POLYMER SYNTHESIS.

1. Precise Synthesis and Surface Characterization of Well-Defined Chain-End-Functionalized Polystyrenes with Two, Four, Eight, Sixteen and Thirty-Two Perfluorooctyl Groups.

2. Synthesis of Highly Branched Comblike Polymers Having One Branch in Each Repeating Unit by Linking Reaction of Polystyryllithium with Well-Defined New Epoxy-Functionalized Polystyrene.

3. Synthesis of Star-Shaped Polystyrenes with Glucose in the Chain-End and Core.

4. Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polysaccharide by Thermally Induced Cationic Polymerization of 1,6-Anhydrohexopyranose.

5. Cationic Polymerization: New Developments and Applications.

6. New Monomers for Dental Application.

7. New Developments in Photoinitiators.

8. Water Soluble, Photocurable resins for Rapid Prototyping Applications.

9. Nanotechnology for Smart Polymer Optical Devices.

10. Contribution of Supercriticial CO₂ to the Preparation of Aliphatic Polyesters and Materials Thereof.

11. Bifunctional Adhesion Promoter for Grafting Polypyrrole Films on Metal/Metal Oxide Surfaces.

12. Semicontinuous Emulsion Copolymerization of Vinyl Acetate and Butyl Acrylate Using Different Initiators and Different Chain Length Emulsifiers.

13. Poly(acrylamide) Grafts on Spherical Polymeric Sulfonamide Based Resin for Selective Removal of Mercury Ions from Aqueous Solutions.

14. Stereoselective Cyclopolymerization of Diynes: Smart Materials for Electronics and Sensors.

15. Preparation of Polymer-Supported Chiral 1, 2 -Diamine as an Efficient Ligand for Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalyst.

16. Design and Application of Amphiphilic Polymeric Supports for Micellar Catalysis.

17. Modification of Crosslinked Poly(styrene) Based Polymers for Boron-Specific Extraction.

18. Surface-Initiated Polymerization on Self-Assembled Monolayers: Effect of Reaction Conditions.

19. Block Copolymers via ROMP - Awakening the Sleeping Beauty.

20. Synthesis and Self Assembly of Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Polymers.

THEORY.

21. Polymer Chain Dynamics Predicted by n-Renormalized Rouse Models: Numerical Studies.

22. Properties of Star-Branched Polymer Chains Near a Surface.

23. Computer Simulations of Grafted Amphiphilic Polymer Chains.

24. Pseudostationary Polymerization: Improving the Determination of the Rate Constant of Propagation.

25. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the First Steps of the Formation of Polysiloxane Layers at a Zinc Oxide Surface.

26. Determination of Rate of Crystallinity and Thermodynamical Interaction Parameters of Polycaprolactone with some Solvents by Gas Chromatography.

POLYMER ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING.

27. Thermo-Oxidative Degradation during Creep Crack Growth of PE-HD Grades as Assessed by FT-IR Spectroscopy.

28. Toughness behaviour of Vinylester/Epoxy Thermosets with Interpenetrating Network Structure.

29. Morphology -Property Correlations of PP Materials by Means of Microhardness.

30. Microphotometric Detection of Particles/Inhomogeneities in Flowing Polymer Melts.

31. An Experimentally Fast and Straightforward Methods for the Direct Determination of Axial Dispersion as Occurring in Size Exclusion Chromatography.

32. Injection Moulding of Parts with Microstructured Surfaces for Medical Applications.

33. New Capabilities of Rheology for Polymer Compound Industry.

34. Estimation of Slow Crack Growth Behavior in Polyethylene after Stepwise Isothermal Crystallization.

35. Modification of Recycled Polymer Blends with Activated Natural Zeolite.

36. Influence of Talc and SEBS-g-MA on PP/SEBS-g-MA/Talc Composites under Gamma Irradiation Sterilization Conditions.

37. Electrospinning P(LLA-CL) Nanofiber: A Tubular Scaffold Fabrication with Circumferential Alignment.

38. Adhesives Based on Formaldehyde Condensation Resins.

39. The Reaction Mechanism of the Transetherification and Crosslinking of Melamine Resins.