Part of a continuing series which details research developments in the field of polymers, this volume contains papers on condensation polyimides, addition polyimides, thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers for high performance applications, rigid-rod polymers and high performance polymer blends.

Contributions by: F.E.Jr. Arnold, F.E. Arnold, K.J. Bruza, P. Chen, E.-W. Choe, T.S. Chung, J.W. Cornell, J.E. Economy, K. Goranov, J.L. Hedrick, Paul M. Hergenrother, M. Jaffe, R.A. Kirchhoff, J.W. Labadie, S. Makhija, H.D. Stenzenberger, W. Volksen