Static and Dynamic Properties of the Polymeric Solid State: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held at Glasgow, U.K., September 6–18,1981 (Nato Science Series C:, 94)

This volume contains the major portion of the material given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. , September 6th-18th, 1981. The original idea germin­ ated in a conversation between the organisers on a cold December night in 1978 in the depths of the Oxfordshire countryside. At that time we felt that the chemical physics of macromolecules in the solid state was running on two parallel tracks, namely structure and dynamics. The contact between the two appeared to be slight. We were also concerned that the degree of srecial knowledge now required for any one technique essentially prevented people from learning the important features of other investigation methods. Consequently, we have attempted to bring together leading authorities on both structural and dynamic properties of solid polymers in the hope that the combination of both types of discussion will be synergistic. The choice of main subjects is our own and we are aware that some areas have been omitted. HOvlever, to be comprehensive would have made an already large volume enormous. Y'Je therefore chose to concentrate on what were, in our opinion, the major areas. Nonetheless, it is apparent that much ori~inal material appears here, especially in those contri­ butions which are more theoretical in concent, the full experimental iMnlications of which have yet to be investigated. Front Matter....Pages i-xii The Polymeric Solid State....Pages 1-14 Chain Statistics of Amorphous Polymers....Pages 15-43 Lectures on Polymer Dynamics....Pages 45-80 Structural Studies on Crystalline Polymers....Pages 81-108 Small Angle Light Scattering from the Polymeric Solid State....Pages 109-125 Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) by Amorphous Polymers....Pages 127-172 The Mechanical Properties and Structure of Oriented Polymers....Pages 173-195 Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Polymers....Pages 197-211 Dielectric Relaxation of Solid Polymers....Pages 213-239 Acoustic Studies of Polymers....Pages 241-249 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Solid Polymers: An Introduction....Pages 251-270 Local Molecular Motions in Bulk Polymers as Studied by Electron Spin Resonance (E.S.R.)....Pages 271-304 Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering from Polymer Systems....Pages 305-347 Quasielastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering....Pages 349-381 Luminescence Polarization Methods for Studying Molecular Mobility and Orientation in Bulk Polymers....Pages 383-413 Infrared and Raman Studies of the Polymeric Solid State....Pages 415-455 Front Matter....Pages 457-457 An Order-Disorder Theory of Stress Strain Behaviour of Glassy Polymers....Pages 459-460 On the Adsorption of a Polymer Chain....Pages 461-461 Small Angle Neutron Scattering from Styrene-Isoprene Block Copolymers....Pages 463-464 Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Polymer Dimensions in Binary Blends....Pages 465-465 Front Matter....Pages 457-457 Inelastic & Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Studies of Polymethyl Methacrylate....Pages 467-467 Back Matter....Pages 469-475 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Glasgow, U.K., September 6-18, 1981