The papers in this volume were originally presented at a symposium hosted in Durham, England during July 1991 under the auspices of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of the Chemical Industry. These papers present an authoritative overview of technology and research on polymer surfaces by acknowledged experts in their respective fields. Individual reviews address analytical techniques, properties, reactions, modeling, and synthesis of surfaces and interfaces.

From the Preface: “...In the intervening time since publication of the 1987 volume, new methods of interrogating polymer surfaces have been developed. Two of these, ion beam analysis and surface quasi-elastic light scattering are dealt with here. Additionally, theories of polymers attached to solid surfaces have been vigorously pursued and the survey of these (by Cates) provides a link to the experimental work discussed by Luckham in the 1987 volume...”

Target Audience: Polymer scientists, surface scientists, chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and biologists working in industrial and academic laboratories.

Table of Contents:

Surface Chemistry of Chemically Resistant Polymers

Self-Assembled Molecular Films as Polymer Surface Models

Non-Equilibrium Effects in Polymeric Stabilization

Ion Beam Analysis of Composition Profiles Near Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces

Laser Light Scattering

Characterization of Interfaces in Polymers and Composites Using Raman Spectroscopy

Surface Modification and Analysis of Ultra-High-Modulus Polyethylene Fibres for Composites

SSIMS — An Emerging Technique for the Surface Chemical Analysis of Polymeric Biomaterials

Scanning Probe Microscopy — Current Issues in the Analysis of Polymeric Biomaterials

Surface Grafting of a Thrombin Substrate on a Polymer Membrane and the Inhibition of Thrombin Activity Leading to Non-Thrombogenicity

Acid—Base Effects at Polymer Interfaces

Index