Table of Contents

Chemical and Physical Aspects of the Three Stages in Forming Polymer Networks.- On the Thermostatic Behavior of Elastomers.- Thermoelasticity of Crosslinked Rubber Networks.- The Micromechanics of Elastomer Networks.- The Statistical Mechanics of Rubbers.- The Rupture Work of Crosslinked Polymers.- Intermolecular Forces in Polymers and Liquids.- Glass Points of Polymer Networks.- The Interaction Between Polymeric Structure, Deformation, and Fracture.- Properties of a Highly Crosslinked Elastomer.- Inhomogeneities Induced by Crosslinking in the Course of Crosslinking Copolymerization.- The Swelling of Nonuniformly Crosslinked Polymers in Solvents.- Birefringence Analysis of Inhomogeneous Swelling in Filled Elastomers.- Depolarized Light Scattering from Swollen-Filled Rubber.- Light Scattering as a Tool in the Characterization of Polymer Materials.- Light Scattering by Polymer Networks.- The Stress-Srtrain Behavior of Mechanically Degradable Polymers.- A Constitutive Representation of Inhomogeneous Polymeric Systems.- Molecular Bond Rupture Associated with Inelastic Deformation of Elastomers.- Morphology and Mechanical Behavior of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks.- Synthesis and Properties of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks.- Chemical Effects on the Ultimate Properties of Polymer Networks in the Glassy State.- Author Index.