Macromolecular Complexes in Chemistry and Biology

I. Hydrophobically Associating Polymers.- 1 Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrophobically Associating Water-Soluble Polymers.- 2 Analysis of Hydrophobically Associating Copolymers Utilizing Spectroscopic Probes and Labels.- 3 Solution Properties of Hydrophobically Associating Water-Soluble Polymers.- 4 Aggregation of Hydrophobically Modified Polyelectrolytes in Dilute Solution: Tonic Strength Effects.- 5 Microdomain Composition in Two-Phase Hydrogels.- 6 Molecular Association and Polymerization of 1-Alkyl-4-vinylpyridinium Ions.- 7 Fluorocarbon-Modified Water Soluble Polymers.- II. Polyelectrolyte Complexes.- 8 Static Light Scattering of Polyelectrolyte Complex Solutions.- 9 Interaction Between Oppositely Charged Low Ionic Density Polyelectrolytes: Complex Formation or Simple Mixture?.- 10 Basic Properties of Soluble Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes Applied to Bioengineering and Cell Transformations.- 11 Conformation Presumption for Polysaccharide-Polylysine Complexation.- 12 Interpolymer Complexes and their Ion-Conduction.- 13 Fluorescence Probe Studies of Poly(acrylic acid) Interchain Complexation Induced by High Shear Flow and Influence of Cationic Surfactants on the Complexation.- III. Biopolymer Systems.- 14 Water-Soluble Biospecific Polymers for New Affinity Purification Techniques.- 15 Protein-Polyelectrolyte Complexes.- 16 Precipitation of Proteins with Polyelectrolytes: Role of Polymer Molecular Weight.- 17 Complex Coacervation: Micro-Capsule Formation.- 18 Complexation of Proteins with Polyelectrolytes in a Salt-Free System and Biochemical Characteristics of the Resulting Complexes.- IV. Ionomers in Solution.- 19 Ionomer Solutions: Polyelectrolyte or Ionomer behavior.- 20 Scattering Studies of Ionomer Aggregates in Nonpolar Solvents.