Current Topics in Polymer Research
Current Topics in Polymer Research

Author: Robert K. Bregg

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781594544378

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Polymers are substances containing a large number of structural units joined by the same type of linkage. These substances often form into a chain-like structure. Starch, cellulose, and rubber all possess polymeric properties. Today, the polymer industry has grown to be larger than the aluminium, copper and steel industries combined. Polymers already have a range of applications that far exceeds that of any other class of material available to man. Current applications extend from adhesives, coatings, foams, and packaging materials to textile and industrial fibres, elastomers, and structural plastics. Polymers are also used for most composites, electronic devices, biomedical devices, optical devices, and precursors for many newly developed high-tech ceramics. This book presents leading-edge research in this rapidly-changing and evolving field.

Polymer Science and Engineering
Polymer Science and Engineering

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0309049989

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Polymers are used in everything from nylon stockings to commercial aircraft to artificial heart valves, and they have a key role in addressing international competitiveness and other national issues. Polymer Science and Engineering explores the universe of polymers, describing their properties and wide-ranging potential, and presents the state of the science, with a hard look at downward trends in research support. Leading experts offer findings, recommendations, and research directions. Lively vignettes provide snapshots of polymers in everyday applications. The volume includes an overview of the use of polymers in such fields as medicine and biotechnology, information and communication, housing and construction, energy and transportation, national defense, and environmental protection. The committee looks at the various classes of polymersâ€"plastics, fibers, composites, and other materials, as well as polymers used as membranes and coatingsâ€"and how their composition and specific methods of processing result in unparalleled usefulness. The reader can also learn the science behind the technology, including efforts to model polymer synthesis after nature's methods, and breakthroughs in characterizing polymer properties needed for twenty-first-century applications. This informative volume will be important to chemists, engineers, materials scientists, researchers, industrialists, and policymakers interested in the role of polymers, as well as to science and engineering educators and students.

Recent Advances in Intrinsically Conducting Polymers and Composites
Recent Advances in Intrinsically Conducting Polymers and Composites

Author: Bluma Guenther Soares

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2020-09-18

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 2889660354

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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Current Topics in Elastomers Research
Current Topics in Elastomers Research

Author: Anil K. Bhowmick

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-05-07

Total Pages: 1105

ISBN-13: 1420007181

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From weather-proof tires and artificial hearts to the o-rings and valve seals that enable successful space exploration, rubber is an indispensable component of modern civilization. Stiff competition and stringent application requirements foster continuous challenges requiring manufacturers to fund ever-expanding research projects. However, this vas

Applied Methodologies in Polymer Research and Technology
Applied Methodologies in Polymer Research and Technology

Author: Abbas Hamrang

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1482254344

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This book covers a broad range of polymeric materials and provides industry professionals and researchers in polymer science and technology with a single, comprehensive book summarizing all aspects involved in the functional materials production chain.This volume presents the latest developments and trends in advanced polymer materials and structur

Current Topics in Polymer Science and Technology, Pisa, Italy, September 22-25, 2003
Current Topics in Polymer Science and Technology, Pisa, Italy, September 22-25, 2003

Author: Giancarlo Galli

Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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This volume contains some of the papers presented at the 16th Italian Meeting on Polymer Science and Technology of the Macromolecular Italian Association (AIM) which was held in Pisa, Italy, on September 22-25, 2003. The content is devoted to polymer synthesis and Modification, structure-property relationships, blending and processing, nanostructured and hybrid systems, functional and special polymers, environmental aspects and recycling. The book offers a significant insight into the latest achievements in polymer science and technology in modern areas of ongoing research activities in Italy and throughout the world through the intense international collaborations in which Italian groups are engaged. Therefore, the volume may be of help to enlarge the research perspectives of polymer chemists, engineers and physicists in both academia and industry.

Applied Research on Polymer Composites
Applied Research on Polymer Composites

Author: Pooria Pasbakhsh

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2015-02-25

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1482254174

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This new volume presents leading-edge research in the rapidly changing and evolving field of polymer science as well as on chemical processing. The topics in the book reflect the diversity of research advances in the production and application of modern polymeric materials and related areas, focusing on the preparation, characterization, and applic

Basics of Polymer Chemistry
Basics of Polymer Chemistry

Author: Muralisrinivasan Natamai Subramanian

Publisher: River Publishers

Published: 2017-10-31

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 879351901X

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Basics of Polymer Chemistry is of great interest to the chemistry audience. The basic properties of polymers, including diverse fundamental and applied aspects, are presented. This book constitutes a basis for understanding polymerization, and it presents a comprehensive overview of the scientific research of polymers. The chapters presented can be used as a reference for those interested in understanding the sustainable development in polymers. Basics of Polymer Chemistry provides a balanced coverage of the key developments in this field, and highlights recent and emerging technical achievements. The topics covered present a comprehensive overview of the subject area and are therefore of interest to professors and students. The recent developments in polymerization using catalysts, homo and copolymerization are presented, and it contains current efforts in designing new polymer architectures. Improved property performance attributes of the polymers by controlling their molecular-structural characteristics such as molecular weight distribution, comonomer type content distribution, and branching level are also discussed.