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Plenary and Main Lectures presented at the
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Coriferences ptenieres et principales presentees au
SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONAL DE CHIMIE MACROMOLECULAIRE
UNION INTERNATIONALE DE CHIMIE PURE ET APPLIQUEE DIVISION DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE COMMISSION DE CHIMIE MACROMOLECULAIRE et
FEDERATION DES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES DE BELGIQUE
LA CHIMIE , MACROMOLECULAIRE-4 Cotiferences ptenieres et principales presentees au
SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONAL DE CHIMIE MACROMOLECULAIRE
aBruxelles-Louvain, Belgique 12-16juin 1967
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MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY-4 Plenary and Main Lectures presented at the
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY held in Brussels-Louvain, Belgium 12-16 june 1967
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Pure and Applied Chemistry, Voi. 16. Nos. 2-3 (1968) The book contains an additional chapter, pp. i-xxvi
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ISBN 978-1-4899-6201-0 ISBN 978-1-4899-6407-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-6407-6
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PLENARY LECTURES Synthetic polymers in the medical sciences-H. F. MARK (U.S.A.)
201
Thermodynamic treatment of membrane transport-A. KATCHALSKY (Israel)
229
Some fundamental aspects of polymer reactions-IcHIRO SAKURADA (Japan)
263
New methods ofpolymerization-C. E. H. BAWN (U.K.)
285
Structure of polymer molecules and super-molecular structuresV. A. KARGIN (U.S.S.R.)
303
MAIN LECTURES Ion-exchange membranes-Correlation between structure and function-HARRY P. GREGOR (U.S.A.)
329
Thermally stable polymers-CARL S. MARVEL (U.S.A.)
351
Infrared spectroscopy and polymer structure-S. KRIMM (U.S.A.)
369
Polymer degradation and electron spin resonance spectroscopyN. GRASSIE (U.K.)
389
Syntheses et structures nouvelles de polymeres-PAUL REMPP (France)
403
Nuclear magnetic resonance and optical studies of polypeptide chain conformation-F. A. BovEY (U.S.A.)
417
On new chemical reactions of polymers-ROLF C. ScHULZ (Germany)
433
Cationic polymerization of IX,,B-di-substituted olefins-A. MIZOTE, T. HIGASHIMURA and S. OKAMURA (Japan)
457
Optical activity and optical rotatory dispersion in synthetic polymers -P. PINo, P. SALVADORI, E. CHIELLINI and P. L. Luisi (Italy)
469
Advances and trends in the chemistry of polymers with a conjugated system-A. A. BERLIN (U.S.S.R.) i-xxvi
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SYNTHETIC POLYMERS IN THE MEDICAL SCIENCES H. F.
MARK
Polytechnic Institute ofBrooklyn, New York, U.S.A. 1. INTRODUCTION By far the most widespread and important use of synthetic organic polymers was stimulated by their attractive mechanical, thermal, electrical and optical properties. They invaded, and now dominate, the large and important industries which produce textiles, packaging materials, plastics, rubbers, electronic devices, coatings, adhesives and medical appliances and many thousand scientists are now engaged in stabilizing and upgrading the performance of synthetic polymers in connect