Polymer chemistry

Spanning the entire field from fundamentals to applications in material science, this one-stop source is the first comprehensive reference for polymer, physical and surface chemists, materials scientists, chemical engineers, and those chemists working in industry.

Polyoxometalates are anionic metal-oxo nanoclusters, which constitute a unique class of compounds owing to their rich solution equilibria and their unique compositional, electronic, reactive, and structural diversity.

Biologically active natural products and their substructures have long been valuable starting points for medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.

Spectroscopic data undoubtedly provides a great deal of useful information about organic molecules.

Bio-nanocomposites combine the enhanced properties of commercial polymer nanocomposites with the low environmental impact of biodegradable material, making them a topic of great current interest.

Additives are selected depending on the type of polymers to which they will be added or the application for which they will be used.

Edited and authored by top international experts, this first book on conjugated polymers with a focus on synthesis provides a detailed overview of all modern synthetic methods for these highly interesting compounds.

Structure and Chemistry (Part E)

Natural polymers have always been used in medicine.

The main focus in this monograph is on models of the kinetics of photo-initiated polymerization of mono- and bi-functional monomers up to the high conversion stage, their derivation, analysis and comparison with the experimental data.

Telechelic polymers have garnered a great deal of scientific interest due to their reactive chain-end functions.

Polymeric foams are sturdy yet lightweight materials with applications across a variety of industries, from packaging to aerospace.

Polyurethane nanocomposites present an attractive and sustainable way for designing smart materials that can be used in packaging, health and energy applications.

Continuing the outstanding coverage from Part A, the authoritative information inFundamentals and Preparation, Part B rounds out the first comprehensive treatise onchemical processing of textiles.

Functional, flexible and lightweight products are in high demand for modern technologies ranging from microelectronics to energy storage devices.

Dieses einführende Lehrbuch bietet Studenten der Chemie, Biochemie, Biologie und Pharmazie eine perfekt strukturierte und kompakte Übersicht über die faszinierende Welt der Terpene.

This book contains the plenary lectures from international experts, which were presented during the International Conference Polymer Networks, held in Moscow, April 1991.

A study on the production, properties and uses, of PVC, Polyvinyl chloride which is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer by the Institute of Materials, London in 1996

This much-anticipated new edition of Jolivet's work builds on the edition published in 2000.

The field of encapsulation, especially microencapsulation, is a rapidly growing area of research and product development.

This book provides a concise introduction to phospholipid chemistry and is intended for a broad audience of biologists, biochemists, and graduate students.

An insightful exploration of cutting-edge spectroscopic techniques in polymer characterization In Spectroscopic Techniques for Polymer Characterization: Methods, Instrumentation, Applications, a team of distinguished chemists delivers a comprehensive exploration of the vast potential of spectroscopic characterization techniques in polymer research.

Polymers are one of the most fascinating materials of the present era finding their applications in almost every aspects of life.

Written by an outstanding team of experts in the interdisciplinary areas of research, this book is based on a new classification of the different types of fullerene polymers according to their chemical structures.

This volume explains the theory and experimental investigations in the preparation of heterophase polymer network materials through cure reaction-induced microphase separation (CRIMPS).

Polysaccharides offer unique and valuable functional properties, persisting in technological importance and poised to grow more critical due to sustainability demands and emerging applications in medical and life sciences.

The first synthetic peptides were produced a century ago.

Interest in the application of nanotechnology to medicine has surged in recent years and could transform the way we diagnose, treat and prevent diseases such as cancer.

The term 'miktoarm polymers' refers to asymmetric branched macromolecules, a relatively new entry to the macromolecular field.

From fabrication to testing and modeling this monograph covers all aspects on the materials class of magneto active polymers.

Explores the Latest Developments in Polymeric FoamsSince the 1960s polymeric foams have grown into a solid industry that affects almost every aspect of modern life.

Hydrogels are important polymer-based materials with innate fascinating properties and applications: they are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks that can absorb large amounts of water or aqueous fluids and are biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and soft.

Polymers and composites are widely used for a range of applications in engineering and technology.

This new book explores the consideration of relationships that connect the structural and basic mechanical properties of polymeric mediums within the frameworks of fractal analysis with cluster model representations attraction.

The progressive deterioration of concrete surface structures is a major concern in construction engineering that requires precise repairing.

Porous Polymer Science and Applications aims to provide recent developments and advances in synthesis, tuning parameters, and applications of porous polymers.

Biopolymer and Biopolymer Blends: Fundamentals, Processes, and Emerging Applications showcases the potential of biopolymers as alternative sources to conventional nonbiodegradable petroleum-based polymers.

The primary goal of this book is to comprehensively explore the evolving applications and challenges of click chemistry.

This book focuses on the recent research progress on the fundamental understanding of the materials degradation phenomena in PEFC, for automotive applications.

Because it is critically important to manufacture quality products, a reasonable balance must be drawn between control requirements and parameters for improved processing method with respect to plastics additives.

Polymer Surface Characterization provides a comprehensive approach to the surface analysis of polymers of technological interest by means of modern analytical techniques.

Self-Doped Conducting Polymers provides an introduction to conducting polymers in general and self-doped conducting polymers in particular.

Rational synthesis of extended arrays of organic matter in bulk, solution, crystals, and thin films has always been a paramount goal of chemistry.

Provides accurate, up-to-date information on the hazardous properties of several hundred generic and specific polymeric additives used in elastomer and plastics processing operations, detailing the symproms of overexposure as well as resonsible packaging, shipping and emergency-response procedures.

Semiconducting polymers are of great interest for applications in electroluminescent devices, solar cells, batteries, and diodes.

Polymers may be classified as either homopolymers, consisting of one single repeating unit, or copolymers, consisting of two or more distinct repeating units.

Provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent developments in the theory of non-Archimedean pseudo-differential equations and its application to stochastics and mathematical physics--offering current methods of construction for stochastic processes in the field of p-adic numbers and related structures.

Expanding Monomers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications provides a thorough discussion of expanding polymer systems and their potential applications.

Polymer thin films is an emerging area driven by their enormous technological potential and the intellectually challenging academic problems associated with them.