This volume Macromolecular Engineering: Recent Advances has been developed based on the 1 st International Conference on "Advanced Polymers Via Macromolecular Engineering" (APME '95), June 24-29, 1995 at the Vassar College campus, Poughkeepsie, New York. In APME '95, 100 oral and over 50 poster presentations are to be delivered from scientists around the globe. The scientific program covers recent advances in macromolecu lar engineering. It is our vision that the knowledge of the past and the promise of the future are blended together in APME '95 to enrich and stimulate the scientists, which will bring about the progress of macromolecular engineering. Scientists from over 30 countries will be joining together to share this vision. Although over 150 papers are to be presented in APME '95 conference, we could not include all the papers in this book for a variety of reasons, most importantly the authors willingness to contribute to this volume in time to meet the deadline. However, the 24 comprehensive chapters included in this volume are a true reflection of some of the important themes of macromolecular engineering that are part of the APME '95 conference. We believe macromolecular engineering is the key to developing new polymeric materials and, to this end, it is hoped this volume will aid in this introspection. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Group Transfer Polymerization and Its Relationship to Other Living Systems....Pages 1-9 Fundamentals and Practical Aspects of “Living” Radical Polymerization....Pages 11-24 The Constant Copolymer Composition Technique....Pages 25-34 Application of the Constant Copolymer Composition Technique for the Synthesis of Isobutylene/ p-Methylstyrene Copolymers....Pages 35-45 Hexaarmed Polystyrene Stars from a Newly Designed Initiator of Carbocationic Polymerization....Pages 47-65 Photoinitiation of Ionic Polymerizations....Pages 67-83 Synthesis and Photopolymerization of 1-Propenyl Ether Monomers....Pages 85-99 Design of Macromolecular Prodrug Forms of Antitumor Agents....Pages 101-116 Transparent Multiphasic Oxygen Permeable Hydrogels Based on Siloxanic Statistical Copolymers....Pages 117-126 Preparation of Tubular Polymers from Cyclodextrins....Pages 127-141 Multi-Component Polymers Containing Polyisobutylene Via Multi-Mode Polymerization....Pages 143-149 Macrophotoinitiators....Pages 151-161 Amphiphilic Polymer Networks by Copolymerization of Bis-Macromonomers....Pages 163-169 Stereospecific Polymerization and Copolymerization of Stereoregular PMMA Macromonomers....Pages 171-188 Acrylic Graft Copolymers Via Macromonomers....Pages 189-196 Anionic Synthesis of Macromonomers and Graft Copolymers with Well-Defined Structures....Pages 197-205 New Superstructures from Block and Graft Copolymers with Precisely Controlled Chain Architecture....Pages 207-218 Molecular Organization of Polystyrene and Polymethylmethacrylate with Fluorocarbon Side Chains....Pages 219-227 Synthesis of 1–10 Micron Polymer Particles by the New Grafting-Precipitation Method (GPM)....Pages 229-241 Design and Control of the Structure of Polymers and Molecular Aggregates in the Solid Lattice: Synthetic and Self-Assembly Approach....Pages 243-253 Polyaddition of H 3 PO 4 , and Its Derivatives to Diepoxides Via Activated Monomer Mechanism....Pages 255-270 Functional Polymers with Various Macrocyclic Chain Architectures and Well-Defined Dimensions....Pages 271-289 Functionalized Polymers....Pages 291-302 Polymers with Triazene Units in the Main Chain....Pages 303-318 Synthesis and Properties of Poly(Aryl Ether Ketone) Possessing Crosslinking Groups....Pages 319-328 Back Matter....Pages 329-332
