chapter 1 Introduction to Mass Spectrometry of Polymers -- chapter 2 Polymer Characterization Methods -- chapter 3 Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) -- chapter 4 Electrospray Ionization (ESI-MS) and On-Line Liquid Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) -- chapter 5 Direct Pyrolysis of Polymers into the Ion Source of a Mass Spectrometer (DP-MS) -- chapter 6 Field Ionization (FI-MS) and Field Desorption (FD-MS) -- chapter 7 Fast Atom Bombardment of Polymers -- chapter 8 Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) -- chapter 9 Laser Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (FT-MS) -- chapter 10 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization/Mass Spectrometry of Polymers (MALDI-MS) -- chapter 11 Two-Step Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry.