Table of Contents:
  • 1. Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials: A Concise Overview / Stephen J. Clarson
  • 2. Controlled Synthesis of All Siloxane-Functionalized Architectures by Ring-Opening Polymerization / J. Chojnowski, M. Cypryk, W. Fortuniak, K. Kazmierski, K. Rozga-Wijas and M. Scibiorek
  • 3. Novel Methods of Catalyzing Polysiloxane Syntheses / C. J. Embery, J. G. Matisons and S. R. Clarke
  • 4. Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of cis-2,4,6-Trimethyl-2',4',6',-triphenyl Cyclotrisiloxane (cis-P[subscript 3]) in Cyclohexane / H. W. Ahn and S. J. Clarson
  • 5. Ru-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation Polymerization: An Overview of RuH[subscript 2](CO)(PPh[subscript 3])[subscript 3]-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation Copolymerizations of [alpha],[omega]-Diketones with [alpha],[omega]-Dihydrido-oligo-dimethylsiloxanes and Polymerizations of [omega]-Dimethylsilyloxy Ketones / Joseph M. Mabry, Matthew K. Runyon, Jyri K. Paulasaari and William P. Weber
  • 6. Synthesis and Characterization of Siloxane-Containing Polymers Obtained by Dehydrocoupling Polymerization / Yusuke Kawakami and Ichiro Imae
  • 7. Synthesis of Linear Copolysiloxanes with Regular Microstructures and Synthesis of Soluble Polysiloxanes with Trifunctional RSiO[subscript 3/2] (T) or Tetrafunctional SiO[subscript 4/2] (Q) Units / William P. Weber, Jyri Kalevi Paulasaari and Guoping Cai
  • 8. Polysiloxanes in Compressed Carbon Dioxide / Sarah L. Folk and Joseph M. DeSimone
  • 9. Neutron Scattering Studies of Cyclic and Linear Poly(dimethylsiloxanes) / A. C. Dagger, V. Arrighi, S. Gagliardi, M. J. Shenton, S. J. Clarson and J. A. Semlyen
  • 10. Photoexcitation and Photoemission Spectra and Phenyl-Substituted Cyclosiloxanes / Michael W. Backer and Udo C. Pernisz
  • 11. Measuring the Size and Shape of Silicones: The Utilization of Chemometrics and Spectroscopy / Martyn J. Shenton, Henryk Herman and Anthony C. Dagger
  • 12. Thermally Stable Siloxane Polymers for Gas Chromatography / G. M. Day, A. I. Hibberd, J. Habsuda and G. J. Sharp
  • 13. The Effect of Thermal Aging on the Non-Network Species in Room Temperature Vulcanized Polysiloxane Rubbers / Mogon Patel and Anthony R. Skinner
  • 14. Prediction of the Elastomeric Modulus of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Networks Formed by Endlinking / R. F. T. Stepto, J. I. Cail and D. J. R. Taylor
  • 15. Structure-Property Relationships for Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Networks In Situ Filled Using Titanium 2-Ethylhexoxide and Zirconium n-Butoxide / S. Murugesan, J. E. Mark and G. Beaucage
  • 16. Modulus Reduction Mechanism of Trimethylsiloxy Silicates in a Polyorganosiloxane / Randall G. Schmidt, Linda R. Badour and Glenn V. Gordon
  • 17. NMR Spin Relaxation, Self-Diffusion and Viscosity Studies of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)s Blended with Silicate Nanoparticles / Claire Roberts, Terence Cosgrove, Randall G. Schmidt, Glenn V. Gordon, Andrew J. Goodwin and Axel Kretschmer
  • 18. Investigating the Energetics of Bioadhesion on Microengineered Siloxane Elastomers: Characterizing the Topography, Mechanical Properties, and Surface Energy and Their Effect on Cell Contact Guidance / Adam W. Feinberg, Amy L. Gibson, Wade R. Wilkerson, Charles A. Seegert, Leslie H. Wilson, Lee C. Zhao, Ronald H. Baney, James A. Callow, Maureen E. Callow and Anthony B. Brennan
  • 19. Exploiting Favorable Silicone-Protein Interactions: Stabilization against Denaturation at Oil-Water Interfaces / Paul M. Zelisko, Vasiliki Bartzoka and Michael A. Brook
  • 20. Association of Siloxane Polymeric Surfactants in Aqueous Solution / Yining Lin and Paschalis Alexandridis
  • 21. Poly(amidoamine organosilicon) Dendrimers and Their Derivatives of Higher Degree of Structural Complexity / Petar R. Dvornic and Michael J. Owen
  • 22. Surfactant Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Containing Block Copolymers from Living Radical Polymerization / Laurence Bes, Kim Huan, David M. Haddleton and Ezat Khoshdel
  • 23. Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials from Polysiloxanes and Polysilsesquioxanes Using Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization / Jeffrey Pyun, Jianhui Xia and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
  • 24. Preparation and Properties of Silicone-Urea Copolymers Doped with Cobalt(II) Chloride / E. Yilgor, M. Gordeslioglu, B. Dizman and I. Yilgor
  • 25. Block and Graft Copolymers Containing Poly(dimethylsiloxane) and Poly(4-vinyl-pyridine) Segments by Free Radical Polymerization / Yongsin Kim, Daniel Graiver, Gary T. Decker, Fernando J. Hamilton and H. James Harwood
  • 26. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-graft-oligo(hexafluoropropeneoxide) Via Ring-Opening Polymerization / Mark A. Buese, Jose F. Gonzalez, Curtis G. Harbaugh, Garrett M. Stearman and Michael S. Williams
  • 27. Silicone Graft Copolymers with Acrylonitrile, Chloroprene, Styrene, Methylemthacrylate, and an Olefin / Allan H. Fawcett, Andrew B. Foster, Majid Hania, Marcia Hohn, Judge L. Mazebedi, Gerry O. McCaffery, Eddie Mullen and Declan Toner
  • 28. Synthesis and Properties of Poly(butylene terephthalate)- Poly (dimethylsiloxane) Block Copolymers / David A. Schiraldi
  • 29. The Synthesis of Vinyloxyacetate-Siloxane Copolymer and Its Absorption onto E Glass Fibers / Rosalind P. Ma, Christopher Le-Huy, Leanne G. Britcher and Janis G. Matisons
  • 30. Silicification and Biosilicification: Part 2. Silicification at pH 7 in the Presence of a Cationically Charged Polymer in Solution and Immobilized on Substrates / Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Michael F. Durstock and Stephen J. Clarson
  • 31. Diffusion-Controlled Titanate-Catalyzed Condensation of Alkoxysilanes in Nonpolar Solvents / Xiaobing Zhou, Sanlin Hu, Nick E. Shephard and Dongchan Ahn.