Textbook

Figures in several books are referenced using the initial(s) of the last name(s) of the author(s) for identification, e. g., PC Fig. 1.1 denotes the first figure in the textbook by Painter and Coleman.

• F: Flory, P. J. Principles of Polymer Chemistry, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1953.

• G: Guillet, J. Polymer Photophysics and Photochemistry, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985.

• MS: Mattice, W. L.; Suter, U. W. Conformational Theory of Large Molecules, Wiley, New York, 1994.

• PC: Painter, P. C.; Coleman, M. C. Fundamentals of Polymer Science, Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster, 2nd edition, 1997. This book is the required textbook adopted for the course in fall, 2002