Table of Contents

Concept of Structure–Property Relationships in Molecular Solids and Polymers; Crystal Growth in Small Molecular Systems; Liquid Crystalline State of Matter; Plastic Crystals; Morphology of Crystalline Polymers and Methods for its Investigation; Polymer Crystal Growth; Glasses and Amorphous Material; Polymer Blends and Phase Separation; Molecular Surfaces; Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces; Colloids and Molecular Organization in Liquids; Molecular Organization and Higher Order Structures

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"The ease of usage for the lecturer or advanced researcher is clear. From a student point of view, it is nice to see a textbook that is written from a nano- and micro-structure perspective (and from a real colloid and polymer specialist) in an area customarily frequented by regular material scientists and physicists and their matter of fact presentational style."The author does a superb job at contextualising the field and the reading is made ever more pleasant and unambiguous by the clever use of crystal clear diagrams, cartoons and schematics." Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 1, Dipak K Sarker The real originality of Pethrick's approach rests on the fact that the description of polymer crystal morphology and the methods used to characterize it are gathered into a single chapter (Chapter 5)...comparison of these techniques is supported by easy to use tables and is a great help for any non specialist faced with a choice of experimental tools.The book is really well thought out and clearly written. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone wishing to find his or her way through the complicated area of polymer materials. Materials Today, April 2008, Volume 11, Number 4 (Liliane LUger)