| POLYMERS Vol.60 No.9 |
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COVER STORY Polymers at Various Interfaces:From Preparation to Structure and Physical Properties |
| With the advent of modern nanotechnology, we believe
that tiny organic devices with excellent functionality will be assembled
in the near future. To do so, every essential piece of materials must
be as small and/or thin as possible. Polymeric materials are, of course,
involved in such a trend. When a material decreases in size, the ratio
of surfaces and interfaces to the total volume for the material drastically
increases. Since the surfaces and interfaces are in different energy
states compared with the inside (bulk), structures and physical properties at surfaces and interfaces are supposed to be different from the corresponding bulk ones. Thus, if we are able to precisely understand and control structure and physical properties at the surfaces and interfaces, the performance of the polymeric materials will be promisingly improved. This current volume contains excellent feature articles dealing with new concepts of how polymer interfaces can be precisely designed and what structure and physical properties the interfaces will exhibit. （Editors: K. TANAKA, IJIRO, SAKURAI, and MIYATA） |
| Hot Topics | 659
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| Commentary |
| My Wishes for Another Leap in Polymer Surface Science and Technology | Shinzaburo ITO | 660
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| COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews |
| Fabrication and Controlling of Interfaces by Polymer Grafting on Surfaces | Kohji YOSHINAGA | 661 |
| Controlling Structure and Orientation of Polymer Films at Interfaces | Takahiro SEKI and Shusaku NAGANO | 665 |
| Effects of Physico-Chemical Properties on Performance of Adhesive Bondings | Mitsukazu OCHI | 669 |
| COVER STORY:Topics and Products |
| Surface Characterization of Perfluoroalkylated Polymers | Kenji SUGIYAMA | 673 |
| Vertical Orientation and Long Range Ordering of Microdomains in Block Copolymer Thin Films | Teruaki HAYAKAWA | 675 |
| Nanostructures in Block-Copolymer Particles | Hiroshi YABU | 677 |
| Study of Interfacial Dynamics of Softmaterials by X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy | Taiki HOSHINO | 679 |
| Nanopalpation Technique for Polymeric Surfaces and Interfaces | Ken NAKAJIMA | 681 |
| Growing Polymers: A Personal Account |
| Lucky Enzyme | Ken’ichiro MATSUMOTO | 683 |
| Messages: “Work and Life” |
| Be Aware of Present Situation to Realize a “Gender-Equal Society” | Eriko JOTAKI | 684
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| Front-Line Polymer Science |
| Fusion Materials: Toward the Development of New Functional Materials Overcoming the Limitations of Biomineralization | Takashi KATO | 685
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| Messages from SPSJ | 690 |
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