Engineering applications of polymers and composites

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current progress in fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP), covering manufacturing, mechanical behavior, and resistance performance.

The book Function-oriented bioengineered skin equivalents -  continuous development towards complete skin replication aims to provide potential readers with a comprehensive summary of the available information on various in vitro skin models, from historical background to different modeling approaches and their applications.

This book gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of dynamic loads and testing of composite materials and sandwich structures, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the International Symposium on Dynamic Response and Failure of Composite Materials (DRAF), held in Ischia, Italy, on June 21-24, 2022.

This book presents a review of preparation methods for environmentally friendly nanocomposite materials.

This book presents a unique approach to developing lightweight feedstock material for 3D printing of structural components for weight-sensitive structural applications across aerospace, automobile, and marine regimes.

The book focuses on joining of advanced materials such as ceramics, intermetallics, laminated materials, composite materials and functional materials considering both in theory and in practice.

This book provides comprehensive description of polymeric membranes in water treatment and remediation.

This book delves into the mechanical analysis of the nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposite materials by shedding light on the mechanical performance of nanomaterials, elasticity and viscoelasticity behaviors of polymer nanocomposites, the laminate and sandwich theories, durability and fatigue behaviors.

This book delves into the mechanical analysis of the nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposite materials by shedding light on the mechanical performance of nanomaterials, elasticity and viscoelasticity behaviors of polymer nanocomposites, the laminate and sandwich theories, durability and fatigue behaviors.

Magnetically responsive soft matter is a colloidal model system where interparticle interactions can be tuned through external magnetic fields.

Forensic Polymer Engineering: Why Polymer Products Fail in Service, Second Edition presents and explains the latest forensic engineering techniques used in the investigation of failed polymer materials that are illustrated with a very large number of detailed case studies which show the different types of failure and the forensic engineering techniques used in their investigation.

Forensic Polymer Engineering: Why Polymer Products Fail in Service, Second Edition presents and explains the latest forensic engineering techniques used in the investigation of failed polymer materials that are illustrated with a very large number of detailed case studies which show the different types of failure and the forensic engineering techniques used in their investigation.

How long have composites been around?

This book gives an overview of the processing, properties, and applications of fibers and cellulose derivatives obtained from annual plant materials in the formation of non-wood source of pulp.

This book gives an overview of the processing, properties, and applications of fibers and cellulose derivatives obtained from annual plant materials in the formation of non-wood source of pulp.

How long have composites been around?

This book introduces the different advanced hybrid composite materials used in aerospace, automotive, marine, and general engineering infrastructures.

This book introduces the different advanced hybrid composite materials used in aerospace, automotive, marine, and general engineering infrastructures.

Magnetically responsive soft matter is a colloidal model system where interparticle interactions can be tuned through external magnetic fields.

This book presents the latest studies in the synthesis and application of boron nitride (BN) composites as multifunctional materials for advanced technologies.

This book presents the latest studies in the synthesis and application of boron nitride (BN) composites as multifunctional materials for advanced technologies.

This book presents the selected papers from the 19th Asian Workshop in Polymer Processing (AWPP 2022) highlighting the latest research breakthroughs in the field of polymeric materials and processing technologies.

Current environmental and energy concerns have led to lignin gaining increased attention in the last decade as a renewable biomass.

Polymer Blend Nanocomposites for Energy Storage Applications presents the latest developments in polymer blend-based nanocomposites for applications in energy storage, covering theoretical concepts, preparation methods, characterization techniques, properties and performance.

Polymer Blend Nanocomposites for Energy Storage Applications presents the latest developments in polymer blend-based nanocomposites for applications in energy storage, covering theoretical concepts, preparation methods, characterization techniques, properties and performance.

Current environmental and energy concerns have led to lignin gaining increased attention in the last decade as a renewable biomass.

Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2021 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of four from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book comprehensively covers the different topics of wood polymer composite materials 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 International Symposium entitled "e;Materials of the Millennium: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects"e; (MMETFP 2021).

This book presents select proceedings of the National Conference on Advancement in Materials Processing Technology (AMPT 2020).

This book addresses plasma modification of polyolefin surfaces.

This book presents the select proceedings of Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization (RDMPMC 2020).

This book provides in-depth insights into assembling dynamics of proteins, DNA and other nanoparticles.

This book focuses on different aspects of microplastic pollution, offering authors and readers the opportunity to share their knowledge, identify issues and propose solutions and actions to face this environmental threat.

This book presents the potential of bacterial cellulose in the textile and fashion industry.

This book shows how chemical modifications influence some properties of wood nanocomposites.

This book discusses the synthesis of chitosan-based solid foams using foam templating.

This monograph focuses on recent development of nanomaterials and nanocomposites for pollution measurement and their control in water, air, and soil.

In diesem Buch werden experimentelle Ergebnisse zum Konzept der molekularen Evolution geschildert und kritisch bewertet.

Das Buch stellt die gesamte Bandbreite des Mikroplastikproblems in unseren Gewässern vor, von der Entnahme von Wasserproben bis zu deren Analyse und Interpretation.

In this book, a wide range subjects in biorheology are dealt with, from fundamentals to applications.

This comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers.

This book focuses on the electrochemical and nanostructural properties of new photoanode/electrolyte combinations used in the development of novel surface-modified nanomaterials for environmental applications.

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

This book outlines methods to improve functioning of these polymer based devices - in particular, the multi-faceted cognition of these materials.

This book summarizes many of the recent research accomplishments in the area of polyvinylchloride (PVC)-based blends and their preparation, characterization and applications.

This book covers the performance aspects of nanocomposite supercapacitor materials based on transition metal oxides, activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene and conducting polymers.

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

Intended for students of intermediate organic chemistry, this text shows how to write a reasonable mechanism for an organic chemical transformation.

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