Preface |
Background |
Polymer Processing in Microgravity: An Overview / James Patton Downey ; John A. Pojman1.: |
Research Platforms That Reduce the Acceleration Experienced in the Experimental Frame of Reference: Achieving "Microgravity" / 2.: |
Sounding Rocket and Orbital Investigations |
The Role of Gravity in Sol-Gel Systems / Laurent Sibille ; David D. Smith3.: |
Growth Kinetics of Polydiacetylene Films Prepared in Microgravity / William E. Carswell ; Mark S. Paley ; Donald O. Frazier ; Robert J. Naumann4.: |
Polymerization in Microgravity On-Board STS-57, STS-63, and STS-77 / Kenneth G. Brown ; Karen S. Burns ; Jo Ingram ; George M. Wood ; Billy T. Upchurch5.: |
Production of Polyurethane Foams in Space: Gravitational and Vacuum Effects on Foam Formation / Samuel P. McManus ; Francis C. Wessling ; John T. Matthews ; Darayas N. Patek ; Kazunori Emoto ; Douglas T. Howard ; T. Scott Price6.: |
Gel Formation under Microgravity Conditions / V. A. Briskman ; K. G. Kostarev7.: |
Parabolic Flight Investigations |
Bubble Behavior in Frontal Polymerization: Results from KC-135 Parabolic Flights / William J. Ainsworth ; Yuri A. Chekanov ; Jonathan Masere8.: |
Instrumentation for Studying Polymer Film Formation in Low Gravity / Paul Todd ; Matthew R. Pekny ; Jeremiah Zartman ; William B. Krantz ; Alan R. Greenberg9.: |
Liquid Crystal and Polymer Dispersions in a Microgravity Environment / Joe B. Whitehead, Jr. ; Gregory P. Crawford10.: |
Processing of Nonlinear Optical Polymer Systems under Microgravity Conditions / L. H. Dao ; K. Parbhakar ; H. M. Nguyen ; J. M. Yin ; Y. Sun ; Y. Beaudoin11.: |
Ground-Based Research |
Foaming of Polyethylenes in a Dynamic Decompression and Cooling Process / Kwangjin Song ; Robert E. Apfel12.: |
Prospects for the Study of Gas-Phase Polymerization and the Synthesis of Polymers Containing Nanoparticles in Microgravity / Yezdi B. Pithawalla ; Junling Gao ; M. Samy El Shall13.: |
Production of Bacterial Polyesters in Simulated Microgravity / Radhika Thiruvenkatam ; Carmen Scholz14.: |
Development of Impedance Spectroscopy to Study Polymerization Processes in Microgravity / A. P. Kennedy ; J. McLendon15.: |
Gravity Effects during Mold Filling: Fluid Front Dynamics / M. C. Altan ; K. A. Olivero16.: |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Preface |
Background |
Polymer Processing in Microgravity: An Overview / James Patton Downey ; John A. Pojman1.: |