Content: New syntheses of functional and sequential polymers by exploiting knowledge of the mechanism of initiation / Joseph P. Kennedy --Catalysis by water-soluble imidazole-containing polymers / C.G. Overberger and Richard Tomko --Initiation reactions with activated monomer and/or nucleophile in ionic polymerizations / Teiji Tsuruta --Muonium as a hydrogen-like probe to study monomer initiation kinetics / J.M. Stadlbauer, B.W. Ng, Y.C. Jean, Y. Ito, and D.C. Walker --Electron-transfer behavior of the metal complexes attached to polymer matrices / Eishun Tsuchida and Hiroyuki Nishide --Esterolytic reactions of active esters using heterogeneous polymeric catalysts containing imidazole groups / C.G. Overberger and Byong-Do Kwon --Catalytic effects of micellar poly(3-alkyl-1-vinylimidazolium) salts on the hydrolysis of phenyl esters / S.C. Israel, Konstantinos I. Papathomas, and J.C. Salamone --Epitaxial polymerization as a tool for molecular engineering / Jerome B. Lando, Eric Baer, Scott E. Rickert, Hemi Nae, and Stephen Ching --Friedel-crafts initiators in the cationic polymerization of para-substituted [alpha]-methylstyrenes / R.W. Lenz, J.M. Jonte, and J.G. Faullimmel --Ring opening polymerization : make the initiator work for you / P. Dreyfuss --Initiation considerations and kinetics of formation of poly(2-methyl-1-pentene sulfone) / M.J. Bowden and T. Novembre --Rational design of catalysts with interacting supports / G.L. Baker, S.J. Fritschel, and J.K. Stille --An overview of the polymerization of cyclosiloxanes / J.E. McGrath, J.S. Riffle, A.K. Banthia, I. Yilgor, and G.L. Wilkes --Cationic photoinitiation efficiency / L.R. Gatechair and S.P. Pappas --The influence of hydroxyls on the Cr/silica polymerization catalyst / M.P. McDaniel and M.B. Welch --Novel additives for enhancing UV and radiation grafting of monomers to polymers and use of these copolymers as ion exchange resins / Chye H. Ang, John L. Garnett, Ronald Levot, and Mervyn A. Long --Initiation of polymerizations involving polysaccharides and radio frequency cold plasmas / O. Hinojosa, T.L. Ward, and R.R. Benerito --Thermal decomposition of cotton modified by grafting with acrylamide and bis([beta]-chloroethyl) vinylphosphonate / Machiko Shimada and Yoshio Nakamura --Photo-induced grafting of monomers on prewetted fiber substrates / Howard L. Needles --Mechanochemically initiated copolymerization reactions in cotton cellulose / David N.-S. Hon --Factors affecting the isomeric chain unit structure in organolithium polymerization of butadiene and isoprene / Maurice Morton and J.R. Rupert --Viscosity and aggregation of alkyllithium initiated polymers / H.L. Hsieh and A.G. Kitchen --The nature of stereochemical control in metal-catalyzed butadiene polymerization / L.M. Stephenson and C.A. Kovac --Catalytic control of architecture and properties of butadiene block copolymers / Ph. Teyssie, G. Broze, R. Fayt, J. Heuschen, R. Jerome, and D. Petit --Synthesis of block sequences by radical polymerization / W. Heitz, M. Lattekamp, Ch. Oppenheimer, and P.S. Anand --Initiator-accelerator systems for dental resins / G.M. Brauer and H. Argentar --Synthesis of biodegradable polymers for biomedical utilization / J. Heller --Radiation-induced polymerization reactions for biomedical applications / G.R. Hattery and V.D. McGinniss --Mechanisms of electron-transfer initiation of polymerization : a quantitative study / Michael Szwarc --Initiation of polymerization with high-energy radiation / Vivian Stannett and Joseph Silverman --Temperature and dilution effects in polymerization induced by peroxides undergoing rapid decomposition (t₁/₂