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 present and frequently are taken up as a main theme at a particular symposium. The present symposium invited leading theorists and experimentalists in these fields as guest speakers and is expected to attract the interest of a significant range of readers.

Synchrotron SAXS and WAXD Study of Polymer Crystallization in Confined Microdomains

Structure Development in Side Group Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers
Crystallization Behavior and Properties of Polyolefins
Modeling of Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polysiloxanes
Polymorphic and Polytypic Transformations during Crystallization of Long-Chain Compounds
Fluorescence Studies on Molecular Interaction and Dynamics of Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Molecular Rheology of Glassy Polymers
Polymer-Solvent Organization in Relation to Chain Microstructure
Polymer-Surfactant Interaction in Thermorevisible Gels
Viscoelastic Phase Separation and Transient Formation of Spongelike
Dielectric Studies of Order-Disorder Transition in Solutions of Styrene-Isoprene Block Copolymers
Long Wavelength Composition Fluctuations in Diblock Copolymers
Structure and Ordering Processes of Diblock Copolymer Associates in Solution
Amphipathic Synthetic and Biological Macromolecules in Aqueous Media
The Interactions of Hydrophobically-Modified Poly-(N-Isopropylacyrylamides) with Liposomes
Controlled Association of Macromolecules in Water: Hydrophobized Polymers and Proteins
Macro to Microdynamics of Threadlike Micelles
Self-Organized Nanostructures with a Single Polymer Chain
Solution Properties of Polymacromonomers Consisting of Polystyrene
Frictional Behavior of Self-Assembled Polymer Brushes.