Ionic Polymerizations and Related Processes

I: Cationic Polymerization.- Cationic Polymerizations at Elevated Temperatures by Novel Initiating Systems Having Weakly Coordinating Counteranions. 1. High Molecular Weight Polyisobutylenes.- Cationic Polymerization: Industrial Processes and Applications.- New Branched Polyisobutenes and Butyl Rubbers by the Inimer Method.- Newer Aspects of Photoinitated Cationic Polymerization.- Cationic Macromolecular Design using Non(homo)polymerizable Monomers.- Segmented Polymer Networks by Cationic Polymerization:Design and Applications.- Rate Constants and Reactivity Ratios in Carbocationic Polymerizations.- Photochemically Induced Cationic Photopolymerization of Vinyl Ethers and Oxethanes.- Kinetics of the Living Polymerization of Isobutylene.- Kinetics and Mechanism of Living Cataionic Polymerization of Olefins.- Stopped-flow Technique and Cationic Polymerization Kinetics.- Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization.- II: Anionic and Other Related Processes.- A Forgotten Class of High Tg Thermoplastic Materials: Anionic Copolymers of Styrene and 1,1-Diphenylethylene. Synthesis, Toughening and Block Copolymerization with Butadiene.- Control of Active Centers Reactivity in the High Temperature Bulk Anionic Polymerization of Hydrocarbon Monomers.- Arborescent Polymers: Highly Branched Homo-and Copolymers with Unusual Properties.- Similarities and Discrepancies between Controlled Cationic and Radical Polymerizations.- Recent Developments in Anionic Synthesis of Model Graft Copolymers.- Kinetics of Elementary Reactions in Cyclic Ester Polymerization.- Synthesis and Properties of Amphiphilic and Functional Copolymers and Networks.- Modeling, Simulation and Control of Polymerization Processes: Some Aspects for Tailored Synthesis.- Conference Photos.