Contributions from 6th Austrian Polymer Meeting Book

	Preface
1	Precise synthesis and surface characterization of well-defined chain-end-functionalized polystyrenes with two, four, eight, sixteen and thirty-two perfluorooctyl groups	1
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	17
3	Synthesis of star-shaped polystyrenes with glucose in the chain-end and core	29
4	Synthesis of hyperbranched polysaccharide by thermally induced cationic polymerization of 1,6-anhydrohexopyranose	39
5	Cationic polymerization : new developments and applications	47
6	New monomers for dental application	63
7	New developments in photoinitiators
8	Water soluble, photocurable resins for rapid prototyping applications	99
9	Nanotechnology for smart polymer optical devices	109
10	Contribution of supercritical CO[subscript 2] to the preparation of aliphatic polyesters and materials thereof	135
11	Bifunctional adhesion promoter for grafting polypyrrole films on metal/metal oxide surfaces	147
12	Semicontinuous emulsion copolymerization of vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate using different initiators and different chain length emulsifiers	161
13	Poly(acrylamide) grafts on spherical polymeric sulfonamide based resin for selective removal of mercury ions from aqueous solutions	169
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	191
16	Design and application of amphiphilic polymeric supports for micellar catalysis	203
17	Modification of crosslinked poly(styrene) based polymers for boron-specific extraction	215
18	Surface-initiated polymerization on self-assembled monolayers : effect of reaction conditions	223
19	Block copolymers via ROMP - awakening the sleeping beauty	231
20	Synthesis and self assembly of hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers	247
21	Polymer chain dynamics predicted by n-renormalized Rouse models : numerical studies	267
22	Properties of star-branched polymer chains near a surface	273
23	Computer simulations of grafted amphiphilic polymer chains	281
24	Pseudostationary polymerization : improving the determination of the rate constant of propagation	289
25	Molecular dynamics simulations of the first steps of the formation of polysiloxane layers at a zinc oxide surface	295
26	Determination of rate of crystallinity and thermodynamical interaction parameters of polycaprolactone with some solvents by gas chromatography	301
27	Thermo-oxidative degradation during creep crack growth of PE-HD grades as assessed by FT-IR spectroscopy	307
28	Toughness behaviour of vinylester/epoxy thermosets with interpenetrating network structure	317
29	Morphology - property correlations of PP materials by means of microhardness	329
30	Microphotometric detection of particles/inhomogeneities in flowing polymer melts	343
31	An experimentally fast and straightforward method for the direct determination of axial dispersion [sigma][subscript Ad] as occurring in size exclusion chromatography	357
32	Injection moulding of parts with microstructured surfaces for medical applications	365
33	New capabilities of rheology for polymer compound industry	375
34	Estimation of slow crack growth behavior in polyethylene after stepwise isothermal crystallization	383
35	Modification of recycled polymer blends with activated natural zeolite	391
36	Influence of talc and SEBS-g-MA on PP/SEBS-g MA-talc composites under gamma irradiation sterilization conditions	401
37	Electrospinning P(LLA-CL) nanofiber : a tubular scaffold fabrication with circumferential alignment	413
38	Adhesives based on formaldehyde condensation resins	417
39	The reaction mechanism of the transetherification and crosslinking of melamine resins	431