Editors:
Prof. Thomas Hjertberg, Department of Polymer Technology, Chalmers
University of Technology; Prof. Bengt Nordén, Chairman, Nobel Committee for Chemistry, and Eva Krutmeijer, Head of Information, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Layout and illustrations:
Typoform

Printing:
Tryckindustri, Solna 2000

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