Updated to reflect a growing focus on green chemistry and in compliance with the ACS-CPT guidelines, this volume integrates the core areas that contribute to the growth of polymer science. Changes to this edition include updating of analytical, physical, and special characterization techniques; increased emphasis on carbon nanotubes, tapes and glues, butyl rubber, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, poly(ethylene glycols), shear-thickening fluids, photo-chemistry and photophysics, dental materials, and aramids; new sections on copolymers; new units on spliceosomes, asphalt, and fly ash and aluminosilicates; and a larger focus on the molecular behavior of materials, nanotechnology, and nanomaterials.