This is a polymer physics textbook for upper level undergraduates and first year graduate students. Any student
with a working knowledge of calculus, physics, and chemistry will be able to read this book. The essential tools
of the polymer physical chemist or engineer are derived in this book without skipping any steps. The book is a
self-contained treatise that could also serve as a useful reference for scientists and engineers working with polymers.
While no prior knowledge of polymers is assumed, the book goes far beyond introductory polymer terms in the scope
of what is covered. The fundamental concepts required to fully understand polymer melts, solutions and gels in
terms of both static structure and dynamics are explained in detail. Problems at the end of each chapter provide
the reader with the opportunity to apply what has been learned to practice.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Ideal chains
3. Real chains
4. Thermodynamics of mixing
5. Polymer solutions
6. Random branching and gelatin
7. Networks and gels
8. Unentangled polymer dynamics
9. Entangled polymer dynamics
