Preface -- Part 1. Synthesis, Properties and Bulk Characterization Water as solvent in polyimide synthesis: Thermoset and thermoplastic examples / Synthesis and properties of polyimides derived from 2-diphenyl -- methoxy-4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazine and aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydrides / New organo-soluble polyimides based on 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene derivatives / Properties of vapor-deposited polyimides / Structure/property correlations in new adamantane-based polyimides and copolyimides / Structure-property relationships as determined in PMDA-ODA polyimide processed by powder metallurgy techniques / Porosity and functionality in polyimides: Effects of dendrimer substitution and chemical imidization in a supercritical medium / Synthesis and characterization of novel bismaleimides / Preparation and properties of epoxy/maleimide compounds and their cured resins / Synthesis and characterization of polybenzimidazopyrrolones based on pyridine-bridged aromatic tetraamines and dianhydrides / Synthesis and characterization of novel heterocyclic-ring-based poly(arylene ether)s / Cyclic aromatic polyethers / Part 2. Hybrids and Composites -- Fluoro-poly( ether imide )s and fluoro-poly( ether imide)/ organa-soluble MMT clay nanocomposites: Synthesis, fabrication, characterization and thermal degradation kinetics study of their films / Characterization and degradation of acidic fluorinated poly(amide-imide)s and their hybrids with silica / Poly(amide-imide) nanocomposites for high-temperature wire coatings / Influence of crystallinity of R-BAPB-type polyimide matrix on thermal and mechanical properties of carbon-fiber-reinforced composites

Viscoelastic properties of polyimide--silica ceramers imidized under different curing conditions / Transport of low-molecular-weight c:ompounds in silicalpolyimide hybrids / Part 3. Applications and General Papers -- Peculiarities of segmental dynamics in complex polyimide materials for advanced technologies / A new class of photoalignable polyimides with high photosensitivity / Enhancing the photoconductivity of polyimides by incorporating intrinsic chromophore units / Polyimide as a tunneling barrier in single-electron tunneling junctions / Preparation and performance of ultrafiltration membranes from polyetherimide and its sulfonated derivatives / Design and properties of polymer materials with high glass-transition temperatures for nonlinear optical applications / Alignment of SWNTs in lyotropic rigid-rod polymer compositions / Adhesion of copper to UV photo-oxidized polyimide (PMDA-ODA) surfaces / Polyimide erosion in a low Earth orbit space environment simulated by a laser detonation atomic oxygen beam facility