STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF POLYMER FILMS.

This book contains proceedings of 27 papers devoted to the studies of plastics films by using such techniques as small and large angle x-ray diffraction, birefringence, light scattering, IR dichroism, fluorescence polarization, light and electron microscopy, and interferometry. This collection of papers represents recent investigations by some of the leading scientists in their fields. Some of the topics discussed are: optical studies of the morphology of polymer films; optical anisotropy of the statistical segment in block copolymers; study of molecular orientation in polymers by fluorescence polarization; transmission multiple beam interferometry; orientation effects in biaxially stretched polypropylene film; a mechanism of energy-driven elasticity in crystalline polymers; transport processes in polymers; and gas, vapor and water transport in polymer films. Bibliography data are included with individual papers.