Field Responsive Polymers. Electroresponsive, Photoresponsive, and Responsive Polymers in Chemistry and Biology

Content: Microwave and optical properties of conducting polymers : from basic research to applications / P. Hourquebie, P. Buvat, and D. Marsacq -- Separation and concentration of anionic organic electrolytes by electrotransport through polyethylene films grafted with cationic polymers / Kazunori Yamada, Koki Sasaki, and Mitsuo Hirata -- Ionic polymer-metal composites as biomimetic sensors and actuators-artificial muscles / M. Shahinpoor, Y. Bar-Cohen, T. Xue, Joycelyn S. Harrison, and J. Smith -- Nonaqueous polymer electrolytes for electrochromic devices / J.R. Stevens, W. Wieczorek, D. Raducha, and K.R. Jeffrey -- Morphology and luminescence properties of poly(phenylenevinylene) and poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) polyblends / King-Fu Lin, Lu-Kuen Chang, and Horng-Long Cheng -- An overview of the piezoelectric phenomenon in amorphous polymers / Zoubeida Ounaies, Jennifer A. Young, and Joycelyn S. Harrison -- The electrorheological properties of chitosan sulfate suspensions / Shuizhu Wu and Jiarui Shen -- Field-responsive conjugated polymers / Karim Faïd and Mario Leclerc -- Dielectric and electro-optical properties of a ferroelectric side-chain liquid crystalline polysiloxane containing azobenzene dyes as guest molecules / Rong-Ho Lee, Ging-Ho Hsiue, and Ru-Jong Jeng -- High dielectric constant (microwave frequencies) polymer composites / Shailendra Negi, Keith Gordon, Saeed M. Khan, and Ishrat M. Khan -- Identification of critical structure-function relationships in the preparation of polymer thin films for electro-optic modulator applications / A.W. Harper, F. Wang, J. Chen, M. Lee, and L.R. Dalton -- Novel side chain liquid crystalline polymers for quadratic nonlinear optics / F. Kajzar, Gangadhara, S. Ponrathnam, C. Noël, and D. Reyx -- Dielectric relaxation and second-order nonlinearity of copolymethacrylates containing tolane-based mesogenic groups / Ging-Ho Hsiue, Ru-Jong Jeng, and Rong-Ho Lee -- Photorefractive polymers and polymer-dispersed liquid crystals / B. Kippelen, A. Golemme, E. Hendrickx, J.F. Wang, S.R. Marder, and N. Peyghambarian -- Novel photorefractive materials based on multifunctional organic glasses / Qing Wang, Nikko Quevada, Ali Gharavi, and Luping Yu -- An oligo(3-alkylthiophene) containing material showing high photorefractivity / Wenjie Li, Alireza Gharavi, Qing Wang, and Luping Yu -- Methodology for the synthesis of new multifunctional polymers for photorefractive applications / K.D. Belfield, C. Chinna, O. Najjar, S. Sriram, and K.J. Schafer -- Stimuli-responsive behavior of N, N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate polymers and their hydrogels / Fu-Mian Li, Shuang-Ji Chen, Fu-Sheng Du, Zhi-Qiang Wu, and Zi-Chen Li -- Thermoreversible gelation of syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) based block copolymers in o-xylene / J.M. Yu and R. Jerome -- Synthetic design of "responsive" surfaces / David E. Bergbreiter -- Thermosensitive properties of flat poly(tetrafluoroethylene) plates surface-grafted with N-isopropylacrylamide and 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate / Kiyomi Matsuda, Naoki Shibata, Kazunori Yamada, and Mitsuo Hirata -- Temperature- and pH-responsive polymers for controlled polypeptide drug delivery / C. Ramkissoon-Ganorkar, F. Liu, M. Baudyš, and S.W. Kim.