Polymer Research in Microgravity

Sixteen papers examine how gravity can affect polymerizations and polymer processing and how weightlessness or "microgravity" is achieved. The volume reviews the current research from sounding rocket and orbital investigations, parabolic flight investigations, and ground-based research. Also covered are inorganic to biologically produced polymers, including free-radical polymerization, polymer-dispersed luquid crystals and foams.

Preface

xi

Background

Polymer Processing in Microgravity: An Overview

2

(14)

James Patton Downey

John A. Pojman

Research Platforms That Reduce the Acceleration Experienced in the Experimental Frame of Reference: Achieving ``Microgravity''

16

(16)

James Patton Downey

Sounding Rocket and Orbital Investigations

The Role of Gravity in Sol---Gel Systems

32

(19)

Laurent Sibille

David D. Smith

Growth Kinetics of Polydiacetylene Films Prepared in Microgravity

51

(13)

William E. Carswell

Mark S. Paley

Donald O. Frazier

Robert J. Naumann

Polymerization in Microgravity On-Board STS--57, STS--63, and STS--77

64

(14)

Kenneth G. Brown

Karen S. Burns

Jo Ingram

George M. Wood

Billy T. Upchurch

Production of Polyurethane Foams in Space: Gravitational and Vacuum Effects on Foam Formation

78

(19)

Samuel P. McManus

Francis C. Wessling

John T. Matthews

Darayas N. Patek

Kazunori Emoto

Douglas T. Howard

T. Scott Price

Gel Formation under Microgravity Conditions

97

(15)

V. A. Briskman

K. G. Kostarev

Parabolic Flight Investigations

Bubble Behavior in Frontal Polymerization: Results from KC--135 Parabolic Flights

112

(14)

William J. Ainsworth

John A. Pojman

Yuri A. Chekanov

Jonathan Masere

Instrumentation for Studying Polymer Film Formation in Low Gravity

126

(12)

Paul Todd

Matthew R. Pekny

Jeremiah Zartman

William B. Krantz

Alan R. Greenberg

Liquid Crystal and Polymer Dispersions in a Microgravity Environment

138

(15)

Joe B. Whitehead, Jr.

Gregory P. Crawford

Processing of Nonlinear Optical Polymer Systems under Microgravity Conditions

153

(15)

L. H. Dao

K. Parbhakar

H. M. Nguyen

J. M. Yin

Y. Sun

Y. Beaudoin

Ground-Based Research

Foaming of Polyethylenes in a Dynamic Decompression and Cooling Process

168

(17)

Kwangjin Song

Robert E. Apfel

Prospects for the Study of Gas-Phase Polymerization and the Synthesis of Polymers Containing Nanoparticles in Microgravity

185

(18)

Yezdi B. Pithawalla

Junling Gao

M. Samy El Shall

Production of Bacterial Polyesters in Simulated Microgravity

203

(14)

Radhika Thiruvenkatam

Carmen Scholz

Development of Impedance Spectroscopy to Study Polymerization Processes in Microgravity

217

(10)

A. P. Kennedy

J. McLendon

Gravity Effects during Mold Filling: Fluid Front Dynamics

227

(18)

M. C. Altan

K. A. Olivero

Author Index

245

(1)

Subject Index

246

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