Scanning probe microscopy of polymers. (ACS Symposium Series 694). Edited by B. D. Ratner and V. V. Tsukruk. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp. xii + 367. Price US $125.00. ISBN 0-8412-3562-7.

This volume is `developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, at the 212th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, August 25–29 1996'. It contains an Introduction, 13 papers on polymer morphology and structure, three on studies of local surface properties and four on current trends in SPM techniques.