"This book provides a comprehensive comparison of the various microspectroscopic techniques that are available for polymer analysis. It presents the basics of imaging acquisition of images, image analysis, and image artifacts. It describes optical and infrared microscopic approaches to mapping and explains Raman imaging, including developments in Raman instrumentation that have occurred over the past two years.

This volume will be of interest to polymer chemists, materials scientists, and spectroscopists in industry, academia, and government who are working to improve the performance of engineering polymers."--BOOK JACKET.