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Machine generated contents note: Preface vii -- Contributors ix -- Contributors Biographies xiii -- 1 Introduction: Cyclic Polymers - the first 40 years -- by JAnthony Semlyen, University of York, UK 1 -- 2 Circular DNA -- by Alexander V ologodskii, New York University, USA 47 -- 3 Cyclic Peptides -- by John S Davies, University of Wales, Swansea, UK 85 -- 4 Cyclic Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides -- by Shinichi Kitamura, Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan 125 -- 5 Cyclic Polysiloxanes -- by Stephen J Clarson, University of Cincinnati, USA 161 -- 6 Cyclic Oligomers of Polycarbonates and Polyesters -- by Daniel JBrunelle, GE Corporate Research and Development, -- Schenectady, NY, USA 185 -- 7 Large Crown Ethers, Cyclic Polyethers and Cyclic Block Copolyethers -- by Colin Booth and Colin Price, University of Manchester, UK 229 -- 8 Large Cyclic Esters and Ether-Esters -- by Barry R Wood and S Caroline Hamilton, University of York, UK 271 -- 9 Cyclomer Technology for High Performance Polymers -- by Yong Ding and Allan S Hay, McGill University, Canada 307 -- 10 Organic Cyclic Polymers -- by Jacques Roovers, National Research Council, Canada 347 -- 11 Neutron Scattering and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations of -- Cyclic Polymers -- by Peter C Griffiths, Cardiff University, UK 385 -- 12 Rotaxanes -- by Harry W Gibson and Eric JMahan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute -- and State University, USA 415 -- 13 Oligomeric and Polymeric Catenanes -- by David A Leigh and Richard A Smith, University of Warwick, UK 561 -- 14 Cyclic Inorganic Oligomers and Polymers -- by lonel Haiduc, Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai", Cluj-Napoca, Romania 601 -- 15 Cyclisation and the Formation, Structure and Properties of Polymer -- Networks -- by Robert F TStepto and David JR Taylor, Manchester Materials -- Science Centre, UK 699 -- 16 Theoretical Aspects of Cyclic Polymers: Effects of ExcludedVolume -- Interactions -- by Mustapha Benmouna, Institut de Physique et Chimie, Tlemcen, -- Algeria and Ulrich Maschke, Universit des Sciences et Technologies -- de Lille, France 741.