Multimedia Text on Polymer Science
- A multimedia text in Soft Materials, including a series of
animations illustrating a variety of fundamental concepts relating to the
synthesis and properties of polymeric materials, is available from this page.
The program runs on a Windows-based PC running Windows 3.1 or higher. The
text was created with Toolbook Instructor authoring software (www.toolbook.com).
Its use requires that a freely available runtime version of Toolbook be installed
on your computer. This runtime version is similar in concept to the 'reader'
version of Adobe's Acrobat, which enables users to view pdf files, but not
create them. The 'full installation' version of the process outlined below
installs the Multimedia text, along with all the runtime files needed to view
it. The 'update' version of the installation process downloads only the text
itself, but none of the runtime files.
Full Installation
To install the program, click on the download link below to obtain a self-extracting
archive. The name of the file is 'Full Install Archive.exe'.
Click here for Download (19.3 MB -
includes polymers.tbk file modified on Jan. 2, 2007)
Running this executable on your own machine creates a bunch of files, including
a 'Polymers331' directory and a 'TBSystem' directory. At this point you can
proceed in either of two ways.
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- 1) The actual multimdiia file is in the Polymers331 directory,
and is called polymers.tbk. This file can be run directly by associating it
with tb85run.exe in the TBSystem directory.
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- 2) If you want the program to be formally installed on your
computer in a more automatic fashion, just run the setup.exe file. Running
the setup program will automatically make all the necessary associations for
you, and will add the program to the start menu on your computer.
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- Update
If you already have the Toolbook runtime files installed on your
computer, or if you just want to upate the text itself, click on the link
below to download the most recent polymers.tbk file.
Mar. 23, 2007 version of polymers.tbk file
(39.8 41.5MB)
PDF download
A printable version of the text, useful for reference, can
be obtained from the following link.
pdf version Jan. 2, 2007 text (4
multimedia pages per pdf page).
Comments and suggestions about the program can be sent
to Prof. K. Shull at k-shull@northwestern.edu.
