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Report on the All-UnionConference: FundamentalProblems of Modern Science onPolymersG. E. Zaikov aa Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciencesof the USSR , Moscow, USSRPublished online: 22 Sep 2006.

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P0LYM.-PIAST. TECHNOL. ENG., 31(3&4), 363-366 (1992)

REPORT ON THE ALL-UNION CONFERENCE: FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF MODERN SCIENCE ON POLYMERS

G. E. ZAIKOV

Institute of Chemical Physics Academy of Sciences of the USSR Moscow. USSR

Within the time period from the 27th to the 30th of November 1990, the All- Union Conferee on Fundamental Problems of Modern Science on Polymers was convened in Leningrad. It was organized by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Moscow), by the Scientific Council on High-Molecular Com- pounds at the Department of General and Technical Chemistry at the Presidium of Academy of Sciences (Moscow), the Institute of High-Molecular Compounds of the Academy of Sciences (Leningrad), the research and production associa- tion PLASTPOLYMER (Leningrad), and the Interregional state association TECHNOCHIM (Leningrad). Professor V. A. Kabanov (Moscow State University) was the chairman of the organizing committee, and Professor A. M. Eljashevich (Leningrad, Physical-Technical Institute) was his deputy. Pro- fessor V. A. Izumrudov (Moscow) and Professor Ju. N. Sazanov (Leningrad) were academic secretaries of the conference. The organizing committee in- cluded famous scientists of the USSR in the fields of polymer chemistry, and physics: B. A. Dolgoplosk, N. S. Enikolopov, N. A. Plate, N. F. Bakeev, V. A. Ponomarenko,* S. A. Arzhakov (all from Moscow), M. M. Koton, V. N. Zvetkov, E. F. Panarin, S. V. Sokolov, S. S. Ivanchev, S. Ja. Frenkel, G. V. Samsonov, S. S. Skorokhodov (all from Leningrad), P. A. Kirpichnikov (Kazan), and Ju. S. Lipatov (Kiev). In all, there were 500 scientists from 75 research centers of the country-institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, universities and institutes of the State Committee of Education, and applied institutes of various ministries.

*A famous Soviet scientist in the field of synthesis and study of heat-resistant polymers and special-purpose polymers, who suddenly died November 25, 1990, on the eve of the conference.

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Practically, the All-Union Conference was divided into 4 symposiums. The first symposium-on polymer synthesis-was headed by Professor V. A. Gasnev (instituk of ElemenbOrganic Compounds of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow). Here, 7 plenary reports were heard and 40 poster communications were discussed.

In their reports, S. S. Ivanchev and K. S. Kazansky discussed the problems of macromolecular design and polymerization with the use of polyfunctional components and macromeasures. V. S. Brikhin (as co-author with K. L. Makovetzky) dwelled on designing macromolecules through methods of breakage-free cation and coordination-ion polymerization. The report of M. B. Lachinov, Ju. D. Semchikov, and E. N. Telehsov was devoted to the macromolecular effects in polymerization.

New approaches in designing macromolecules in the process of linear polycondensation were presented by A. Ju. Bilibin, V. A. Vasnev, R. D. Kozarava, and S. S. Skorokhodov. Particular interest was attracted by infor- mation of Ja. S. Vygodsky and V. A. Pankratov devoted to formation of linear and crosslinked macromolecules through polycycling of poly functional monomers. Creation of oriented polymer systems through polyreactions of organized monomers was discussed in the reports by V. P. Zubov, V. A. Egorov, and S. Ju. Zaitzev. P. M. Valetzky and A. D. Pomogailo dwelled on the possibility of macromolecule design through the use of the metal-organic compounds.

The second symposium (headed by Professor A. A. Berlin, Institute of Chemical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow) touched on polymer structure and properties. Here, 11 plenary reports were heard and 40 poster informations were discussed.

The report of N. F. Bakeev and V. A. Marikhin was devoted to the modem state and trends in production of high-strength and high-modulus materials on the basis of flexible-chain polymers. Liquiderystal polymers in the capacity of construction materials were presented by V. G. Kulichikhin. The mesomorph state of the flexible-chain polymers was discussed in the report made by Ju. K. Godovsky, V. S. Papkov, and D. Ja. Zvankin. Ju. P. Yampolsky dwelled on the search for new polymeric materials for gas-separating membranes (con- nection of structure and properties). The nature of the selective transfer of components in polymer membranes was presented by S. F. Timashev. The synthesis and properties of polymer Lengmuir-Blodget film was presented by v. v. Shilov.

Of great interest was information of V. I. Gerasimov devoted to the mechanism of plastic deformation in crystalline and glass-like polymers, as well as in polymer mixtures. The report by A. L. Volynski and N. F. Bakeev

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was devoted to the polymers’ crazing mechanism, while the comunications of Ju. K. Godovsky, A. E. Chalykh, and S. Ja. Frenkel touched on the phase and microphase conversions in the polymer mixtures. The theory of diblock copolymers and mixtures thereof was dwelled upon by T. M. Birshtein, E. B. Zhulina, and Ju. B. Ljazky; and the report of T. I. Borisova, L. L. Bursh- tein, Ju. Ya. Gotlib, and A. A. Garinsky touched on the relaxation properties of the external-field ordered polymers, including liquid-crystalline polymers.

The third symposium-Polymer Electrophysics, Optics, and Magnetism (headed by Professor A. L. Buchachenko, Institute of Chemical Physics) was of a small volume (6 plenary reports and 30 poster informations). The report made by E. L. Frankevich was devoted to the electrical conduction of organic polymers and the ways of producing organic polymer metals; polymer photosensitivity and the photoactive polymer materials were discussed by A. V. Vannikov. V. P. Shibaev presented the latest works on the electrical and photographic optics phenomena in anisotropic media, and V. A. Bendersky dwelled on the electrodynamics of the polymer composite ferrites. Great in- terest was aroused by the report of A. A. Ovchinnikov devoted to ferro- magnetism of organic polymers. The problems of superconductivity in organic polymers were related by L. N. Grigorjev.

The science on polymers and general problems of chemistry, physics, and biology (head of symposium: Professor A. P. Khokhlov, Moscow State Univer- sity) were the themes of the fourth symposium. Seven plenary reports and 40 poster informations were made.

G. P. Vlasov made a report devoted to the interdependence and interinfluence of the polymer science, organic chemistry, and physical-chemical biology. The report by S. I. Kuchanov was devoted to the statistical chemistry and physics of polymers. Computer simulation and the science of polymers was the theme of the report made by P. G. Khaltur. A. Ju. Grosberg dwelled on the polymer physics ideas in the modem development of evolution theory. The report by A. B. Zezin touched on the interpolyelectrolyte reactions accom- panied by polyion transfer. A. B. Kabanov related the results in the super- molecular engineering of biopolymers in inverted micelles. Great interest was aroused by the report of a team of authors-A. B. Vologodsky, K. V. Klenin, V. V. Anshelevich, A. M. Dykhne, and M. D. Fmc-Kamenetzky-devoted to computer simulation of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) superhelixation.

Among the poster reports it might be well to point out a large number of items on the application of polymers in medicine and agriculture.

The conference generated interest in the scientific community of the USSR. It indicated that great progress has been made during recent years in the field of chemistry and physics of polymers.

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This was a traditional All-Union Conference. Such conferences have been convened every 5 years since 1950 and, as a rule, have gathered a consider- able part of the country’s scientific community. Usually, about loo0 scien- tists take part in such conferences, but to our regret, the themes of this con- ference were limited, and many sections of polymer science were simply not included.

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