Table of Contents

Preface (V.G. Gregoriou). 1. Transport and Recombination Dynamics Studies of Polymer/Fullerene Based Solar Cells (S.A. Choulis, J. Nelson, S.M. Tuladhar, S. Cook, Y. Kim, J.R. Durant and D.D.C. Bradley. 2. Voltage--Induced Infrared Spectra from Polymer Field--Effect Transistors (Yukio Furukawa, Jun Yamamoto, Don--Chan Cho and Tatsuo Mori). 3. Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers and Their Blends for Optoelectronic Applications (S.P. Economopoulos, G.K. Govaris, C.L. Chochos, N.P. Tzanetos, A.K. Andreopoulou, J.K. Kallitsis, P. Yianoulis and V.G. Gregoriou). 4. Relationship between the Distortion of Polyene Chains from Planarity and the Raman Activity of the In--Phase CH Out--of--Plane Wag (Kazuki Fujimori, Akira Sakamoto and Mitsuo Tasumi). 5. Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Structure and Orientation in Clay--Reinforced Polyamide--6 Nanocomposites (Kenneth C. Cole, Johanne Denault and Martin N. Bureau). 6. Application of Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Polymer Composites (Liliane Bokobza). 7. Characterization of Polypropylene (PP) Nanocomposites for Industrial Applications (Athina Korakianiti, Vasiliki Papaefthimiou, Theofania Daflou, Stella Kennou and Vasilis G. Gregoriou). 8. Deformation Behavior of Triblock Copolymers Based on Polystyrene: An FT--IR Spectroscopy Study (O.L.J. van Asselen, I.A. van Casteren, J.G.P. Goossens and H.E.E. Meijer). 9. A Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Study of PET Membranes from IR to Vis--FUV (A. Laskarakis, M. Gioti, E. Pavlopoulo, N. Poulakis and S. Logotheridis). 10. Polarized FT--IR Photoacoustic Spectroscopy on Polymer Fibers (Klaus--Jochen Eichhorn and Gudrun Adam). 11. Diblock Copolymer Adsorption from the Aqueous Micellar Phase to Solid Surfaces: Real Rime Monitoring by ATR Spectroscopy in the Mid--Infrared (I. Keskini, V. Gionis, G.D. Chryssikos, I. Hiotelis, C. Toprakcioglu, N. Stavrouli and C. Tsitsilianis). 12. NMR Study of Water Bound to Soft Segments in Thermoplastic Elastomers (Martin Horstmann, Marcu Urbani and Wiebren S. Veeman). 13. Role in Hydration in the Phase Transition of Polypeptides Invetigated by NMR and Raman Spectroscopy (Jivi Dybal, Pavel Schmidt, Jaroslav Kriz, Dana Kurkova, Jose Carlos Rodriguez--Cabello and Matilde Alonso). 14. On--line Monitoring of the Acrylate Conversion in UV Photopolymerization by Near--Infrared Reflection Spectroscopy (Tom Scherzer, Reiner Mehnert and Hartmut Lucht). 15. Spectroscopic Characterization of Micro--Phase Separated Blends of Polystyrene/Polymethyl Methacrylate (PS/PMMA) (Athina Korakianiti, Siobhan Walsh and Vasilis G. Gregoriou). 16. Spectroscopic Imaging Techniques for Characterization of Polymer Morphologies: A Combination of Infrared and Electron Microscopy (Andreas Gupper, Peter Wilhelm, G. Kothleitner, K.--J. Eichhorn and G. Pompe). 17. PM--IRRAS Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Polymer Nanofilms: Chains Conformation, Anisotropy and Crystallinity (T. Elzein, S. Bistac, M. Brogly and J. Schultz). 18. Spectroscopic Linear Dichorism FT--IR Studies of Synthetic Spider Silk (Y. Koc, P.T. Hammond, B. Lendl and V.G. Gregoriou). 19. Fluorescence Study of Peptides and Protein Containing Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes (Mamed Mustafaev). 20. Relationship between the Coli--Globule Transition of an Aqueous: Poly(N--isopropylacrylamide) Solution and Structural Changes in Local Conformation of the Polymer (Yukiteru Katsumoto, Takeyuki Tanaka and Yukihiro Ozaki). 21. On the Use of Vibrational Spectroscopy to Characterized the Structure and Aroma Barrier of Food Packaging Polymers (J.M. Lagaron, D. Cava, E. Gimenez, P. Hernandez--Munoz. R. Catala and R. Gavara). 22. Nanomechanical and Optical Studies on Polymeric Membranes (C. Charitidis, M. Gioti and S. Logothetidis). 23. Characterization of the Epoxy--Metal Interphase: FTIR--ERAS and Spectra Calculation for Ultra--Thin Films (Carsten Wehlack and Wulff Possart). 24. Dielectric Properties and Molecular Mobility of Organic/Inorganic Polymer Composites (Haralambos Zois, Athanasios Kanapitsas, Polycarpos Pissis, Lazaros Apekis, Eugene Lebedev and Yevgen P. Mamunya).