Polymer Chemistry: An IntroductionInternational Student Edition

The second edition of this popular advanced undergraduate or graduate text provides A well-balanced treatment of the organic, physical, and analytical chemistry of polymers. It includes coverage of topics and technologies that have become increasingly important in recent years, including liquid crystal polymers, conducting polymers, thermoplastic elastomers, degradable polymers, and polymer blends. The book takes beginners through such fundamentals as polymer-forming reactions before progressing to material of increasing depth and difficulty. It also includes up-to-date information on such timely topics as group-transfer polymerization and living carbocationic polymerization. Polymer Chemistry will serve as an ideal introductory guide for students and industrial chemists with no prior training in the field, or as an easily accessible reference for the practicing polymer chemist.