Prof. Dr. Sebastian Koltzenburg, Senior Principal Scientist, BASF, and Honorary Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Heidelberg. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Maskos, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microtechnology and Microsystems IMM and Professor for Chemical Process Engineering/Microfluidics at the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzProf. Dr.-Ing. Oskar Nuyken, former head of the departments of Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth (1986-1992) and at the Technische Universität München (1992-2007)

• Introduction and Basic Concepts.- Polymers in Solution.- Polymer Analysis: Molar Mass Determination.- Polymers in Solid State.- Partially Crystalline Polymers.- Amorphous Polymers.- Polymers as Materials.- Step-Growth Polymerization.- Radical Polymerization.- Ionic Polymerization.- Catalytic Polymerization.- Ring-Opening Polymerization.- Copolymerization.- Important Polymers Produced by Chain-Growth Polymerization.- Chemistry with Polymers.- Industrially Relevant Polymerization Processes.- The Basics of Plastics Processing.- Elastomers.- Functional Polymers.- Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- Polymers and the Environment.- Selected Developments in Polymer Science.

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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Koltzenburg, Senior Principal Scientist, BASF, and Honorary Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Heidelberg. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Maskos, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microtechnology and Microsystems IMM and Professor for Chemical Process Engineering/Microfluidics at the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzProf. Dr.-Ing. Oskar Nuyken, former head of the departments of Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth (1986-1992) and at the Technische Universität München (1992-2007)

• Introduction and Basic Concepts.- Polymers in Solution.- Polymer Analysis: Molar Mass Determination.- Polymers in Solid State.- Partially Crystalline Polymers.- Amorphous Polymers.- Polymers as Materials.- Step-Growth Polymerization.- Radical Polymerization.- Ionic Polymerization.- Catalytic Polymerization.- Ring-Opening Polymerization.- Copolymerization.- Important Polymers Produced by Chain-Growth Polymerization.- Chemistry with Polymers.- Industrially Relevant Polymerization Processes.- The Basics of Plastics Processing.- Elastomers.- Functional Polymers.- Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- Polymers and the Environment.- Selected Developments in Polymer Science.

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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Koltzenburg, Senior Principal Scientist, BASF, and Honorary Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Heidelberg. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Maskos, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microtechnology and Microsystems IMM and Professor for Chemical Process Engineering/Microfluidics at the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzProf. Dr.-Ing. Oskar Nuyken, former head of the departments of Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth (1986-1992) and at the Technische Universität München (1992-2007)

• Introduction and Basic Concepts.- Polymers in Solution.- Polymer Analysis: Molar Mass Determination.- Polymers in Solid State.- Partially Crystalline Polymers.- Amorphous Polymers.- Polymers as Materials.- Step-Growth Polymerization.- Radical Polymerization.- Ionic Polymerization.- Catalytic Polymerization.- Ring-Opening Polymerization.- Copolymerization.- Important Polymers Produced by Chain-Growth Polymerization.- Chemistry with Polymers.- Industrially Relevant Polymerization Processes.- The Basics of Plastics Processing.- Elastomers.- Functional Polymers.- Liquid Crystalline Polymers.- Polymers and the Environment.- Selected Developments in Polymer Science.

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