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2 Table of Contents: “...Molecular fracture in polymers -- Applications of linear fracture mechanics -- Fracture and failure...”

3 Table of Contents: “... of polypeptides -- ESR studies on polymer radicals produced by mechanical destruction and their reactivity...”

4 Table of Contents: “... with degradation mechanisms of addition polymers -- Entangled linear, branched and network polymer systems...”

5 Table of Contents: “... -- Kinetics and mechanisms of polyesterifications -- Synthesis and investigation of collagen model peptides...”