| POLYMERS Vol.64 No.6 |
| >> Japanese |
COVER STORY Why Not Re-Consider About Fracture of Polymeric Materials |
| Advanced functionalized polymeric materials are increasingly being developed and they are now being employed extensively in engineering applications. These advance polymer materials are fascinating at many levels but their increased functionality must not be at the cost of reduced mechanical strength or chemical and thermal stability. A large wealth of applied fracture mechanics studies were undertaken between 1953 and 2000, but in more recent times there have not been many significant breakthroughs reported in the literature. This position is changing now though with the advent of new methods for toughening elastomer materials for example by exploiting sliding-ring functionality or double network gels. In this edition, fracture mechanics in polymeric materials is reviewed and updated activities will be introduced. Editors: TSUNODA, SAKAI, SHISHIDO, and FURUKAWA |
| Digest for English Readers | 336
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| Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ | 339
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| Commentary |
| “Griffith” is a Father of Fracture | Ikuo NARISAWA | 340
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| COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews |
| Fracture of Plastics | Takashi KURIYAMA | 341
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| Elastic-Viscous Transition in Tear Fracture of Rubbers | Yoshihide FUKAHORI | 344 |
| What are Characteristics of Gel Fracture | Yoshimi TANAKA, Takahiro MATSUDA | 347 |
| Dynamics of Adhesion and Debonding | Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI | 350 |
| PolyMANGA | 353 |
| COVER STORY: Topics and Products |
| Mechanical Properties of Self-Recovery Tough Gels with Permanent and Reversible Crosslinks | Koichi MAYUMI, Tetsuharu NARITA, Costantino CRETON | 354 |
| Rubbers and Elastomers for High-pressure Hydrogen Seal | Shin NISHIMURA | 356 |
| Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account |
| Challenge for “Originality” | Hironori IZAWA | 358
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| Messages: “Work and Life” |
| Now We are Struggling for Child Rearing | Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI | 359
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| Front-Line Polymer Science |
| Polyelectrolyte Brush and Specific Ion Effect | Hideki MATSUOKA | 360
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| From My Bookshelf | Arimitsu USUKI / Kentaro TAKI | 366 |
| PolySCHOLA | Tasuku NAKAJIMA | 367 |
| Messages from SPSJ | 370 |
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