Engineering applications of polymers and composites

This book is a concise, readable, yet authoritative primer of basic classic thermodynamics.

Reactive and functional polymers are manufactured with the aim of improving the performance of unmodified polymers or providing functionality for different applications.

This is the first concise book that includes different aspects of naturally-derived components for wound healing.

The book focuses on the thermal transformations of various types of metal chelates, e.

The brief explains in simple terms the essentials of polymer chemistry and how polymers came to be discovered by pioneers in this field.

This book covers manufacturing and processing of various natural filler-based polymer composites using conventional and advanced machining processes.

This collection brings together engineers, scientists, scholars, and entrepreneurs to present their novel and innovative contributions in the domain specific to metal-matrix composites and on aspects specific to  modeling, analysis, measurements, and observations specific to microstructural advances.

Superhydrophobic surfaces, artificially mimicking lotus leaves, have captured the attention of scientists and engineers over the past few decades.

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Das vorliegende Lehrbuch beschäftigt sich mit der Synthese, der Charakterisierung und den technischen Anwendungen von Polymeren.

This book presents the basics of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP).

This companion volume to "e;Fundamental Polymer Science"e; (Gedde and Hedenqvist, 2019) offers detailed insights from leading practitioners into experimental methods, simulation and modelling, mechanical and transport properties, processing, and sustainability issues.

This book provides understanding of raw materials, manufacturing and biomedical applications of different polymeric and natural composites such as drug delivery, growth factor delivery, orthopedics, dentistry and wound dressing.

This book offers a systematic overview of polymer joining and highlights the experimental and numerical work currently being pursued to devise possible strategies to overcome the technical issues.

This book discusses the methods synthesizing various carbon materials, like graphite, carbon blacks, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene.

This book provides an overview of the lastest developments in biobased materials and their applications in food packaging.

This book comprehensively covers researches on enzymatic polymerization and related enzymatic approaches to produce well-defined polymers, which is valuable and promising for conducting green polymer chemistry.

This book presents the synthesis, processing and application of selected functional biopolymers as new advanced materials.

This book is the second edition of Soft Actuators, originally published in 2014, with 12 chapters added to the first edition.

Thanks to their unique properties, chitosan and chitosan-based materials have numerous applications in the field of biomedicine, especially in drug delivery.

This book covers nanotechnology based approaches for improving the therapeutic efficacy of natural products.

This widely respected and frequently consulted reference work provides a wealth of information and guidance on industrial chemistry and biotechnology.

Science and Principles of Biodegradable and Bioresorbable Medical Polymers: Materials and Properties provides a practical guide to the use of biodegradable and bioresorbable polymers for study, research, and applications within medicine.

Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers explores the relationship between the structure and properties of a wide range of high-performance fibers.

The use of plastics in agriculture - to increase crop output, improve food quality and improve sustainability - has grown substantially in both quantity and the range of applications.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of physical testing of elastomers (rubbers and thermoplastic elastomers) including mechanical, electrical, thermal and all aspects of durability.

This work is an overview of the state of art on Ageing of Materials and structures in the world.

This brief critically reviews the structure and applications of polysaccharide based materials as a green and sustainable resource in water and water treatment operations.

This book contains recent research on phenolic resin and its composite materials.

This book presents the most recent description of rubber reinforcement, focusing on the network-like structure formation of nanofiller in the rubber matrix under the presence of bound rubber.

Advanced and Emerging Polybenzoxazine Science and Technology introduces advanced topics of benzoxazine resins and polybenzoxazines as presented through the collaboration of leading experts in the benzoxazine community, representing the authoritative introduction to the subjects.

Service Life Prediction of Polymers and Coatings: Enhanced Methods focuses on the cutting-edge science behind how plastic and polymer materials are modified by the effects of weathering, offering the latest advances in service life prediction methods.

Written by an academic and industry insider, this book provides an informed study on polysaccharide structural analysis and characterization.

This book presents selected peer-reviewed contributions from the 2020 International Conference on "e;Physics and Mechanics of New Materials and Their Applications"e;, PHENMA 2020 (26-29 March 2021, Kitakyushu, Japan), focusing on processing techniques, physics, mechanics, and applications of advanced materials.

This book provides knowledge of the basic theory, spectral analysis methods, chemometrics, instrumentation, and applications of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy-not as a handbook but rather as a sourcebook of NIR spectroscopy.

This book introduces readers to interfacial reactions in confinement on stimuli-responsive homopolymer and diblock copolymer films.

The book comprehensively covers the different topics of graphene based biopolymer and nanocomposites, mainly synthesis methods for the composite materials, various characterization techniques to study the superior properties and insights on potential advanced applications.

This book presents the select proceedings of the Indo-Korean workshop on Multi Functional Materials for Extreme Loading, 2021.

Das bewährte Aufbauprinzip Struktur-Synthese-Eigenschaften wurde auch in der sechsten Auflage beibehalten.

This book provides a solid foundation from which most practical, theoretical problems related to sandwich structures can be derived and solved.

This book presents comprehensive reviews on the latest developments of nanotechnologies to detect and remove pollutants in water, air and food.

This book is an up-to-date text on rubber science and is a breakthrough among many rubber-related publications.

This book presents selected papers from the International Conference on Advances in Materials Processing and Manufacturing Applications (iCADMA 2020), held on November 5-6, 2020, at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.

This book effectively links the latest scientific advances to current technological applications of polymers, mainly focusing on biodegradable polymers obtained from biomass.

The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science.

This book exclusively focuses on the science and fundamentals of polymer gels, as well as the numerous advantages that polymer gel-based materials offer.

This book is the first of two volumes providing comprehensive coverage of the fundamental knowledge and technology of composite materials.

This book introduces the synthesis, electrochemical and photochemical properties, and device applications of metallo-supramolecular polymers, new kinds of polymers synthesized by the complexation of metal ions and organic ditopic ligands.

The Resource Utilization of Plastic Waste with Supercritical Water Treatment discusses the types of plastic analysis, material characterization, technical principles of supercritical water treatment of waste plastics, the structure and process of the experimental platform, the selection of process parameters, and the establishment of kinetic models in professional areas of the field.

Plant Fibers, their Composites, and Applications provides a systematic and comprehensive account of recent research into plant fibers, including the synthesis of plant fiber reinforced polymer composites, characterization techniques, and a broad spectrum of applications.