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I would like to express my deep gratitude to the people who have helped me through the years and provided fertile ground for growth. Particularly I would like to mention my colleagues whom I have worked with in the field of polyurethanes over the past 20 years. First, I would like to mention my constant collaborator Benjamin Wendt, who has worked with me closely in the lab for many years and excelled at making hard things work easily. Many people have provided guidance, encouragement, and excellent collaboration over the years. Especially I would like to mention Dr. Alan Schrock, Dr. Justin Virgili, Dr. Mark Cox, Dr. Jack Kruper, Dr. Chris Christenson, Dr. Valeriy Ginzburg, Dr. Jozef Bicerano, Mr. Will Koonce, Dr. Juan‐Carlos Medina, Prof. Tony Ryan, Dr. David Babb, Dr. Robbyn Prange, Dr. Nelson Rondan, Dr. Maria Pollard, Dr. Jai Venkatesan, Dr. David Bem, Dr. Florian Schattenmann, Dr. Andre Argenton, Dr. Jorge Jimenez, Dr. Kaoru Aou, Dr. Kshitish Patankar, Dr. Steve Guillaudeu, Dr. Cecile Boyer, Dr. Steve Montgomery, Dr. Brian Landes, Dr. Steve Webb, Dr. Phillipe Knaub, Dr. Hamdy Khalil, Dr. Tirtha Chatterjee, Dr. Lotus Huang, Dr. Cathy Tway, Dr. Shawn Feist, Prof. John Klier, Prof. Craig Hawker, and Dr. John Kramer.

I would also like to recognize the great support I received from The Dow Chemical Company in writing this book by giving me the encouragement, time, resources, and freedom to realize this vision.

I would be remiss to not acknowledge the contributions of my copy‐editor, Lindsey Williams. Her patient and meticulous contributions have made this a more readable and useful text.

Lastly, I would like to acknowledge the people who gave me my scientific foundations and inspired in me a love of experiment and a respect for theory. Particularly I would like to mention Prof. Richard G. Weiss (Georgetown University), Dr. C. Michael Roland (The United States Naval Research Lab), and Prof. Gordon Johnson (Kenyon College) for putting up with me in my early years.