Irradiation of Polymers. Fundamentals and Technological Applications

Content: High-energy ion irradiation effects on polymer materials / H. Kudoh, T. Sasuga, and T. Seguchi -- Mechanistic studies on the radiation chemistry of poly(hydroxybutyrate) / Trudy Carswell-Pomerantz, Limin Dong, David J.T. Hill, James H. O'Donnell, and Peter J. Pomery -- Radiation-induced energy and charge transport in polystyrene : laser photolysis and pulse radiolysis comparative study / Guohong Zhang and J.K. Thomas -- Photoionization in polymer films / Guohong Zhang and J.K. Thomas -- Radiation chemistry of polybutene-1 / W. Ken Busfield and Gregory S. Watson -- Anisotropic properties in ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene after cobalt-60 irradiation / J.V. Hamilton, K.W. Greer, P. Ostiguy, and P.N. Pai -- Computer simulation of polymer network formation by radiation cross-linking / Eric S. Castner and Vassilios Galiatsatos -- Low-voltage electron-beam simulation using the Integrated Tiger Series Monte Carlo code and calibration through radiochromic dosimetry / Douglas E. Weiss, Harvey W. Kalweit, and Ronald P. Kensek -- A recent advance in the determination of scission and cross-linking yields of gamma-ray irradiated polymers / David J.T. Hill, K.A. Milne, James H. O'Donnell, and Peter J. Pomery -- Determination of new chain-end groups in irradiated polyisobutylene by NMR spectroscopy / David J.T. Hill, James H. O'Donnell, M.C. Senake Perera, and Peter J. Pomery -- Radiochromic solid-state polymerization reaction / William L. McLaughlin, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, D.F. Lewis, A. Kovács, and L. Wojnárovits -- Deposition of plasma-polymerized styrene under ion bombardment / Jung H. Lee, Dong S. Kim, and Young H. Lee -- Synthesis of polysaccharide chemical gels by gamma-ray irradiation / Annamaria Paparella and Kinam Park -- Interpenetrating polymer network formation by electron-beam curing of acrylated epoxy resin blends / Mohamad Al-Sheikhly and William L. McLaughlin -- Electron processing of carbon-fiber-reinforced advanced composites : a status report / Ajit Singh, Chris B. Saunders, Vince J. Lopata, Walter Kremers, Tom E. McDougall, Miyoko Tateishi, and Minda Chung -- Electron-beam manufacturing of tank track pads / Byron J. Lambert, Ahmed A. Basfar, Walter J. Chappas, and Joseph Silverman -- Gas-plasma sterilization / Paul T. Jacobs and Szu-Min Lin -- Radiation sterilization of medical devices and pharmaceuticals / Karen J.L. Burg and Shalaby W. Shalaby -- Radiochemical sterilization : a new approach to medical device processing / Shalaby W. Shalaby and C.L. Linden, Jr. -- Advances in food irradiation research / Karen J.L. Burg and Shalaby W. Shalaby -- Molecular-level response of selected polymeric materials to the low earth orbit environment / Philip Young, Emilie J. Siochi, and Wayne S. Slemp -- Effects of gamma-ray irradiation on thermal and tensile properties of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene systems / M. Deng, R.A. Johnson, R.A. Latour, Jr., and Shalaby W. Shalaby -- Effects of ionizing radiation on the optical properties of polymers / Julie P. Harmon, Emmanuel Biagtan, Gregory T. Schueneman, and E.P. Goldberg -- Temperature effects in gamma-ray irradiation of organic insulators for superconducting magnets for fusion reactors / H. Kudoh, N. Kasai, T. Sasuga, and T. Seguchi -- Radiation-induced effects in ethylene-propylene copolymer with antioxidant / Stefania Baccaro -- Development of an accelerated aging method for evaluation of long-term irradiation effects on ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene implants / D.C. Sun, C. Stark, and J.H. Dumbleton -- Performance of polymeric materials as shielding for cosmic radiation / M.Y. Kim, S.A. Thibeault, J.W. Wilson, R.L. Kiefer, and R.A. Orwoll -- Advanced materials and forms : photosensitive metathesis polymers / A. Mühlebach and U. Schaedeli -- Polymeric imaging material based on an acid-catalyzed main-chain cleavage reaction / M. Hiro and J.M.J. Fréchet -- X-ray lithography with environmentally stable chemical amplification positive resist / Hiroshi Ito, Greg Breyta, Don Hofer, Andrew Pomerene, Karen Petrillo, and David Seeger -- Silylating reagents with high silicon contents for dry-developed positive-tone resists for extreme-UV (13.5 nm) and deep-UV (248 nm) microlithography / David Wheeler, Eric Scharrer, Glenn Kubiak, Richard Hutton, Susan Stein, Ray Cirelli, Frank Baiocchi, May Cheng, Craig Boyce, and Gary Taylor.