3rd Edition. - Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 536 p.
This thoroughly revised and updated third edition is written by seven well-known authorities in the polymer science community. Each author contributes a chapter which reflects his own interests and expertise in the physical states and associated properties of polymers.Contents
Preface
The rubber elastic state
The glassy state and the glass transition
Viscoelasticity and flow in polymer melts and concentrated solutions
The crystalline state
The mesomorphic state
Spectroscopic characterization of polymers
Scattering techniques.
Index
