A handbook for scientists and engineers who wish to carry out experiments on polymers using modern physical techniques to characterize polymer systems. Each of the six chapters describes the principle of a single technique along with detailed experimental procedures and examples of actual applications. The techniques covered are light scattering, neutron scattering, fluorescence spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mechanical spectroscopy, and polymer hydrogel phase transitions. Other techniques are expected to be described by subsequent volumes in the series.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR