POLYMERS Vol.68 No.6
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COVER STORY
Carbon Polymers
Carbon polymers consisting solely of carbon atoms have long been used for electrode and simple structural materials because of their high thermal and mechanical stability and good conductivity. They were produced by calcination of carbon source polymers such as polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and phenolic resins. Their main target were basic and mechanic material applications, thus their structures were unclear. However, the discovery of nanocarbons with very specific structural features such as carbon nanotubes and graphenes triggered investigations on the directed synthesis of certain carbon polymers based on diverse organic and polymer synthetic approaches. This special feature introduces the latest research examples of carbon polymers with tailored structures.
Editors: OGOSHI, UEMURA, SUGIYASU, and NAKANO

Digest for English Readers
286

Hot Topics in Polymer Science in SPSJ
289

Commentary
Fruitful Interplay between Carbon and Polymer Sciences Katsumi KANEKO
290

COVER STORY: Highlight Reviews
Carbon Nanotubes as a Polymer Tsuyohiko FUJIGAYA
291
Bottom-Up Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons as Structurally Well-Defined, Quasi-One-Dimensional Carbon Materials Akimitsu NARITA
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Liquid Nanocarbons Takashi NAKANISHI
297

PolyMANGA
300

COVER STORY: Topics and Products
Carbon Materials Retaining the Structures of Precursor Organic Crystals Hirotomo NISHIHARA
301
Graphdiyne: 2D Carbon Created by Polymer Synthesis Ryota SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi NISHIHARA
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Sputtered Nanocarbon Film Electrodes Capable of Controlling sp2/sp3 Ratio Dai KATO, Osamu NIWA
305
Fluidized-Bed Production and Battery Application of Long Carbon Nanotubes Suguru NODA
307

Polymer Science and I: A Personal Account
My Heroes Daisuke SUZUKI
309

Messages: “Work and Life”
For the New Period Hideko AKAI
310

Front-Line Polymer Science
States of Water Molecules at the Biointerface – What is the Roles of Intermediate Water ? Masaru TANAKA
311

Messages from SPSJ
316
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