- Erläutert die Prinzipien, zugehörigen Gleichungen und experimentelle Methoden, die durch praktische Anwendungen ergänzt werden. Begleitende Website mit weiteren hilfreichen Daten.
- Behandelt Messverfahren (Nanoindentation, Rasterkraftmikroskopie (AFM), Vielfachstreuung von Licht (Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy DWS)), die Viskoelastizität von Biopolymeren und den Zusammenhang zwischen den mechanischen Eigenschaften von Polymeren und viskoelastischen Funktionen.
- Beinhaltet zwei neue Abschnitte über moderne Bereiche von viskoelastischen Messungen: oszillatorische Scherung (Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear LAOS) und Mikrorheologie.
- Problemstellungen im Text. Ein Handbuch für Dozenten (mit Lösungen) ist verfügbar.
- Überaus positive Rezensionen zur 3. Auflage (CHOICE, Dezember 2005, und Polymer News Dezember 2005).
- Begleitende Website.
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