An Introduction to Macromolecules
The reception of the original volume by students, pedagogues, and reviewers has been most gratifying. It appears to have both satisfied a need and served a useful educational purpose. Hence, some ten years later it has been deemed advisable to bring it up to date, if only in a slightly expanded form...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1983, 1983
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 1983 |
| Series: | Heidelberg Science Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Structural Features and Preparation
- Classification and Definition
- Chemical Repeating Units
- Copolymers
- Preparation
- Branching, Cross-Linking, and Network Formation
- 3. Chain Structure
- Internal Rotation
- Disordered Chain Conformation
- Ordered Conformations
- 4. Rubbers and Glasses
- Rubbers—Introduction
- Structural Basis for Rubber Elasticity
- Glass Formation
- Chemical Structure and Glass Formation
- Plasticizers
- 5. Crystalline Polymers and Fibers
- Crystal Structures
- Crystallization Process
- Undeformed Crystallization—Morphology and Properties
- Melting Process—Undeformed Crystallization
- Fibers
- Mechanochemistry
- 6. Macromolecules of Biological Importance
- Polypeptides
- Conformational Properties of Polypeptides
- Proteins—General
- Fibrous Proteins
- Globular Proteins
- Nucleic Acids—General
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid—DNA
- Ribonucleic Acids—RNA
- Epilogue: Macromolecules and Man
- Annotated Bibliography