Constitution and Architecture of Chains / 1: |
Single Chain Conformations / 2: |
Rotational Isomeric States / 2.1: |
Helices / 2.2: |
Coils / 2.3: |
The Ideal Chain / 2.3.1: |
The Expanded Chain / 2.3.2: |
The Persistent Chain / 2.4: |
The Ising Chain / 2.5: |
Polymer Solutions / 3: |
Dilute and Semidilute Solutions / 3.1: |
Osmotic Pressure / 3.1.1: |
Screening of Excluded Volume Forces / 3.2: |
Polyelectrolyte Solutions / 3.3: |
Condensation and Screening of Charges / 3.3.1: |
Chain Stretching, Salt Effects and Interchain Ordering / 3.3.2: |
Polymer Blends and Block Copolymers / 3.3.3: |
The Flory-Huggins Treatment of Polymer Mixtures / 4.1: |
Phase Diagrams: Upper and Lower Miscibility Gap / 4.1.1: |
Phase Separation Mechanisms / 4.2: |
Critical Fluctuations and Spinodal Decomposition / 4.3: |
Critical Scattering / 4.3.1: |
Decomposition Kinetics / 4.3.2: |
Block Copolymer Phases / 4.4: |
Layered Structures / 4.4.1: |
Pretransitional Phenomena / 4.4.2: |
The Semicrystalline State / 5: |
Structure Characteristics / 5.1: |
Morphological Elements / 5.1.1: |
Structure Parameters / 5.1.2: |
Kinetics of Crystallization and Melting / 5.2: |
Laws for the Structure Development / 5.3: |
The Multistage Model / 5.3.1: |
Mechanisms of Secondary Crystallization / 5.4: |
The Insertion Mode / 5.4.1: |
Surface Crystallization and Melting / 5.4.2: |
Crystallization from Oriented Melts / 5.5: |
Mechanical and Dielectric Response / 6: |
Response Functions / 6.1: |
Viscoelasticity / 6.1.1: |
Orientational Polarization / 6.1.2: |
General Relationships / 6.1.3: |
Relaxatory Modes / 6.2: |
Single-Time Relaxation Process / 6.2.1: |
Retardation and Relaxation Time Spectra / 6.2.2: |
Specific Relaxation Processes and Flow Behavior / 6.3: |
Local Processes / 6.3.1: |
Glass-Rubber Transition and Melt Flow / 6.3.2: |
The Glass Transition Temperature / 6.3.3: |
Relaxation in Partially Crystalline Systems / 6.3.4: |
Conjugated Polymers / 7: |
Electrooptic Activity / 7.1: |
Excitons and Free Charges / 7.1.1: |
Electroluminescence / 7.1.2: |
Effects of Doping / 7.2: |
Electrical Conductivity / 7.2.1: |
Magnetism and Reflectivity / 7.2.2: |
Microscopic Dynamics / 8: |
The Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem / 8.1: |
The Rouse Model / 8.2: |
Stress Relaxation / 8.2.1: |
The Dielectric Normal Mode / 8.2.2: |
Entanglement Effects in Polymer Melts / 8.3: |
The Reptation Model / 8.3.1: |
Solution Viscosities / 8.4: |
Neutral Polymers: Hydrodynamic Interaction / 8.4.1: |
Polyelectrolytes: Coulomb Interaction / 8.4.2: |
Non-Linear Mechanics / 9: |
Rubber Elasticity / 9.1: |
The Fixed Junction Model of Ideal Rubbers / 9.1.1: |
The Cauchy Strain Tensor / 9.1.2: |
Finger's Constitutive Equation / 9.1.3: |
Swelling of Neutral and Electrolytic Gels / 9.2: |
Non-Newtonian Melt Flow / 9.3: |
Rheological Material Functions / 9.3.1: |
The Lodge Liquid / 9.3.2: |
The Stress-Optical Rule / 9.3.3: |
Deformation, Yielding and Fracture / 10: |
Shear Deformation in Semicrystalline Polymers / 10.1: |
Critical Strains / 10.1.1: |
Constituents of the Drawing Stress / 10.1.2: |
The Mechanics of Neck Formation / 10.1.3: |
Fibrillar State of Order / 10.1.4: |
Crazing / 10.2: |
Brittle Fracture / 10.3: |
Linear Fracture Mechanics / 10.3.1: |
The Slow Mode of Crack Growth / 10.3.2: |
Scattering Experiments / A: |
Fundamentals / A.1: |
Basic Equations / A.1.1: |
Time-Resolved Scattering Experiments / A.1.2: |
Absolute Intensities / A.2: |
Low Angle Scattering Properties / A.3: |
Guinier's Law / A.3.1: |
Forward Scattering / A.3.2: |
Special Polymer Systems / A.4: |
Binary Mixtures and Block Copolymers / A.4.1: |
Two-Phase Layer Systems / A.4.2: |
Glossary of Symbols / B: |
Bibliography / C: |
References |
Index |
Constitution and Architecture of Chains / 1: |
Single Chain Conformations / 2: |
Rotational Isomeric States / 2.1: |
Helices / 2.2: |
Coils / 2.3: |
The Ideal Chain / 2.3.1: |