AKRON,UNIVERSITY

Rubber Chemistry and Technology 65,No.5,Nov./Dec.l992,p.932-55 INFLUENCE OF COMPOSITION AND PROCESSING HISTORY ON THE CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY OF THE FOAMED OI.EFINIC THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS Dutta A Cakmak M Akron,University... 

There are already several excellent detailed reviews on GTP [2-5]. In this chapter I will critically analyze the existing data that strongly support a dissociative (anionic) mechanism originally proposed by R. Quirk of Akron University [6]. I will also explain how GTP can operate at 80 °C when it is well known that the classical anionic polymerization of methacrylates does not proceed above ambient temperatures. In addition, GTP will be compared to other controlled polymerization methods. 

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Tokyo,Institute of Technology Ishikawa,Industrial Research Institute Akron,University... 

Brittain W J Aquino E C Dicker IB Brunelle D J Akron,University Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Co. GE Corporate R D... 

Muyen Michael Wu, Polymerization of Acrylamide in Water-In-Oil Microemulsion, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Akron, University Microfilms International (1983). 

New Orleans, La., August 1999, p.888-9 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERISATION OF POLYANHYDRIDE COPOLYMERS FOR CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY Sanders A J Li B Bieniarz C Harris F W Akron,University (ACS.Div.of Polymer Chemistry)... 

Sava Rubber Industry Akron, University, Institute of... 

Akron, University, Inst.of Polym.Engineering (ACS, Rubber Div.)... 

Samay G Palotas L Nagy T Seregely Z Tauras Hungarian Rubber Works Edited by White J L Murakami K (Akron, University Teikyo, University)... 

Bhowmick AK Kasemsuwan S Oroz M A Patt J Seeger R MacArthur A McIntyre D AKRON, UNIVERSITY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY... 

Polymers and liquid ciystals are important materials for various research fields. If the two substances are mixed, novel materials which combine the advantageous properties of both may be formed. 1 began to think about this around 1994. Already at that time, this mixed system had attracted attention as an electro-optical material, but from the perspective of basic physical properties, the center of the liquid crystal research up to that point was the phase transition and Uquid crystal stracture of novel low molecular weight liquid crystals. The physics of liquid crystals was based on the Onsager theory, the Maier-Saupe theory, and the elastic theory by Frank. However, the theoretical study of a liquid crystal mixed with other substances had not yet been developed. So, 1 began to think to build theories of phase separations and phase transitions in mixtures of liquid crystals and other substances. Our first paper on the theory of phase separations in the mixture of a polymer and a liquid crystal was published in 1996 [41]. 1 found at a later date that a paper on the same topic by Prof. Kyu of Akron University had been presented already in 1995 [42]. However, there was a difference between the two theories. Kyu s theory has dealt with low molecular weight liquid crystals in an attractive model, whereas our model considered both attractive and repulsive interactions between rodlike liquid crystal molecules and can handle also long rodlike molecules. After that, I had a variety of discussions with Kyu and it was a valuable experience for my research. 

Akron University continues to publish many papers on mixing and blending, more particularly using batch mixers and with a developing interest in intercalation and exfoliation of nanofillers in rubbery materials (41). Osaka City University is also carrying out work on mixing techniques as reported recently (24). 

Oh J S Isayev A I Rogunova M A Akron,University Polymer Diagnostics Inc. PolyOne Corp. 

Shawbruy, Rapra Technology Ltd., 2000, pp.vi,408. 150.00. ISBN 185957 2073. 26cms. 14/9/00. 813 SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF RUBBER MIXING Nakajima N Akron,University... 

Akron, Oh., 14th-16th July 1993, p.145-92. 012 CRITIQUE OF INTERMESHING COUNTERROTATING BATCH AND CONTINUOUS MIXERS White J L Kim P-S Lim S-H Akron,University Edited by White J L Inoue T Applied Polymer Symposium 53... 

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