Vol. 60 No. 1 CONTENTS
Special Issue on
Polymeric Materials
General Paper

Special Issue on Polymeric Materials (Vol.60 No.1)

Foreword

T.Inoue

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Original Paper (Vol.60 No.1)

Hydrolytic Degradation of Low Molecular Weigh Poly(Lactic Acid)s and Their Drug Eluting Behavior

Yasuharu NAGAI, Jun Jae Lee, and Hideki YAMANE

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Mechanical Properties and Phase Morphology of Poly(Lactic Acid)/Polyamide 12

Katsuhisa TOKUMITSU,Takahiro INOUE, Yoshihiro YAMASHITA, Kenji KIKUCHI and Takeshi KANZAWA

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Aggregation Structure and Surface Properties of Poly (Ethylene Maleimide) Copolymer Thin Film Modified with Fluoroalkyl and Alkyl Side Chains

Katsuhiro YAMAMOTO, Takeshi KONDO and Eri ITO

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Miscibility and Dynamics of Poly(Vinyl Acetate)/Poly(Methyl Glycidyl Ether) Blends

Azusa SHIMIZU, Nobuharu KUKI, Osamu URAKAWA and Tadashi INOUE

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Microphase Separation Induced by a Differentiating Non-Solvent in a Semi-Dilute Solution of an Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Block Copolymer

Koji ANDO, Takahiko YAMANAKA, Shigeru OKAMOTO, Naoki SAKAMOTO, Hirokazu HASEGAWA and Naokiyo KOSHIKAWA

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Application of High-Contrast X-Ray Computerized Tomography to Carbon Fider/Polymer Composites

Yukihiro NISHIKAWA, Naohide OHTA, Yuichiro KOMASU and Masaoki TAKAHASHI

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Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Fiber Derived from Woody Biomass

Mariko YOSHIOKA, Hirofumi KATSURA and Nobuo SHIRAISHI

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Solvent Permeation Behavior of Alginate Sulfate Electrolyte Membranes under Pressure Gradient

Chikara KATSUNO, Yutaka KASAI, Hideyuki MORITA, Junichi HORINAKA, Kenji URAYAMA and Toshikazu TAKIGAWA

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Formation of Gold Nanoparticle Chains in a Flow Cell Coated with Oriented Polymer Thin Films

Masatoshi TOSAKA, Norihiro ICHIDA and Takahiko NAKAOKI

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Strain-Induced Variation of Relaxation Time in Crosslinked Epoxy Glass Evaluated by a Simple Nonlinear Mechanical Model

Shinfya YOSHIOKA and Mariko IWAMOTO

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Development of a Horizontal Temperature Gradient Cell for the Optical Microscopic Observation and Its Application for Research Works on Non-Equilibrium Transient Phenomena

Akiyoshi YASUDA, Muneaki YAMANE, Hiroki YAMANISHI, Yasuhiro YAMADA and Shinichi SAKURAI

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Influence of High-Pressure Hydrogen Exposure on Increase in Volume by Gas Absorption and Tensile Properties of Sealing Rubber Material

Junichiro YAMABE, Masatoshi NAKAO, Hirotada FUJIWARA and Shin NISHIMURA

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General Paper (Vol.60 No.1)

Original Paper (Vol.60 No.1)

Stability Analysis of fcc Crystal under Local Share Deformation by Molecular Dynamics

Hiroki USHIDA, Shigenobu OGATA and Hajime KIMIZUKA

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Lecture (Vol.60 No.1)

Current Status and Future Prospects of Biocomposites ‡V:Current Status and Future Prospects of Cellulose Reinforced Greencomposites

Masahiko ITAKURA

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