To an increasing extent technical processes based on the interaction of light with polymers have become important for various applications. In example, polymers are used as nonlinear optical materials, as core materials for optical waveguides, as photoresists in the production of computer chips. They serve in photoswitches and optical memories such as compact discs; they are employed in solar cells for the generation of energy. Last but not least, certain polymeric materials can be employed for the generation of light.

Polymers and Light deals with the various topics that are related to the effect of light on polymers - whether it concerns the changes of physical or chemical properties occurring with the polymer being under the action of light or the variation light might undergo when it passes through a polymer sheet. Due to its multidisciplinary character, the book addresses, on an advanced level, researchers, engineers and students of various fields.

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