Introduction to Polymer Science

Hans-Georg Elias was born in 1928. He studied at the Technical University of Hanover, Germany, and received his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich in 1957. After habilitation at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1961, he was appointed Senior Lecturer and later a professor of organic-chemical technology. In 1971, he became founding president of and professor of Polymer Science at the Michigan Molecular Institute in Midland, Michigan. During these years, he also worked as consultant to the polymer industry in Germany, Switzerland, and the United States and expert witness to companies and the court. He was an in-house consultant at the Dow Chemical Co., Midland and independent consultant between 1985 and 1993. He continues to teach at MMI. Professor Elias has published more than 200 scientific and technical papers and two patents on the synthesis characterization, structure, properties, and application of synthetic and biological polymers. His ten authored or edited books have been published in English, French, German, and/or Russian, one of these, a 4-volume work, in six invitation in fifteen countries and was a member of editorial boards of five polymer journals.

• IntroductionCHEMISTRYChemical StructureChain PolymerizationsNon-Chain PolymerizationsPHYSICAL CHEMISTRYMolecule Size and ShapeSolution ThermodynamicsPolymer HydrodynamicsPHYSICSPolymer AssembliesTransitions and RelaxationsSolid State PropertiesTECHNOLOGYAuxiliariesElastomersFibersPlasticsAppendix