Front Cover --; Contents --; Preface --; Formation processes, structure and properties of polymer networks --; Comparative analysis of the processes of polymer networks formation via polycondensation and polymerization --; Network formation via end-linking processes --; Comprehensive approach to the theory of polymer networks. I. Molecular theory of gelation --; The role of entanglements for the mechanical behavior of polymer networks --; Structure and swelling properties of polymer networks synthesized in solution --; Thermoelasticity and strain-induced volume-effects in permanent networks --; Neutron scattering investigation of the deformation at molecular scales in polymer networks --; Orientation-stress relation of polymer fluids, networks and liquid crystals subjected to uniaxial deformation --; Dynamic shear compliance of IR-networks in dependence on crosslink density and filler content --; Anomalous properties of hypercrosslinked polystyrene networks --; Physical networks of biopolymers.