Industry and academia remain fascinated with the diverse properties and applications of polymers‎.‎ However‎,‎ most introductory books on this enormous and important field do not stress practical problem solving or include recent advances‎,‎ which are critical for the modern polymer scientist‎-to‎-be‎.‎ Updating the popular first edition of ‎"‎the polymer book for the new millennium‎,‎‎"‎ Introduction to Polymer Science and Chemistry‎:‎ A Problem‎-Solving Approach‎,‎ Second Edition seamlessly integrates exploration of the fundamentals of polymer science and polymer chemistry‎.‎See What‎'‎s New in the Second Edition‎:‎ * Chapter on living/controlled radical polymerization‎,‎ using a unique problem‎-solving approach * Chapter on polymer synthesis by ‎"‎click‎"‎ chemistry‎,‎ using a unique problem‎-solving approach * Relevant and practical work‎-out problems and case studies * Examples of novel methods of synthesis of complex polymer molecules by exciting new techniques * Figures and schematics of the novel synthetic pathways described in the new examples Author Manas Chanda takes an innovative problem‎-solving approach in which the text presents worked‎-out problems or questions with answers at every step of the development of a new theory or concept‎,‎ ensuring a better grasp of the subject and scope for self study‎.‎ Containing 286 text‎-embedded solved problems and 277 end‎-of‎-chapter home‎-study problems ‎(‎fully answered separately in a Solutions Manual‎)‎‎,‎ the book provides a comprehensive understanding of the subject‎.‎ These features and more set this book apart from other currently available polymer chemistry texts‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Manas Chanda
• Publisher‎:‎ CRC Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781466553842