Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. An Overview

   1. An Overview

      • D. A. Cadenhead, J. E. Mark, P. N. Prasad

      Pages 1-5

3. Trends in Polymers Science and Technology

   1. Globalization and Development of New Materials

      • Yoshikazu Ito

      Pages 7-15

   2. Emerging Materials

      • D. J. H. Smith, P. Freund

      Pages 17-27

   3. Advanced Materials for Future Aerospace Programmes

      • Ernesto Vallerani, Paolo Marchese, Bruno Fornari

      Pages 29-44

   4. Commercial Uses of Liquid Crystalline Polymers

      • Adi R. Guzdar, Richard W. Lusignea, Kent G. Blizard, Leslie S. Rubin

      Pages 45-61

   5. Polymer Education in Singapore

      • Sam Angove

      Pages 63-74

4. Polymers for Photonics

   1. Novel Polymeric Composite Materials for Photonics

      • Paras N. Prasad, Maciek E. Orczyk, Jaroslaw Zieba, Ryszard Burzynski, Yue Zhang

      Pages 75-91

   2. Properties and Applications of Polymers in Optics and Electrooptics

      • Jean-Claude Dubois, Erich Spitz

      Pages 93-106

   3. Polymeric Electro-Optic Materials and Devices: Meeting the Challenges of Practical Applications

      • James T. Yardley, Karl W. Beeson, Paul Ferm, Keith Horn, Charles Knapp, Michael McFarland et al.

      Pages 107-115

   4. Liquid Crystal Nonlinear Optics

      • I. C. Khoo

      Pages 117-139

   5. Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Functionalized Polymers

      • F. Kajzar, F. Charra, J. M. Nunzi, P. Raimond, E. Idiart, M. Zagorska

      Pages 141-153

   6. Effective Excited States for χ ⁽³⁾ in a Symmetric Conjugated Molecule

      • Yuhei Mori, Takashi Kurihara, Toshikuni Kaino, Satoru Tomaru

      Pages 155-164

   7. Second-Harmonic Blue Light Generation in Langmuirblodgett Film Waveguides by Mode Conversion and by use of the Cerenkov-Type Configuration

      • M. Küpfer, M. Flörsheimer, Ch. Bosshard, H. Looser, P. Günter

      Pages 165-173

   8. Techniques for Ultrastructure Synthesis: Preparation of Second Order Nonlinear Optical Materials

      • Larry R. Dalton, Xu Chengzeng, Wu Bo, Aaron W. Harper

      Pages 175-185

   9. Plastics as Novel Optical Materials

      • Tsuyoshi Ohkubo, Akira J. Ikushima

      Pages 187-195

   10. Photoexcitations in Polydiacetylenes

       • G. Dellepiane, C. Cuniberti, D. Comoretto, G. Lanzani, G. F. Musso, A. Piaggi et al.

       Pages 197-204

   11. Incorporation of Ladder Polymer Subunits in Formal Copolymers for Third Order Nlo Applications

       • Charles W. Spangler, Pei-kang Liu, Joyce Laquindanum, Linda S. Sapochak, Larry R. Dalton, R. Sai Kumar

       Pages 205-210

   12. Polymers with Special Optical Properties

       • Hans-Joachim Lorkowski

       Pages 211-217

   13. Third Order Nonlinear Optical Interactions in Some Bioengineered Polymers

       • D. V. G. L. N. Rao, F. J. Aranda, C. F. Cheng, J. A. Akkara, D. L. Kaplan, J. F. Roach

       Pages 219-228

This book presents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials held in Jakarta, Indonesia during January 10-15, 1993. This conference was organized and sponsored by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), and the Indonesian Polymer Association. The 244 participants represented a total of 24 countries and a wide variety of academic, industrial and government groups. The inauguration was held in the Royal Palace and was performed by President Soeharto of Indonesia. High level media coverage ensured worldwide recognition. The need for such a conference was emphasized by the fact that polymers have emerged as an important class of materials offering challenging opportunities for both fundamental research and new technological applications. There has been a tremendous growth of interest in the field of polymers, both in academia and in industry, and polymer science offers tremendous opportunities for both fundamental and applied work. This globally represented Second International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials was timely, especially given the current heightened enthusiasm for polymers and emerging novel applications.

• advanced materials
• biotechnology
• composite
• composite material
• photonics
• polymer
• polymer science
• polymers
• silicon
• surface science
• thermodynamics

• State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

  Paras N. Prasad

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