Index 117electrostatic, 1, 4, 13, 16, 17, 24, 25, 27, 30,
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 58, 60, 67,
69, 73, 74, 75, 79, 81, 86, 88, 93, 104
emission, 92
emulsions, 56, 108, 109, 112
encapsulation, 28, 66, 107
energy, 21, 23, 37, 38, 103, 108, 112
entropy, 38, 42, 49, 53, 59, 60, 109
environment, 46, 94, 97, 112
environmental change, 21
enzyme, 80
equilibrium, 22, 24, 38, 43, 51, 59, 60, 67,
70, 75
ethyl acetate, 90
ethylene, 81
evacuation, 25
excitation, 92
excluded volume, 1, 4, 33, 34, 35
F
fabrication, 30, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 66,
71, 80, 81, 82, 83, 103
field theory, 33
film thickness, 78
films, 53, 54, 55, 56, 66, 72, 77, 78, 83, 113
filters, 91
filtration, 21
flexibility, 44, 49
FloryHuggins, 3
fluctuations, 1, 4, 12, 32
fluid, 54, 83
fluorescence, 88, 90, 92, 94, 95
force, 31, 49, 58, 59, 63, 71, 96, 112
form factors, 6, 7
formation, 2, 3, 4, 23, 30, 32, 37, 38, 39, 44,
45, 51, 54, 57, 59, 64, 71, 76, 81, 86, 89,
92, 93, 94
free energy, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 59
freedom, 96, 109
friction, 29
FTIR, 89
fuel cell, 103, 106, 108
functionalization, 89, 90G
gene therapy, 106
geometry, 54
growth, 24, 60, 62, 63, 64, 70, 85
growth mechanism, 60, 62, 63, 64H
healing, 54, 81
homopolymers, 33
hydrogen, 46, 47
hydrogen bonds, 47
hydrolysis, 89
hydrophilic, 2, 3, 4, 10, 21, 25, 28, 42, 44,
91, 94
hydrophobic, 2, 3, 4, 10, 21, 25, 28, 42, 44,
48, 69, 77, 82, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94,
96, 97, 98, 105
hydrophobicity, 89, 96
hydroxide, 104I
incompatibility, 1, 2, 3, 8, 12
insulators, 108
integration, 92, 103
intelligence, 109
interaction parameter, 3, 5, 9
interface, 21, 26, 33, 47, 69, 72, 75, 80
inversion, 34, 58, 59, 73, 74, 75
ionic strength, 2, 3, 4, 7, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20,
25, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 43, 47, 48, 49, 59,
60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 72, 74, 86, 111
ionization, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14, 16, 20, 23,
25
ions, 7, 13, 16, 23, 24, 26, 74, 86, 104
isoprene, 87, 89, 92
isotherms, 45