Proceedings of the OUMS'95 Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, 2-5 June, 1995 /
edited by Mikiharu Kamachi, Akira Nakamura.
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1996.
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Including Degenerative Transfer: Novel and General Pathways Towards 'Living' Controlled Radical Polymerization -- Living Radical Polymerization via Reversible Homolytic Activation of Carbon-Halogen Bonds with Metal Complexes -- Molecular Information and Its Expression by Oligomeric Carbon-Chain Compounds; What Steroidal Molecules Tell Us -- Stereospecific Living Polymerization of Methacrylate with Binary Initiator Systems -- Single Site Polymerizations of Ethylene and 1-Olefins Catalyzed by Rare Earth Metal Complexes -- Non-Conjugated and Conjugated Dienes in Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Chemistry -- Design and Synthesis of New Substituted Polyacetylenes -- Precursor Method for Polymeric LB Films -- Polyethyleneimine Derivatives as Nucleic Acid Model and Interaction with DNA -- Helical Polymers: Synthesis, Conformation, and Function -- The Dendritic Box; Synthesis, Properties, and Applications -- New Macromolecular Architectures and Functions Through Macromolecular Recognition by Cyclodextrins -- Novel Unimolecular Micelles of Hydrophobically Modified Polyelectrolytes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Functions -- Optical Characterization of Ultrathin Polymer Films Prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett Technique -- Excited State Electron Transfer from Polyelectrolyte-Bound Chromophores -- Chemical Functions of NH-S Hydrogen Bonds in Model Complexes of Iron-Sulfur Metalloproteins -- Genetically Expressed Monodisperse ? Helical Polypeptides -- Enzymatic Synthesis of Polysaccharides: A New Concept in Polymerization Chemistry -- Self Assembling Organic Nanotubes -- Development of a Rapid and Facile Method for Protein Synthesis Using Partially Protected Peptide Thioesters as Building Blocks -- Molecular Weight Dependent Antimicrobial Activity by Chitosan.
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This volume summarizes the main lectures presented at the Osaka University Macromolecular Symposium OUMS '95 on New Macromolecular Architectures and Functions, where the following three topics were discussed: (1) controlled polymerizations, (2) macromolecular organized systems, and (3) biomimetic polymers. Either of these topics in itself is a hot issue at present and frequently taken up as a main theme at a particular symposium. The present symposium invited leading scientists in these fields as guest speakers and is expected to attract interests of a significant range of readers.