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Mass analysis / Gene Hart-Smith, Stephen J. Blanksby -- Ionization techniques for polymer mass spectrometry / Anthony P. Gies -- Tandem mass spectrometry analysis of polymer structures and architectures / Vincenzo Scionti, Chrys Wesdemiotis -- Matrix-assisted inlet ionization and solvent-free gas-phase separation using ion mobility spectrometry for imaging and electron transfer dissociation mass spectrometry of polymers / Christopher B. Lietz ... [et al.] -- Polymer MALDI sample preparation / Scott D. Hanton, Kevin G. Owens -- Surface analysis and imaging techniques / Christine M. Mahoney, Steffen M. Weidner -- Hyphenated techniques / Jana Falkenhagen, Steffen Weidner -- Automated data processing and quantification in polymer mass spectrometry / Till Gruendling ... [et al.] -- Comprehensive copolymer characterization / Anna C. Crecelius, Ulrich S. Schubert -- Elucidation of reaction mechanisms : conventional radical polymerization / Michael Buback, Gregory T. Russell, Philipp Vana -- Elucidation of reaction mechanisms and polymer structure : living/controlled radical polymerization / Christopher Barner-Kowollik ... [et al.] -- Elucidation of reaction mechanisms : other polymerization mechanisms / Grazyna Adamus, Marek Kowalczuk -- Polymer degradation / Paola Rizzarelli, Sabrina Carroccio, Concetto Puglisi.