Preface to the Fourth Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Symbols and Definitions. 1. Introduction to Polymer Science. 1.1. From Little Molecules to Big Molecules.

1.2. Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distributions. 1.2.1. Effect on Tensile Strength. 1.

2.2. Molecular Weight Averages. 1.3. Major Polymer Transitions. 1.4.

Polymer Synthesis and Structure. 1.4.1. Chain Polymerization. 1.4.1.

1. Free Radical Polymerization. 1.4.1.2. Initiation. 1.

4.1.3. Propagation. 1.4.1.4.

Termination. 1.4.1.5. Structure and Nomenclature. 1.4.

2. Step Polymerization. 1.4.2.1. A Polyester Condensation Reaction. 1.

4.2.2. Stepwise Nomenclature and Structures. 1.4.2.3.

Natural Product Polymers. 1.5. Cross-Linking, Plasticizers, and Fillers. 1.6. The Macromolecular Hypothesis. 1.

7. Historical Development of Industrial Polymers. 1.8. Molecular Engineering. References. General Reading. Handbooks, Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries.

Web Sites. Study Problems. Appendix 1.1. Names for Polymers. 2. Chain Structure and Configuration. 2.

1. Examples of Configurations and Conformations. 2.1.1. Head-to-Head and Head-to-Tail Configurations. 2.1.

2. Trans-Gauche Conformations. 2.2. Theory and Instruments. 2.2.1.

Chemical Methods of Determining Microstructure. 2.2.2. General Physical Methods. 2.2.3.

Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Characterization. 2.2.4. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods. 2.3. Stereochemistry of Repeating Units.

2.3.1. Chiral Centers. 2.3.2. Tacticity in Polymers.

2.3.3. Meso- and Racemic Placements. 2.3.4. Proton Spectra by NMR.

2.4. Repeating Unit Isomerism. 2.4.1. Optical Isomerism. 2.

4.2. Geometric Isomerism. 2.4.3. Substitutional Isomerism. 2.

4.4. Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Characterization. 2.5. Common Types of Copolymers. 2.5.

1. Unspecified Copolymers. 2.5.2. Statistical Copolymers. 2.5.

3. Random copolymers. 2.5.4. Alternating Copolymers. 2.5.

5. Periodic Copolymers. 2.6. NMR in Modern Research. 2.6.1.

Dilute Solution Studies: Mer Distribution. 2.6.2. High-Resolution NMR in the Solid State. 2.7. Multicomponent Polymers.

2.7.1. Block Copolymers. 2.7.2. Graft Copolymers.

2.7.3. AB-Cross-linked Copolymers. 2.7.4. Interpenetrating Polymer Networks.

2.7.5. Other Polymer-Polymer Combinations. 2.7.6. Separation and Identification of Multicomponent Polymers.

2.8. Conformational States in Polymers. 2.9. Analysis of Polymers during Mechanical Strain. 2.10.

Photophysics of Polymers. 2.10.1. Quenching Phenomena. 2.10.2.

Excimer Formation. 2.10.3. Experimental Studies. 2.10.3.

1. Microstructure of Polystyrene. 2.10.3.2. Excimer Stability. 2.

11. Configuration and Conformation. References. General Reading. Study Problems. Appendix 2.1. Assorted Isomeric and Copolymer Macromolecules.

3. Dilute Solution Thermodynamics, Molecular Weights, and Sizes. 3.1. Introduction. 3.1.1.

Polymer Size and Shape. 3.1.2. How Does a Polymer Dissolve?. 3.2. The Solubility Parameter.

3.2.1. Solubility Parameter Tables. 3.2.2. Experimental Determination.

3.2.3. Theoretical Calculation: An Example. 3.3. Thermodynamics of Mixing. 3.

3.1. Types of Solutions. 3.3.1.1. The Ideal Solution.

3.3.1.2. Statistical Thermodynamics of Mixing. 3.3.1.

3. Other Types of Solutions. 3.3.2. Dilute Solutions. 3.3.

3. Values of the Flory-Huggins c1 Parameter. 3.3.4. A Worked Example for the Free Energy of Mixing. 3.4.

Molecular Weight Averages. 3.5. Determination of the Number-Average Molecular Weight. 3.5.1. End-Group Analyses.

3.5.2 Colligative Properties. 3.5.3. Osmotic Pressure. 3.

5.3.1. Thermodynamic Basis. 3.5.3.2.

Instrumentation. 3.5.3.3. The Flory q-Temperature. 3.6.

Weight-Average Molecular Weights and Radii of Gyration. 3.6.1. Scattering Theory and Formulations. 3.6.2.

The Appropriate Angular Range. 3.6.3. The Zimm Plot. 3.6.4.

Polymer Chain Dimensions and Random Coils. 3.6.5. Scattering Data. 3.6.6.

Dynamic Light-Scattering. 3.7. Molecular Weights of Polymers. 3.7.1. Molecular Weights of Polymers.

3.7.2. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Polymerization. 3.7.2.1.

Thermodynamics of Chain Polymerization. 3.7.2.2. Kinetics of Chain Polymerization. 3.7.

2.3. Thermodynamics of Step Polymerization. 3.7.2.4. Kinetics of Step Polymerizations.

3.7.3. Molecular Weight Distributions. 3.7.4. Gelation and Network Formation.

3.8. Intrinsic Viscosity. 3.8.1. Definition of Terms. 3.

8.2. The Equivalent Sphere Model. 3.8.3. The Mark-Houwink Sakurada Relationship. 3.

8.4. Intrinsic Viscosity Experiments. 3.8.5. Example Calculation Involving Intrinsic Viscosity. 3.

9. Gel Permeation Chromatography. 3.9.1. Theory of Gel Permeation Chromatography. 3.9.

2. Utilization of Distribution Coefficients in GPC and HPLC. 3.9.3. Types of Chromatography. 3.9.

4. GPC Instrumentation. 3.9.5. Calibration. 3.9.

6. Selected Current Research Problems. 3.9.7. The Universal Calibration. 3.9.

8. Properties of Cyclic Polymers. 3.10. Mass Spectrometry. 3.10.1.

High Molecular Weight Studies. 3.10.2. Advances Using MALDI Techniques. 3.10.2.

1. Small Sample Size. 3.10.2.2. Oligomer and Telomer-Type Studies. 3.

10.2.3. Calibration of Results. 3.11. Instrumentation for Molecular Weight Determination. 3.

12. Solution Thermodynamics and Molecular Weights. References. General Reading. Study Problems. Appendix 3.1. Calibration and Application of Light-Scattering.

Instrumentation for the Case Where P(q) = 1 / 142. 4. Concentrated Solutions, Phase Separation Behavior, and Diffusion. 4.1. Phase Separation and Fractionation. 4.1.

1. Motor Oil Viscosity Example. 4.1.2. Polymer-Solvent Systems. 4.1.

3. Vitrification Effects. 4.2. Regions of the Polymer-Solvent Phase Diagram. 4.3. Polymer-Polymer Phase Separation.

4.3.1. Phase Diagrams. 4.3.2. Thermodynamics of Phase Separation.

4.3.3. An Example Calculation: Molecular Weight Miscibility Limit. 4.3.4. Equation of State Theories.

4.3.5. Kinetics of Phase Separation. 4.3.6. Miscibility in Statistical Copolymer Blends.

4.3.7. Polymer Blend Characterization. 4.3.8. Graft Copolymers and IPNs.

4.3.9. Block Copolymers. 4.3.10. Example Calculations with Block Copolymers.

4.3.11. Ionomers. 4.4. Diffusion and Permeability in Polymers. 4.

4.1. Swelling Phenomena. 4.4.2. Ficks Laws. 4.

4.3. Permeability Units. 4.4.4. Permeability Data. 4.

4.5. Effect of Permeant Size. 4.4.6. Permselectivity of Polymeric Membranes and Separations. 4.

4.6.1. Types of Membranes. 4.4.6.2.

Gas Separations. 4.4.7. Gas Permeability in Polymer Blends. 4.4.8.

Fickian and Non-Fickian Diffusion. 4.4.9. Controlled Drug Delivery via Diffusion. 4.4.9.

1. Methods of Incorporating Drugs into Polymers. 4.4.9.2. Drug Diffusion Kinetics. 4.

4.9.3. Design of Transdermal Delivery Systems. 4.5. Latexes and Suspensions. 4.

5.1. Natural Rubber Latex. 4.5.2. Colloidal stability and Film Formation. 4.

6. Multicomponent and Multiphase Materials. References. General Reading. Study Problems. Appendix 4.1. Scaling Law Theories and Applications.

5. The Amorphous State. 5.1. The Amorphous Polymer State. 5.1.1.

Solids and Liquids. 5.1.2. Possible Residual Order in Amorphous Polymers?. 5.2. Experimental Evidence Regarding Amorphous Polymers.

5.2.1. Short-Range Interactions in Amorphous Polymers. 5.2.2. Long-Range Interactions in Amorphous Polymers.

5.2.2.1. Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. 5.2.2.

2. Electron and X-Ray Diffraction. 5.2.2.3. General Properties. 5.

3. Conformation of the Polymer Chain. 5.3.1. Models and Ideas. 5.3.

1.1. The Freely Jointed Chain. 5.3.1.2. Kuhn Segments.

5.3.2. The Random Coil. 5.3.3. Models of Polymer Chains in the Bulk Amorphous State.

5.4. Macromolecular Dynamics. 5.4.1. The Rouse-Bueche Theory. 5.

4.2. Reptation and Chain Motion. 5.4.2.1. The de Gennes Reptation Theory.

5.4.2.2. Fickian and Non-Fickian Diffusion. 5.4.3.

Nonlinear Chains. 5.4.4. Experimental Methods of Determining Diffusion Coefficients. 5.5. Concluding Remarks.

References. General Reading. Study Problems. Appendix 5.1. History of the Random Coil Model for Polymer Chains. Appendix 5.2.

Calculations Using the Diffusion Coefficient. Appendix 5.3. Nobel Prize Winners in Polymer Science and Engineering. 6. The Crystalline State. 6.1.

General Considerations. 6.1.1. Historical Aspects. 6.1.2.

Melting Phenomena. 6.1.3. Example Calculation of Percent Crystallinity. 6.2. Methods of Determining Crystal Structure.

6.2.1. A Review of Crystal Structure. 6.2.2. X-Ray methods.

6.2.3. Electron Diffraction of Single Crystals. 6.2.4. Infrared Absorption.

6.2.5. Raman Spectra.