Manmade fibers one hundred years: Polymers and polymer design

A brief overview of a century of manmade fiber development (particularly te chnical, i.e., strong and high E-modulus, fibers), emphasizing the last qua rter century where the work increasingly grew in the direction of rational design of new structures, as the understanding of what makes a fiber do its job well grew. (C) 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.