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Polymeric materials are used for a legion of applications across a wide range of disciplines;
appropriate control of their surface and interfacial characteristics is of cardinal importance for their use.
Therefore, the need to characterize polymer surfaces and interfaces and their suitable modification to
impart desired performance characteristics is quite patent. The 26 papers in this volume (originally
presented at the Symposium on Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces: Characterization, Modification and
Application, held in Boston, May 7-11, 1995) address this area of polymer science and technology.
From the Preface: “...Now turning to this volume, here papers are arranged in a more logical
fashion vis-a-vis the order in which they were presented in the symposium. Also, it must be recorded here
that all manuscripts were rigorously peer reviewed...and all of them were suitably revised (some
extensively, and some two times) before acceptance and inclusion in this volume. In other words, this
book is not merely a collection of as-received manuscripts...”
Target Audience: Researchers, technologists, and students interested in the science and technology
of polymer surfaces and interfaces.
Partial Table of Contents:
Polymer Surface Modification and Characterization:
New Approaches for Polymer Surface Modification
Photochemical Modification and Etching of PTFE with Excimer VUV/UV Radiation
Durability of Laser Treated Reinforced PEEK/Epoxy Bonded Joints
Modification of Contact Lens Surfaces: Chemistry and Characterization
Surface Analysis of Polyester Film Modified by Flame and Corona Surface Treatments
Measurements of Thermodynamic Quantities by Means of Solid/Water/Vapour and
Solid/Water/Hexadecane Systems
Metal/Polymer Interfaces:
TiW Adhesion to PMDA-ODA Polyimide: Surface and Interface Chemistry
The Effect of NaOH on Metal/Polyimide Adhesion
Bonding at Metal/Self-Assembled Organic Monolayer Interfaces
Polymer Alignment Layers for Liquid Crystals:
Modified Cyanoacrylate Films for High Tilt Angle Alignment of Liquid Crystals
Effect of Conductive Polymer Alignment Layers on the Orientational Response of a Liquid Crystal
Liquid Crystal Surface Alignment on Treated and Untreated Polymer Surfaces for LCD Applications
Characteristics of Polyimide Alignment Layers with Different Surface Treatments
Microscopic Molecular Re-Orientation of Polymer Surfaces Induced by Rubbing and Factors
Determining LC Pretilt Angles
General Papers:
Plasma-Polymerized Organic Coatings Deposited on Metals from a DC Plasma: Characterization
and Corrosion Performance of Such Surface Modifications
Reaction Monitoring in the Epoxy/Fiber Interphase Using Evanescent Wave Fluorimetry —
Instrumentation and Methods
The Effects of Polymer Molecular Weight and Temperature on Case II Transport in the
Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Methanol System
Polymer Interactions and the Influence of Molecular Structure on Polymer Miscibility
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