Polymer Chemistry is an internationally established textbook in the field of polymer science, a field with impressive technological applications but also a multitude of fundamental scientific questions.
At the core of the approach taken by the two professor authors is the understanding of chemical phenomena at the molecular level, with the presentation of concepts from the simplest to the most complex, as they arise from the underlying molecular structures. Where deemed necessary, concepts from the fields of physics, biology, materials science, chemical engineering, and statistics have been employed. However, the reader only needs to have undergraduate-level knowledge of organic chemistry and physical chemistry.
This current Greek edition is based on the 2nd American edition, which incorporates all the latest theories and describes experiments that were recently impossible. The book meets the educational needs of undergraduate and graduate courses in the fields of chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, and nanotechnology.
The specific topics covered include: stepwise, chain, and controlled polymerization; copolymers and stereoregularity; light scattering from polymer solutions and their thermodynamics; networks, gels, and elastomers; viscoelasticity, glass transition, crystalline polymers, etc.
The content is supplemented by solved problems-examples, problems based on data from the literature, and nearly 200 redesigned images.
