Matthias Rehahn Knihy

Focusing on the synthesis, modification, and characterization of macromolecules, this book provides a comprehensive overview of fundamental methods and processes. Detailed experiments complement theoretical chapters, allowing readers to grasp the connection between the chemical structure and morphology of polymers and their properties. It also explores various application areas, ensuring that readers have all the necessary information to understand the experiments without needing an additional textbook.

Over the past 40 years, Rotational Isomeric State (RIS) models for hundreds of polymer structures have been developed. The RIS approach is now available in several software packages. The user is often faced with the time-consuming task of finding appropriate RIS parameters from the literature. This book aims at easing this step by providing a comprehensive overview of the models available. It reviews the literature from the first applications of RIS models to the end of 1994, comprises synthetic as well as naturally orccuring macromolecules, and tabulates all the pertinent features of published models. It will help readers, even when not very familiar with the method, to take advantage of this computationally efficient way of assessing the conformational properties of macromolecular systems.