Macromolecular Rapid Communications Macromolecular Rapid Communications publishes Communications Feature Articles and Reviews on all current areas of macromolecular chemistry and physics. Communications are critically selected and report on the latest research results. They are handled particularly rapidly. Accepted papers are published within 3 months. With one of the highest ISI measured Impact Factors (2 259 in 1999) among primary research journals worldwide in the polymer sciences Macromolecular Rapid Communications is the choice of professionals everywhere and one of the leading journals in polymer science. Readers Polymer scientists chemists physicists materials scientists