This book is the result of my teaching efforts during the last ten years at the Royal Institute of Technology.

The reference to industrial aspects makes this book an indispensable support for both students and professionals. Hans-Georg Elias An Introduction to Polymer Science Polymer science at its best!

Extensively revised and updated to keep abreast of recent advances, Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials, Third Edition continues to provide a broad-based, high-information text at an introductory, reader-friendly level that ...

This Third Edition of the classic, best-selling polymer science textbook surveys theory and practice of all major phases of polymer science, engineering, and technology, including polymerization, solution theory, fractionation and molecular ...

H.Mark v DEDICATION This book on Pioneers in Polymer Science is dedicated to Nobel Laureate Polymer Scientists Hermann Staudinger, Emil Fischer, Herman Mark, Paul J. Flory, Linus Pauling, Carl S. Marvel, M. Polanyi, Giulio Natta, Karl ...

This book constitutes a basis for understanding polymerization, and it presents a comprehensive overview of the scientific research of polymers.

Clearly, in all these and several other areas, advances in polymer synthesis are needed.

This text book provides a practical insight into the factors which influence the performance of a polymer or composite allowing informed selections to be made.