Polymeric materials find applications in a number of fields and in variety forms. Nowadays, synthetic polymers are important pillars of our civilization. From the 1930’s polymer physics has emerged as an important and respected part of polymer science and followed the development of polymer chemistry. The understanding of the relations between structural hierarchy and macroscopic behaviour, brought about by polymer physics, led to important modifications of existing polymers and the development of new polymeric materials with added value.Polimerni materijali široko se primjenjuju u raznim područjima pa su sintetski polimeri postali važan čimbenik suvremene civilizacije. Već tridesetih godina prošloga stoljeća fizika polimera postala je cije...