| An Overview | p. 1 |
| Globalization and Development of New Materials | p. 7 |
| Emerging Materials | p. 17 |
| Advanced Materials for Future Aerospace Programmes | p. 29 |
| Commercial Uses of Liquid Crystalline Polymers | p. 45 |
| Polymer Education in Singapore | p. 63 |
| Novel Polymeric Composite Materials for Photonics | p. 75 |
| Properties and Applications of Polymers in Optics and Electrooptics | p. 93 |
| Polymeric Electro-optic Materials and Devices: Meeting the Challenges of Practical Applications | p. 107 |
| Liquid Crystal Nonlinear Optics | p. 117 |
| Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Functionalized Polymers | p. 141 |
| Effective Excited States for x[superscript (3)] in a Symmetric Conjugated Molecule | p. 155 |
| Second-Harmonic Blue Light Generation in Langmuir-Blodgett Film Waveguides by Mode Conversion and by Use of the Cerenkov-Type Configuration | p. 165 |
| Techniques for Ultrastructure Synthesis: Preparation of Second Order Nonlinear Optical Materials | p. 175 |
| Plastics as Novel Optical Materials | p. 187 |
| Photoexcitations in Polydiacetylenes | p. 197 |
| Incorporation of Ladder Polymer Subunits in Formal Copolymers for Third Order NLO Applications | p. 205 |
| Polymers with Special Optical Properties | p. 211 |
| Third Order Nonlinear Optical Interactions in Some Bioengineered Polymers | p. 219 |
| Semi- and Full Interpenetrating Polymer Networks as Stable Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials | p. 229 |
| Photo-polymerization and Photo-crosslinking in the Graphic Arts | p. 239 |
| Conducting Polymers: Science and Technology | p. 251 |
| Control of the Mesoscopic Organization of Conjugated Thiophene Oligomers, Induced by Self-Assembly Properties | p. 263 |
| Functionalization of Conducting Polymer for Advanced Materials | p. 273 |
| Polymeric Materials Based on Azomethine Moieties for the Preparation of Organic One-Dimensional Superlattices | p. 281 |
| Theoretical Analysis of the Vibrational Spectra of Conducting Polymers: A Model Compound Approach | p. 289 |
| A Modified Pariser-Parr-Pople Formulation for the Study of Low-Lying Excitation Energies of Polyenes | p. 297 |
| Dopant and Charge Carriers Correlation in Polyaniline Prepared by Potentiostatic Method | p. 305 |
| Understanding the Novolak Synthesis Reaction | p. 311 |
| Synthesis and Polymerization of 3,3'-Difunctionalized-2,2'-Bithiophenes | p. 319 |
| Immobilization of Glucose Oxidase in Poly(2,2'-Bithiophene) | p. 325 |
| Molecular Arrangement of Perconjugated Systems | p. 333 |
| Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Poly(7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-diacetate) | p. 345 |
| Carbon Clusters and Carbon Polymers: Advanced Materials with Exciting Properties | p. 355 |
| Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Interaction of Metals with Polymer Surfaces: A Case Study of the Use of a Model Molecular System to Study the Nature of Charge Storage in Short Polyenes | p. 369 |
| High Resolution XPS Study of the Electronic Structure of Polyaniline | p. 383 |
| Expanding the Polyolefin Property Envelope: From Spheripol to Spherilene Technology | p. 391 |
| Organic-Inorganic Composites | p. 403 |
| Thermoplastic Geomembranes for Water Barriers | p. 411 |
| Effects of the Preparing Conditions on the Physical Properties of Surface Grown UHMW PE Fibers | p. 423 |
| Surface Characterization and Platelet Adhesion Studies of Plasma-Sulfonated Polyethylene | p. 439 |
| Development of Long-Fibre Prepreg via Pultrusion Process | p. 453 |
| Synthesis and Properties of p-Aromatic Polyamide Having Benzoxazinone Unit in the Main Chain | p. 467 |
| Rigid-Rod Polymers with Flexible n-Alkoxymethyl Side Branches | p. 477 |
| Aromatic-Heterocyclic Polymers Research at United States Air Force Wright Laboratory: Recent Developments | p. 493 |
| A Review of Stabilization Requirements of Post Consumer Recycled Polyolefins | p. 503 |
| Biocompatible Polymers and Their Applications | p. 509 |
| Supra-Biomolecular Architectures at Functionalized Surfaces | p. 519 |
| Optical Properties of Polyaniline Synthesized by Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions in Organic Solvents | p. 531 |
| Polynucleotide Analogues: Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties | p. 539 |
| Systematically Varying Compatibility of Styrene Containing Copolymers with Poly(vinyl methyl ether) | p. 551 |
| Thermodynamics and Interfaces of Polymer Blends | p. 561 |
| Effect of Specific Interaction on Miscibility Windows of PVC/SAN's Copolymer Blends | p. 575 |
| Molecular and Physical Structure's Designs of High Performance Polymeric Membranes | p. 581 |
| Design of Functionality of Polymers by the Use of the Property of Siloxane Linkage | p. 591 |
| Intelligent Polymer Membranes | p. 599 |
| Biosynthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoates) by Pseudomonas Putida | p. 607 |
| Progress of Research and Development in Modification of Polymeric Materials Using Radiation Technique in Indonesia | p. 613 |
| Trial Production of Condoms from Irradiated Natural Rubber Latex on a Factory Scale | p. 627 |
| The Study of Composite Reinforced with Natural Fibres | p. 639 |
| Trial Production of Examination Gloves from Irradiated Natural Rubber Latex on a Factory Scale | p. 649 |
| Sol-Gel Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxopolymers | p. 659 |
| Research on Sol-Gel Optical-Coatings for a Megajoule Laser at CEL-V | p. 669 |
| New Directions in Organosilicon Surface Science | p. 677 |
| Low-Pressure Membranes: New Developments and Applications | p. 689 |
| Ultra-Thin Films of Tricosanoyl and Pentacosanoyl-10:12-Diynoic Acids and the Resultant Polymers | p. 699 |
| Program Committee | p. 711 |
| Advisory Committee | p. 713 |
| Index | p. 715 |
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