Physicochemical Aspects of Polymer Surfaces

of Volume 1.- I. Spectroscopic Analysis.- The Modification, Degradation and Synthesis of Polymer Surfaces Studied by Means of ESCA.- Spectroscopy of Polymer Surfaces using the Surface Enhanced Raman Effect.- X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Study of the Electronic Structure of Poly-p-Phenylene Sulfide.- XPS Analysis of Fluorocarbon Films Produced by Sputtering of a PTFE Bulk Cathode.- Localized Auger States in Polyethylene.- The Influence of a Substrate on the Surface Characteristics of Silane Layers.- II. Contact Angle, Wettability and Surface Energetics.- Wettability of Polymer Surfaces.- Novel Methods of Studying Polymer Surfaces by Employing Contact Angle Goniometry.- The Solidification Front Technique: Its Scope and Use to Determine Interfacial Tensions.- Surface Thermodynamics of Liquid Polymers: Theory.- Characterization of High Surface Area Polyester Filaments by Means of Wetting Force Measurements.- Surface Free Energy of Plasma-Deposited Thin Polymer Films.- Properties of n-Alkane Films in the System: Teflon/ n-Alkane-Water.- Interfacial Free Energies of Cells and Polymers in Aqueous Media.- Adhesion of Ice to Polymers and Other Surfaces.- III. Reactions and Interactions at Polymer Surfaces.- Surfaces (Interfaces) and Polymer Stability.- Surface Oxidation Reactions of Unsaturated Polymers.- Photooxidative Degradation of Clear Ultraviolet Absorbing Acrylic Copolymer Surfaces.- Interactions Between Several Radiation Sources and Certain Polymer Surfaces; Reflectance - Transmittance Characteristics.- Characterization of Dense Sulfonated Polysulfone Membranes.- Surface Phenomena in Latex Films Vulcanization.- Factors Influencing Latex Autohesion.- IV. Tribology and Triboelectrification.- Tribology of Polymers: State of an Art.- Tribological Properties of Rubberlike Materials.- A Survey of the Adhesion, Friction and Lubrication of Polyethylene Terephthalate Monofilaments.- Surface Energetics and Tribological Properties of Miniature Polymer Elements.- Charge States in Polymers: Application to Triboelectricity.- Triboelectrification of Polymers - A Chemist's Viewpoint.- Electrical Contact Performances and Electrical Conduction Mechanisms of an Elastomeric Conductive Polymer.- V. Crazing, Fracture and Morphology.- Surface Free Energies and Fracture Surface Energies of Glassy Polymers.- The Work of Adhesion and the Fracture Surface Energy of Epoxy-Polycarbonate Adhesive Joints.- The Variation of Polymer Morphology and Structure Through Surface Interactions.- About the Contributors.