Publisher's Synopsis
Bringing together scientists working in different fields, the International Conference POLYNON 99 held in Moscow celebrated the "marriage" between polymer science and nonlinear dynamics to be one of the most important topics of the 21st century. This Volume of Macromolecular Symposia features selected contributions with respect to physics and chemistry of polymers, nonlinear chemistry and physics in non–polymeric systems, and cross–disciplinary studies attempting to bridge these two fields.