Books in the Polymers, Interfaces and Biomaterials series

Bridging the gap between biology and physics, this work allows a nonbiologically oriented physicist to appreciate the important role that physics plays in life sciences. It gives an introduction to biophysics. It also presents an overview of mechanisms that regulate a variety of processes in organisms ranging from bacterial to whales.

Selects important topics within polymer science and matches them with experts who can present the features of each. The author includes topics such as: statistical mechanics of semiflexible chains; polymer absorption; topological constraints; polymer reaction kinetics; and replica field theory of polymer networks.

Successful characterization of polymer systems is one of the most important objectives of experimental research of polymers. This book describes the principle of the respective method, as well as the procedures of experiments with examples of actual applications. It addresses techniques such as light scattering, neutron scattering, and others.