This book is intended for upper-level undergraduate (third/fourth year) and first-year graduate students. It assumes a working knowledge of organic chemistry but does not require prior knowledge of physics beyond basic calculus.
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Polymer chemistry relies heavily on repeating unit structures and mechanisms. In a poor PDF, benzene rings look like blobs. In a professional PDF (often from university subscriptions), chemical structures are vectorized. When you zoom in to 400% on a chair conformation of a cyclohexane ring in the polymer chain, the lines stay sharp. Contemporary polymer chemistry faces a crisis of plastic
Polymer chemistry is mechanism-heavy (cationic, anionic, free radical). Use a PDF editor (Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, or Preview on Mac) to draw arrows directly onto the PDF. Most students find that digital annotation of the CPC PDF is more effective than handwriting because you can undo and reorganize. contemporary polymer physics relies on:
Beyond GPC and NMR, contemporary polymer physics relies on: