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.

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.

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.

Principles of Polymers
Principles of Polymers

Author: Dibyendu Sekhar Bag

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781620814086

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This book has been written in a concise manner to include all fundamental aspects of polymer science including recent inventions in polymerisation's and polymers. It covers atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP), reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT), nitroxide-mediated polymerisation (NMP), click chemistry as well as stereopolymerisation, ring opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP), group transfer polymerisation (GTP), plasma polymerisation etc. in addition to the usual polymerisation mechanisms such as radical, ionic and step polymerisations. It also includes new developments of polymer science which are considered as hot topics of functional polymers like smart or intelligent polymers, light emitting polymers, conducting polymers, magnetic polymers, optically active and/or chiral polymers, liquid crystalline polymers, self-healing polymers, polymers for biomedical applications, dendrimers and/or dendritic polymers and polymer nanocomposites etc.

Advances in Polymer Materials and Technology
Advances in Polymer Materials and Technology

Author: Anandhan Srinivasan

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-08-19

Total Pages: 1088

ISBN-13: 1315353881

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This book covers recent advancements in the field of polymer science and technology. Frontiers areas, such as polymers based on bio-sources, polymer based ferroelectrics, polymer nanocomposites for capacitors, food packaging and electronic packaging, piezoelectric sensors, polymers from renewable resources, superhydrophobic materials and electrospinning are topics of discussion. The contributors to this book are expert researchers from various academic institutes and industries from around the world.

Introduction to Physical Polymer Science
Introduction to Physical Polymer Science

Author: Leslie H. Sperling

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-02-02

Total Pages: 815

ISBN-13: 1119103746

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An Updated Edition of the Classic Text Polymers constitute the basis for the plastics, rubber, adhesives, fiber, and coating industries. The Fourth Edition of Introduction to Physical Polymer Science acknowledges the industrial success of polymers and the advancements made in the field while continuing to deliver the comprehensive introduction to polymer science that made its predecessors classic texts. The Fourth Edition continues its coverage of amorphous and crystalline materials, glass transitions, rubber elasticity, and mechanical behavior, and offers updated discussions of polymer blends, composites, and interfaces, as well as such basics as molecular weight determination. Thus, interrelationships among molecular structure, morphology, and mechanical behavior of polymers continue to provide much of the value of the book. Newly introduced topics include: Nanocomposites, including carbon nanotubes and exfoliated montmorillonite clays The structure, motions, and functions of DNA and proteins, as well as the interfaces of polymeric biomaterials with living organisms The glass transition behavior of nano-thin plastic films In addition, new sections have been included on fire retardancy, friction and wear, optical tweezers, and more. Introduction to Physical Polymer Science, Fourth Edition provides both an essential introduction to the field as well as an entry point to the latest research and developments in polymer science and engineering, making it an indispensable text for chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, and polymer science and engineering students and professionals.

Polymer Science and Technology
Polymer Science and Technology

Author: Joel R. Fried

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 0137039557

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This text describes how plastics, rubber, and fibers are synthesized, processed into useful materials, characterized, and compounded with fillers and other additives to improve performance for specific applications. Their use in a wide variety of technologies including membrane separations, electronics, and energy production and storage is described. A new chapter in the Third Edition shows how computer correlations and simulations can be used to predict properties of new plastics and to better understand how existing plastics perform.