The book combines 18 invited lectures and 10 posters of the OUMS '93 symposium on "Ordering in Macromolecular Systems." It covers both experimental and theoretical investigation of the three topics (1) Cristallization and Phase Transition (2) Polymer Liquid Crystals and (3) Block Copolymers, Polymer Blends and Surfaces. The combination of these three topics which are correlated by "ordering" provides a unique feature of the present symposium in reflecting the interactions among investigators working in these important fields.
Thus the book will be a useful tool for the polymer specialist...

Structural organization or disorganization in macromolecular systems has been an important subject of polymer physical chemistry during the last one or two decades. This volume summarizes the main lectures presented at the Osaka University Macromolecular Symposium OUMS '98 on Molecular Interactions and Time-Space Organization in Macromolecular Systems, where the following topics were discussed: crystallization kinetics, liquid crystals, phase separation, gelation, adhesion, complex formation, and self-organization, with emphasis on molecular interactions. Both these topics are hot issues at...