随着中国社会主义现代化建设进入新的阶段，以高质量的高等教育培养千百万专门人才，迎接新世纪的挑战，是实现“科教兴国”战略的基础工程，也是完成“十五”计划各项奋斗目标的重要保证。为切实加强高等学校本科教学并提高教学质量，教育部于2001年专门下发文件提出12条意见，对高等学校教学工作从认识、管理、教师队伍到教学方法和教学手段等给予指导。文件强调，按照“教育要面向现代化、面向世界、面向未来”的要求，为适应经济全球化和科技国际化的挑战，本科教育要创造条件使用英语等外语进行公共课和专业课教学。

CONTENTS
PREFACE
PREFACETO FIRST EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 INTRODUCTION TO POL YMER SCIENCE
1.1 Classification of Polymers
1.2 Polymer Structure
1.3 Molecular Weight
1.4 Chemical Structure and Thermal Transitions
2 POLYMER SYNTHESIS
2.1 Step-Growth Polymerization
2.2 Chain-Growth Polymerization
2.3 Polymerization Techniques
2.4 Reactions of Synthetic Polymers
2.5 Special Topics in Polymer Synthesis
2.6 Chemical Structure Determination
3 CONFORMATION,SOLUTIONS,AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT
3.1 Polymer Conformation and Chain Dimensions
3.2 Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions
3.3 Measurement of Molecular Weight
4 SOLID-ST ATE PROPERTIES
4.1 The Amorphous State
4.2 The Crystalline State
4.3 Thermal Transititons and Properties
4.4 Mechanical Properties
5 VISCOELASTICITY AND RUBBER ELASTICITY
5.1 Introduction to Viscoelasticity
5.2 Introduction to Rubber Elasticity
6 POLYMER DEGRADATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
6.1 Polymer Degradation and Stability
6.2 The Management of Plastics in the Environment
7 ADDITIVES,BLENDS,AND COMPOSITES
7.1 Additives
7.2 Polymer Blends and Interpenetrating Networks
7.3 Introduction to Polymer Composites
8 BIOPOLYMERS,NATURAL POLYMERS,AND FIBERS
8.1 Biopolymers and Other Naturally Occurring Polymers
8.2 Fibers
9 THERMOPLASTICS,ELASTOMERS,AND THERMOSETS
9.1 Commodity Thermoplastics
9.2 Elastomers
9.3 Thermosets
10 ENGINEERING AND SPECIALTY POLYMERS
10.1 Engineering Thermoplastics
10.2 Specialty Polymers
11 POLYMER PROCESSING AND RHEOLOGY
11.1 Basic Processing Operations
11.2 Introduction to Polymer Rheology
11.3 Analysis of Simple Flows
11.4 Rheometry
11.5 Modeling of Polymer Processing Operations
12 POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
12.1 Membrane Science and Technology
12.2 Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery
12.3 Applications in Electronics
12.4 Photonic Polymers
APPENDICES
INDEX