Engineering applications of polymers and composites

This book introduces different advanced composite materials used in construction of civil engineering infrastructures.

This book provides insight into the underlying basic theories and concepts in X-ray, light, and neutron scattering.

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 Congress on Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (CAMSE 2020).

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 volume covers various aspects of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE).

This volume serves as a cutting edge reference on XLPE based blends, nanocomposites, and their applications.

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

This book focuses on the modern development of techniques for analysis of the hierarchical structure of polymers from both the experimental and theoretical points of view.

This book provides a single-source reference on carbon nanotubes for interconnect applications.

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 summarizes many of the recent developments in the area of bamboo composites with emphasis on new challenges for the synthesis characterization, properties of bamboo composites and practical applications.

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

This highly informative and carefully presented book discusses the synthesis, processing, characterization and applications of different types of materials.

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 contains recent research on phenolic resin and its composite materials.

This book covers the basic principle and challenges of structural health monitoring system for natural fibre and the hybrid composites structural materials in industrial applications, such as building, automotive, aerospace and wind turbine.

This book commemorates the "e;Nobel Laureate Professor Suzuki Special Symposium"e; at the International Union of Material Research Society-International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM2017), which was held at Kyoto University, Japan, in 2017.

This book introduces the reader to important aspects of the nano-hydrogels.

This book gathers selected papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Industrial Applications of Adhesives 2020 (IAA 2020).

This book highlights novel applications of innovative fabrics in the design of an interlayer between the scalp and the helmet lining of motorcycle helmets to control the temperature inside the helmet.

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.

This book discusses synthesis and characterization of sustainable polymers.

The book focuses on novel interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)/semi-IPN technologies for drug delivery and biomedical applications.

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

This proceedings volume gathers selected papers presented at the Chinese Materials Conference 2017 (CMC2017), held in Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China, on July 06-12, 2017.

This book provides a comprehensive description of topological polymers, an emerging research area in polymer science and polymer materials engineering.

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

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 summarizes the recent advances in applications of starch in state-of-the-art drug carriers (hydrogel, micro- and nano-particulate carriers) with stimulus-responsive and target-specific properties.

This book introduces the recent progress that has resulted from utilizing the idea of "e;element-block polymers"e;.

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

This book presents select papers presented at the annual meeting of the Asian Polymer Association.

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

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 proceedings volume gathers selected papers presented at the Chinese Materials Conference 2017 (CMC2017), held in Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China, on July 06-12, 2017.

This book presents the reader with a story-based narrative of discovery and development of radiation-induced graft polymerization.

This book presents a comprehensive study on a new class of branched polymers, known as hyperbranched polymers (HBPs).

The principal aim of this book is to introduce chemists through a tutorial approach to the use of microwaves by examining several experiments of microwave chemistry and materials processing.

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 addresses a range of synthesis and characterization techniques that are critical for tailoring and broadening the various aspects of polymer gels, as well as the numerous advantages that polymer gel-based materials offer.

This book summarizes the recent advances in the science and engineering of polymer-gel-based materials in different fields.

This book discusses recent advances in hydrogels, including their generation and applications and presents a compendium of fundamental concepts.

This book describes the advanced developments in methodology and applications of NMR spectroscopy to life science and materials science.

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

In two volumes, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamental knowledge and technology of composite materials.

This volume reviews the recent advances in formation of C-F bonds and X-F bonds (X = heteroatom) to produce useful fluorinated molecules for pharmaceuticals, materials and more.

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

This book introduces recent progress in stimuli-responsive interfaces constructed on colloidal materials such as micelles and vesicles and on solid material surfaces.

This book is the first to introduce a mesoscale polymer simulation system called OCTA.