Table of Contents

* Introduction: * Historical Background to Polymer Physics and Description of Polymer Physics Areas * Chain Statistics: * The Chain Character of Polymers Modeled on Probability Considerations, Lattice Theory of Blending Polymers * Thermodynamics: * Classical and Statistical Thermodynamic Models Applied to Polymers * Optics: * Scattering, Diffraction, Birefringence Applied to Polymers * Electricity: * Electrical Background to Conducting Polymers, Polarizability * Spectroscopy: * Infrared, Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy * Rubber: * Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Models of Rubber Elasticity * Crystallization: * Nucleation/Growth and Crystalline/Amorphous Models, Polymer Crystal Morphology