Fundamental Polymer Science

• Main Authors: Gedde, Ulf W. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hedenqvist, Mikael S. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Polymers .; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Polymer Sciences.

This successor to the popular textbook, "Polymer Physics" (Springer, 1999), is the result of a quarter-century of teaching experience as well as critical comments from specialists in the various sub-fields, resulting in better explanations and more complete coverage of key topics. With a n...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to polymer science
• Conformations in polymers
• Rubber elasticity
• Polymer solutions
• The glassy amorphous state
• The molten state
• Morphology of semicrystalline polymers
• Crystallization kinetics
• Chain orientation
• Polymer chemistry
• Solutions to problems given in exercises.