Revised and updated, Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials, Third Edition provides a thorough introduction to the most important aspects of polymer science. It presents new polymerization methods, recently available experimental techniques for polymer characterization, and some new areas of application for polymeric materials. The text expands upon such topics as controlled radical polymerization, novel polymer architectures, metallocene catalysts, characterization techniques for molecular weight determination, chain dimension, structure and morphology, physical properties of copolymers and rheological behavior. The book features examples throughout the text, chapter problems, and a solutions manual.