Techniques of Electron Microscopy -- Overview of Techniques -- Transmission Electron Microscopy: Fundamentals of Methods and Instrumentation -- Transmission Electron Microscopy: Conventional and Special Investigations of Polymers -- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) -- Atomic Force Microscopy -- In Situ Microscopy -- Image Processing and Image Analysis -- Preparation Techniques -- Problems Associated with the Electron Microscopy of Polymers -- Preparation of Surfaces -- Preparation of Thin Sections: (Cryo)ultramicrotomy and (Cryo)microtomy -- Special Preparation Techniques -- Preparation for (In Situ) Deformation Tests -- Contrast Enhancement -- Main Groups of Polymers -- Structural Hierarchy of Polymers -- Amorphous Polymers -- Semicrystalline Polymers -- Polymer Blends -- High-Impact Rubber-Modified Polymers -- Block Copolymers -- Rubbers and Elastomers -- Polymer Composites -- Polymer Nanocomposites -- Biomaterials -- Special Processing Forms.