Plastics are used worldwide in everyday life, e.g. as food packaging, electronics, construction, automotive parts, and household appliances. To produce these pr

The development of polymers as an important class of material was inhibited at the first by the premature failure of these versatile compounds in many applicati

The need for a broad development of the production of polymer ma terials has become evident. All these materials are subject to various types of aging (destruct

During the past decade, the field of polymer degradation and stabilization has become a subject of central importance in polymer science and technology. This bo

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