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Chapter 19 Selected Topics ......................................................................................................... 613
19.1 Conductive Polymeric Materials ................................................................... 613
19.1.1 Photoconductive and Photonic Polymers ......................................... 613
19.1.2 Electrically Conductive Polymers .................................................... 614
19.1.3 Nanowires .........................................................................................620
19.2 Nonlinear Optical Behavior .......................................................................... 621
19.3 Photophysics and Photochemistry—Basics ...................................................622
19.4 Drug Design and Activity ..............................................................................628
19.5 Synthetic Biomedical Polymers .....................................................................630
19.5.1 Dentistry ...........................................................................................634
19.6 Sutures ...........................................................................................................636
19.7 Geotextiles .....................................................................................................641
19.8 Smart Materials .............................................................................................642
19.9 High-Performance Thermoplastics ...............................................................643
19.10 Construction and Building ............................................................................645
19.11 Flame-Resistant Textiles ...............................................................................647
19.12 Water-Soluble Polymers ................................................................................648
19.13 Anaerobic Adhesives .....................................................................................649
19.14 Hydrogels .......................................................................................................652
19.15 Emerging Polymers .......................................................................................652
19.16 Green Materials .............................................................................................657
19.17 New Materials—Additional Aspects ............................................................ 661
19.18 Summary .......................................................................................................663
Glossary ....................................................................................................................664
Exercises ...................................................................................................................664
Additional Reading ..................................................................................................665

Chapter 20 Solutions ...................................................................................................................667
Appendix A Symbols .................................................................................................................693
Appendix B Trade Names ..........................................................................................................699

Appendix C Syllabus .................................................................................................................729
Appendix D Polymer Core Course Committees ........................................................................ 731
Appendix E Structures of Common Polymers .......................................................................... 733
Appendix F Mathematical Values and Units .............................................................................739
Appendix G Comments on Health ............................................................................................. 743
G.1 Fire ................................................................................................................. 743
G.2 Measures of Toxicity ..................................................................................... 743
G.3 Cumulative Effects ........................................................................................ 743
G.4 Environment ..................................................................................................744

Appendix H ISO 9000 and 14000 .............................................................................................. 745
Appendix I Electronic Education Web Sites ............................................................................ 747
Appendix J Stereogeometry of Polymers ................................................................................. 749

Appendix K Statistical Treatment of Measurements ................................................................. 757
Appendix L Combinatorial Chemistry ...................................................................................... 759

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