quo Vadere? / Klaus Mosbach et al3:
Important Considerations in the Design of Receptor Sites Using Noncovalent Imprinting / Borje Sellergren4:
Molecular Recognition with Organic-Based Polymers
Recent Advances in the Use of Molecularly Imprinted Materials in Separation and Synthesis Ol of Ramstrom et al / 5:
Applications of Molecular Imprinting to the Recognition and Detection of Bioactive Molecules / Scott J. McNiven et al6:
Chiral Ligand Exchange Adsorbents for Amines and Underivatized Amino Acids / 7:
'Bait-and-Switch' Molecular Imprinting / Frances H. Arnold ; Susanne Striegler ; Vidyasankar Sundaresan
Recognition of Drugs and Herbicides: Strategy in Selection of Functional Monomers for Noncovalent Molecular Imprinting / Toshifumi Takeuchi ; Jun Matsui8:
Noncovalent Molecular Imprinting of a Synthetic Polymer with the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in the Presence of Polar Protic Solvents / Karsten Haupt9:
Development of Uniform-Sized, Molecular-Imprinted Stationary Phases for HPLC / Ken Hosoya ; Nubuo Tanaka10:
Designing Metal Complexes in Porous Organic Hosts / 11:
Molecularly Imprinted Polymeric Membranses for Optical Resolution / Masakazu Yoshikawa12:
Molecular Imprinted Membranes Prepared by Phase Inversion of Polyacrylonitrile Copolymers / 13:
Containing Carboxylic Acid Groups / Takaomi Kobayashi et al
Imprinting of Proteins on Polymer-Coated DNA for Affinity / 14:
Separation with Enhanced Selectivity / Daisuke Umeno ; Masafumi Kawasaki
Metal Ion Recognition with Organic-Based Polymers
Templated Polymers for the Selective Sequestering and Sensing of Metal Ions / Xiangfei Zeng et al15:
Metal Ion Templated Polymers / 16:
Studies of N-(4-Vinylbenzyl)-1,4,7-Triazacyclononane-Metal Ion Complexes and Their Polymerization with Divinylbenzene
The Importance of Thermodynamic and Imprinting Parameters in Metal Ion Selectivity
Studies of the Demetalated, Templated Polymers / Richard H. Fish
Surface Imprinting: Preparation of Metal Ion-Imprinted Resins by Use of Complexation at the Aqueous-Organic Interface / Kazuhiko Tsukagoshi et al17:
Selective Adsorption of Metal Ions to Surface-Templated Resins / 18:
Prepared by Emulsion Polymerization Using a Functional Surfactant / Yoshifumi Koide et al
Metal Ion-Imprinted Polymers Prepared by Surface Template / 19:
Scanning Probe Microscopy in Polymers: Introductory Notes / Ren'e M. Overney ; Vladimir V. Tsukruk1:
Polymer Morphology and Structure: Crystals to Fibers
Morphology, Folding, and the Structure of Polymer Single Crystals / D. H. Reneker ; I. Chun2:
Atomic Force Investigations of Epitaxially Crystallized Tactic Poly(propylenes / Wolfgang Stocker et al3:
Morphology Chain Packing, and Conformation in Uniaxially Oriented Polymers Studied / Scanning Force Microscopy ; G. J. Vansco ; H. Sch"onherr ; D. Sn'etivy4:
The Formation of Fibrillar Structures from Biopolymers / M. C. Goh et al5:
Polymer Morphology and Structure: Composites and Biopolymers
Deformation Induced Changes in Surface Properties of Polymers Investigated by Scanning Force Microscopy / S. Hild ; A. Rosa ; O. Marti6:
Scanning Probe Microscopy: a Useful Tool for the Analysis of Carbon Black-Filled Polymer Blends / Ph. Lecl`ere et al7:
Effect of Thermal and Solvent Treatments upon Thermoplastic Olefin Surface Morphology and Composition Studied with Surface-Sensitive Techniques / M. P. Everson ; M. Mikulec ; P. Schmitz8:
Scanning Force Microscopy of Conjugated Anisotropic Thin Films Grown in High-Vacuum / Fabio Biscarini9:
Atomic Force Microscopy of Soft Samples / Gelatin and Living Cells ; Jan Domke et al10:
Atomic Force-, Confocal Laser Scanning-, and Scanning Electron Microscopy Characterization of the Surface Degradation of a Polymer, Ch / Bourban et al.11:
Polymer Morphology and Structure: Molecular Films and Interfaces
Scanning Force Microscopy of Surface Structure and Surface Mechanical Properties of Organotrichlorosilane Monolayers Prepared / Langmuir Method ; Atsushi Takahara et al12:
Optical and Structural Properties of Langmuir-Blodgett Films at the Air-Water and the Air-Solid Interface / L. M. Eng13:
Atomic Force Microscopy of Langmuir-Blodgett Films Polymerized as a Floating Monolayer / Jouko Peltonen ; Tapani Viitala14:
Probing of Local Surface Properties of Polymers
Quantitative Probing in Atomic Force Microscopy of Polymer Surfaces / Valery N. Bliznyuk et al15:
Stretching a Network of Entangled Polymer Chains with a Nanotip / 16:
Correlating Polymer Viscoelastic Properties with Friction Measures by Scanning Probe Microscopy / Jon A. Hammerschmidt et al17:
SPM Techniques: Current Trends
Resolution Limits of Force Microscopy / R. L"uthi et al18:
Chemical Force Microscopy: Probing and Imaging Interactions between Functional Groups / Dmitri V. Vezenov ; Aleksandr Noy ; Charles M. Lieber19:
pH Variations of Surface Forces as Probed by Chemically Modified Tips / Valery N. Bliznyuk ; John Wu20:
Recognition and Nanolithography with the Atomic Force Microscope / T. Boland et al21:
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index
Preface
Introduction
Scanning Probe Microscopy in Polymers: Introductory Notes / Ren'e M. Overney ; Vladimir V. Tsukruk1: