Properties of Solid Polymeric Materials

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous Volume

Morphogenesis of Solid Polymer Microstructures

I. Historical

II. Polymeric Materials

III. Polymer Synthesis

IV. Molecular Weight

V. Bonding and Molecular Geometry: Forces between Atoms and Molecules

VI. Crystal Structures and Crystallinity of Polymers

VII. Morphological Features of Crystallized Polymers

VIII. The Nature of the Amorphous State

IX. Relationship between Morphology and Properties

X. Crystallization Kinetics

XI. Polymer Processing

XII. Concluding Remarks

References

Molecular Aspects of Rubber Elasticity

I. Introduction

II. Characteristics of Macromolecules and Networks

III. Molecular Theory of Rubber Elasticity

IV. Properties and Structure of Elastomers

V. Summary Remarks

Symbols

References

Index