This monograph features the physicochemical behavior and supramolecular organization of polymers. The book deals with solution properties, viscoelastic behavior, physicochemical aspects at interfaces and supramolecular structures of polymeric systems.
Prof. Dr. Ligia Gargallo, BSc., PhD, (full professor) is the 2007 L'Oreal UNESCO Laureate. She was was born in 1934 and studied Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Prof. Gargallo obtained her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1971 and is a Full Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile which she joined in 1976. Expertise includes university teaching and research in Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science.
Her co-author Prof. Dr. Deodato Radic is also professor at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.