The Physics of Polymers, Concepts for Understanding Their Structures and Behavior.
Gert Strobl. Third Revised and Expanded Edition, Springer 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-25278-8
The Physics of Polymers presents the elements of this important segment of material science, focusing on concepts above experimental techniques and theoretical methods. Written for graduate students of physics, material science and chemical engineering and for researchers working with polymers in academia and industry, the book introduces and discusses the basic phenomena which lead to the peculiar physical properties of polymeric systems.