Sven Thiele and Susanne Knoll, Synthetic Rubber Business, Styron Deutschland GmbH, Merseburg, Germany

Cynthia Flanigan, Dr.¹, Laura Beyer¹, David Klekamp², David S. Rohweder³, Bonnie Stuck, B.A., Chemistry⁴ and Ed Terrill⁵, (1)Materials & Processes Department, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, (2)Chassis Engineering, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, (3)Product Development Center, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, (4)Akron Rubber Development Labroatory, Akron, OH, (5)Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Akron, OH

Maurizio Galimberti¹, Michele Coombs², Valeria Cipolletti¹, Luca Giannini², Theonis Riccò³, Lucia Conzatti⁴, Gaetano Guerra⁵ and Marco Mauro⁶, (1)Chemisrty, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (2)Pirelli Tyre, Milano, Italy, (3)Chemistry and Physics for Engineering and Materials, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, (4)CNR-ISMAC UOS Genova, Genova, Italy, (5)Chimica, Universita di Salerno, Fisciano (Salerno), Italy, (6)Chimica, Università di Salerno, Fisciano (Salerno), Italy

Andrew V. Chapman, Paul Brown, Stuart Cook, Anna Kepas-Suwara, Pamela Martin and Jaymini Patel, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, Hertford, Herts, United Kingdom

Soline Daudey, Rhodia, Collonges, France and Laurent Guy, Rhodia, Collonges au Mont d'Or, France

Judy E. Douglas, Ph.D.¹, Stephen Crossley², John Curtis³, Dave Hardy⁴, Alex Lucassen⁵, Thomas Gross, Ph.D.⁶, Norbert Steinhauser, Ph.D.⁴, Heike Kloppenburg, Ph.D.⁷ and Joseph Hallett⁸, (1)Technical Marketing, LANXESS Corp, Orange, TX, (2)R & D, Columbian Chemicals Company, Marietta, GA, (3)Columbian Chemicals Company, Marietta, GA, (4)LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany, (5)Performance Butadiene Rubber, Dormagen, Germany, (6)Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany, (7)LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, (8)Columbian, Marietta, GA